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Symbol stripping support #80

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macOS symbol stripping
Dec 27, 2025
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ you specify the AU format, a few more arguments become neccessary - the argument
MANUFACTURER_CODE "Brat" # REQUIRED FOR AU, UNUSED OTHERWISE - Your unique 4 character manufacturer code.
SUBTYPE_CODE "Bpi1" # REQUIRED FOR AU, UNUSED OTHERWISE - A 4 character identifier for your plugin.
AU_TYPE "aufx" # REQUIRED FOR AU, UNUSED OTHERWISE - The AU plugin type for your plugin. [2]

STRIP TRUE # OPTIONAL, DEFAULTS TO FALSE - On macOS, if provided, will add a post-build symbol strip step to your plugin
# targets, and compile with -fvisibility=hidden. Does nothing on Windows.
SIGN_ID "Developer ID Application: ...." # OPTIONAL - On macOS, if provided, will be used to sign plugin targets
)
```

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45 changes: 45 additions & 0 deletions cmake/mostly_harmless.cmake
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function(mostly_harmless_enable_stripping_static_lib target location name)
if(APPLE)
target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-fvisibility=hidden>)
set(target_file ${location}/lib${name}_SharedCode.a)
add_custom_command(
TARGET ${target}
COMMAND "$<$<CONFIG:Release>:strip;-x;${target_file}>"
VERBATIM
POST_BUILD
COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
)
endif()
endfunction()

function(mostly_harmless_enable_stripping target name extension)
if(APPLE)
target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-fvisibility=hidden>)
set(target_file ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${name}.${extension}/Contents/MacOS/${name})
add_custom_command(
TARGET ${target}
COMMAND "$<$<CONFIG:Release>:strip;-x;${target_file}>"
VERBATIM
POST_BUILD
COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
)
endif()
endfunction()

function(mostly_harmless_add_binary_data pluginTarget)
set(ARGS
TARGET_NAME
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SUBTYPE_CODE # REQUIRED IF AU
AU_TYPE # REQUIRED IF AU

STRIP # OPTIONAL, DEFAULT FALSE - if true, will strip symbols in release builds
SIGN_ID # OPTIONAL, if provided, will codesign
)

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if (NOT DEFINED PLUGIN_FEATURES)
message(FATAL_ERROR "At least one feature is required")
endif ()
if(NOT DEFINED PLUGIN_STRIP)
set(PLUGIN_STRIP FALSE)
endif()

configure_file(
${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/mostlyharmless_Descriptor.cpp
${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mostlyharmless_Descriptor.cpp
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target_sources(${PLUGIN_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mostlyharmless_Descriptor.cpp)
target_link_libraries(${PLUGIN_NAME} PUBLIC MostlyHarmless)
set_target_properties(${PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${PLUGIN_NAME}_SharedCode)
if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
mostly_harmless_enable_stripping_static_lib(${PLUGIN_NAME} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${PLUGIN_NAME})
endif()

list(FIND PLUGIN_FORMATS "CLAP" INDEX)
if (${INDEX} GREATER -1)
Expand All @@ -166,6 +202,9 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PLUGIN_VERSION}
MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/mostly_harmless.plist.in
)
if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
mostly_harmless_enable_stripping(${PLUGIN_NAME}_CLAP ${PLUGIN_NAME} "clap")
endif()
if (NOT ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID} STREQUAL "")
mostly_harmless_sign_target(${PLUGIN_NAME}_CLAP ${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID})
endif ()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -199,6 +238,9 @@ function(mostly_harmless_add_plugin targetName)
MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${PLUGIN_VERSION}
MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/mostly_harmless.plist.in
)
if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
mostly_harmless_enable_stripping(${PLUGIN_NAME}_VST3 ${PLUGIN_NAME} "vst3")
endif()
if (NOT ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID} STREQUAL "")
mostly_harmless_sign_target(${PLUGIN_NAME}_VST3 ${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID})
endif ()
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SUBTYPE_CODE ${PLUGIN_SUBTYPE_CODE}
INSTRUMENT_TYPE ${PLUGIN_AU_TYPE}
)
if(${PLUGIN_STRIP})
mostly_harmless_enable_stripping(${PLUGIN_NAME}_AU ${PLUGIN_NAME} "component")
endif()
if (NOT ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID} STREQUAL "")
mostly_harmless_sign_target(${PLUGIN_NAME}_AU ${PLUGIN_NAME} ${PLUGIN_SIGN_ID})
endif ()
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