protobuf: do not use symlinks

Author: meator

releases.json

@@ -3230,6 +3230,7 @@
       "protoc"
     ],
     "versions": [
+      "25.2-3",
       "25.2-2",
       "25.2-1",
       "3.21.12-5",

subprojects/packagefiles/protobuf/src/meson.build

@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 python = find_program('python3')
 proto_includes_link = custom_target(
   'proto_includes_link',
-  input: files('symlink.py'),
   output: 'include',  # directory adjacent to protoc binary
-  command: [python, '@INPUT@', meson.current_source_dir(), '@OUTPUT@'],
+  command: [
+    python,
+    files('recursive_copy.py'),
+    meson.current_source_dir(),
+    '@OUTPUT@',
+  ],
 )
 proto_includes_link_dep = declare_dependency(
   sources: proto_includes_link,

subprojects/packagefiles/protobuf/src/recursive_copy.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+Helper-script, a replacement to unix `cp -r [source] [destination]` command
+should work everywhere where meson does
+"""
+
+# This script used to symlink source to destination, but
+# creating symlinks in Windows may require administrator
+# priviledges or Developer mode enabled.
+
+import sys
+import argparse
+import shutil
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('source')
+    parser.add_argument('destination')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        shutil.copytree(args.source, args.destination)
+    except (FileNotFoundError, NotADirectoryError, PermissionError) as exc:
+        print(exc, file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(2)

subprojects/packagefiles/protobuf/src/symlink.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         'pcreposix.def'
     ],
     'protobuf': [
-        'symlink.py',
+        'recursive_copy.py',
     ],
     'sdl2': [
         'find-dylib-name.py'