From 85345c31cf10fa6ff237afafede5190810d1fa93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <m@mitchellh.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:01:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] build: don't add deps when cross compiling to darwin

---
 src/build/GhosttyExe.zig |  1 +
 src/build/SharedDeps.zig | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/build/GhosttyExe.zig b/src/build/GhosttyExe.zig
index 083aecdb5..1dfc4b4b7 100644
--- a/src/build/GhosttyExe.zig
+++ b/src/build/GhosttyExe.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const Ghostty = @This();
 
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const Config = @import("Config.zig");
 const SharedDeps = @import("SharedDeps.zig");
 
diff --git a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
index 20b5df862..b3fe860d1 100644
--- a/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
+++ b/src/build/SharedDeps.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const SharedDeps = @This();
 
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+
 const Config = @import("Config.zig");
 const HelpStrings = @import("HelpStrings.zig");
 const MetallibStep = @import("MetallibStep.zig");
@@ -104,6 +106,19 @@ pub fn add(
     var static_libs = LazyPathList.init(b.allocator);
     errdefer static_libs.deinit();
 
+    // WARNING: This is a hack!
+    // If we're cross-compiling to Darwin then we don't add any deps.
+    // We don't support cross-compiling to Darwin but due to the way
+    // lazy dependencies work with Zig, we call this function. So we just
+    // bail. The build will fail but the build would've failed anyways.
+    // And this lets other non-platform-specific targets like `lib-vt`
+    // cross-compile properly.
+    if (!builtin.target.os.tag.isDarwin() and
+        self.config.target.result.os.tag.isDarwin())
+    {
+        return static_libs;
+    }
+
     // Every exe gets build options populated
     step.root_module.addOptions("build_options", self.options);