Nix: use CMake for builds instead of Meson

Build using submodules instead of patching the build process and using
Nix derivations of the subprojects.

From this commit on, you'll have to change the Hyprland flake url to
`git+https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland?submodules=1`

flake.lock

@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
     "hyprland-protocols": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
+          "xdph",
           "nixpkgs"
         ],
         "systems": [
+          "xdph",
           "systems"
         ]
       },
@@ -114,12 +116,10 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "hyprcursor": "hyprcursor",
-        "hyprland-protocols": "hyprland-protocols",
         "hyprlang": "hyprlang",
         "hyprwayland-scanner": "hyprwayland-scanner",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "systems": "systems",
-        "wlroots": "wlroots",
         "xdph": "xdph"
       }
     },
@@ -138,28 +138,9 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "wlroots": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1713731601,
-        "narHash": "sha256-bdcKdtLkusvv85DNuJsajZLFeq7bXp+x5AGP1Sd4wD8=",
-        "owner": "hyprwm",
-        "repo": "wlroots-hyprland",
-        "rev": "5c1d51c5a2793480f5b6c4341ad0797052aec2ea",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "hyprwm",
-        "repo": "wlroots-hyprland",
-        "rev": "5c1d51c5a2793480f5b6c4341ad0797052aec2ea",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "xdph": {
       "inputs": {
-        "hyprland-protocols": [
-          "hyprland-protocols"
-        ],
+        "hyprland-protocols": "hyprland-protocols",
         "hyprlang": [
           "hyprlang"
         ],

flake.nix

@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
     # <https://github.com/nix-systems/nix-systems>
     systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default-linux";
 
-    wlroots = {
-      type = "github";
-      owner = "hyprwm";
-      repo = "wlroots-hyprland";
-      rev = "5c1d51c5a2793480f5b6c4341ad0797052aec2ea";
-      flake = false;
-    };
-
     hyprcursor = {
       url = "github:hyprwm/hyprcursor";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -22,12 +14,6 @@
       inputs.hyprlang.follows = "hyprlang";
     };
 
-    hyprland-protocols = {
-      url = "github:hyprwm/hyprland-protocols";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-      inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
-    };
-
     hyprlang = {
       url = "github:hyprwm/hyprlang";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -44,7 +30,6 @@
       url = "github:hyprwm/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
       inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
-      inputs.hyprland-protocols.follows = "hyprland-protocols";
       inputs.hyprlang.follows = "hyprlang";
     };
   };
@@ -92,8 +77,6 @@
         # dependencies
         
         hyprland-protocols
-        wlroots-hyprland
-        udis86
         ;
     });
 
@@ -103,13 +86,9 @@
           stdenv = pkgsFor.${system}.gcc13Stdenv;
         } {
           name = "hyprland-shell";
-          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgsFor.${system}; [cmake python3 expat libxml2];
-          buildInputs = [self.packages.${system}.wlroots-hyprland];
+          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgsFor.${system}; [expat libxml2];
           hardeningDisable = ["fortify"];
-          inputsFrom = [
-            self.packages.${system}.wlroots-hyprland
-            self.packages.${system}.hyprland
-          ];
+          inputsFrom = [pkgsFor.${system}.hyprland];
         };
     });
 

nix/default.nix

@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
   pkg-config,
   pkgconf,
   makeWrapper,
+  cmake,
   meson,
   ninja,
   binutils,
   cairo,
+  expat,
   git,
   hyprcursor,
   hyprland-protocols,
@@ -19,19 +21,19 @@
   libexecinfo,
   libinput,
   libuuid,
-  libxcb,
   libxkbcommon,
   mesa,
   pango,
   pciutils,
+  python3,
   systemd,
   tomlplusplus,
   udis86,
   wayland,
   wayland-protocols,
   wayland-scanner,
-  wlroots-hyprland,
-  xcbutilwm,
+  wlroots,
+  xorg,
   xwayland,
   debug ? false,
   enableXWayland ? true,
@@ -48,9 +50,7 @@
 }:
 assert lib.assertMsg (!nvidiaPatches) "The option `nvidiaPatches` has been removed.";
 assert lib.assertMsg (!enableNvidiaPatches) "The option `enableNvidiaPatches` has been removed.";
-assert lib.assertMsg (!hidpiXWayland) "The option `hidpiXWayland` has been removed. Please refer https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/XWayland"; let
-  wlr = wlroots-hyprland.override {inherit enableXWayland;};
-in
+assert lib.assertMsg (!hidpiXWayland) "The option `hidpiXWayland` has been removed. Please refer https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/XWayland";
   stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pname = "hyprland${lib.optionalString debug "-debug"}";
     inherit version;
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ in
       src = lib.cleanSource ../.;
     };
 
-    patches = [
-      # make meson use the provided wlroots instead of the git submodule
-      ./patches/meson-build.patch
-    ];
-
     postPatch = ''
       # Fix hardcoded paths to /usr installation
       sed -i "s#/usr#$out#" src/render/OpenGL.cpp
@@ -91,9 +86,11 @@ in
       hyprwayland-scanner
       jq
       makeWrapper
+      cmake
       meson
       ninja
       pkg-config
+      python3
       wayland-scanner
     ];
 
@@ -103,10 +100,12 @@ in
       "dev"
     ];
 
-    buildInputs =
-      wlr.buildInputs
-      ++ [
+    buildInputs = lib.concatLists [
+      wlroots.buildInputs
+      udis86.buildInputs
+      [
         cairo
+        expat
         git
         hyprcursor.dev
         hyprland-protocols
@@ -120,31 +119,32 @@ in
         pango
         pciutils
         tomlplusplus
-        udis86
         wayland
         wayland-protocols
-        wlr
       ]
-      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [libexecinfo]
-      ++ lib.optionals enableXWayland [libxcb xcbutilwm xwayland]
-      ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [systemd];
+      (lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl [libexecinfo])
+      (lib.optionals enableXWayland [
+        xorg.libxcb
+        xorg.libXdmcp
+        xorg.xcbutil
+        xorg.xcbutilwm
+        xwayland
+      ])
+      (lib.optionals withSystemd [systemd])
+    ];
 
-    mesonBuildType =
+    cmakeBuildType =
       if debug
-      then "debug"
-      else "release";
+      then "Debug"
+      else "RelWithDebInfo";
 
-    mesonAutoFeatures = "disabled";
-
-    mesonFlags = [
-      (lib.mesonEnable "xwayland" enableXWayland)
-      (lib.mesonEnable "legacy_renderer" legacyRenderer)
-      (lib.mesonEnable "systemd" withSystemd)
+    cmakeFlags = [
+      (lib.cmakeBool "NO_XWAYLAND" (!enableXWayland))
+      (lib.cmakeBool "LEGACY_RENDERER" legacyRenderer)
+      (lib.cmakeBool "NO_SYSTEMD" (!withSystemd))
     ];
 
     postInstall = ''
-      ln -s ${wlr}/include/wlr $dev/include/hyprland/wlroots
-
       ${lib.optionalString wrapRuntimeDeps ''
         wrapProgram $out/bin/Hyprland \
           --suffix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ in
       homepage = "https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland";
       description = "A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks";
       license = licenses.bsd3;
-      platforms = wlr.meta.platforms;
+      platforms = wlroots.meta.platforms;
       mainProgram = "Hyprland";
     };
   }

nix/overlays.nix

@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ in {
   hyprland-packages = lib.composeManyExtensions [
     # Dependencies
     inputs.hyprcursor.overlays.default
-    inputs.hyprland-protocols.overlays.default
     inputs.hyprlang.overlays.default
     inputs.hyprwayland-scanner.overlays.default
-    self.overlays.wlroots-hyprland
-    self.overlays.udis86
     self.overlays.wayland-protocols
+    self.overlays.xwayland
+
     # Hyprland packages themselves
     (final: prev: let
       date = mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101");
@@ -36,19 +35,20 @@ in {
         stdenv = final.gcc13Stdenv;
         version = "${props.version}+date=${date}_${self.shortRev or "dirty"}";
         commit = self.rev or "";
-        udis86 = final.udis86-hyprland; # explicit override until decided on breaking change of the name
-        inherit (final) wlroots-hyprland; # explicit override until decided on breaking change of the name
         inherit date;
       };
       hyprland-unwrapped = final.hyprland.override {wrapRuntimeDeps = false;};
       hyprland-debug = final.hyprland.override {debug = true;};
       hyprland-legacy-renderer = final.hyprland.override {legacyRenderer = true;};
+
+      # deprecated packages
       hyprland-nvidia =
         builtins.trace ''
           hyprland-nvidia was removed. Please use the hyprland package.
           Nvidia patches are no longer needed.
         ''
         final.hyprland;
+
       hyprland-hidpi =
         builtins.trace ''
           hyprland-hidpi was removed. Please use the hyprland package.
@@ -64,18 +64,14 @@ in {
     inputs.xdph.overlays.xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland
   ];
 
-  udis86 = final: prev: {
-    udis86-hyprland = final.callPackage ./udis86.nix {};
-  };
-
-  # Patched version of wlroots for Hyprland.
-  # It is under a new package name so as to not conflict with
-  # the standard version in nixpkgs.
-  wlroots-hyprland = final: prev: {
-    wlroots-hyprland = final.callPackage ./wlroots.nix {
-      version = "${mkDate (inputs.wlroots.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")}_${inputs.wlroots.shortRev or "dirty"}";
-      src = inputs.wlroots;
-    };
+  # Patches XWayland's pkgconfig file to not include Cflags or includedir
+  # The above two variables trip up CMake and the build fails
+  xwayland = final: prev: {
+    xwayland = prev.xwayland.overrideAttrs (old: {
+      postInstall = ''
+        sed -i '/includedir/d' $out/lib/pkgconfig/xwayland.pc
+      '';
+    });
   };
 
   wayland-protocols = final: prev: {

nix/patches/meson-build.patch

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 40883073..d8f2e536 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -33,20 +33,7 @@ if cpp_compiler.check_header('execinfo.h')
-   add_project_arguments('-DHAS_EXECINFO', language: 'cpp')
- endif
- 
--wlroots = subproject('wlroots-hyprland', default_options: ['examples=false', 'renderers=gles2'])
--have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')
--xcb_dep = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))
--
--cmake = import('cmake')
--udis = cmake.subproject('udis86')
--udis86 = udis.dependency('libudis86')
--
--if get_option('xwayland').enabled() and not have_xwlr
--	error('Cannot enable Xwayland in Hyprland: wlroots has been built without Xwayland support')
--endif
--have_xwayland = xcb_dep.found() and have_xwlr
--
--if not have_xwayland
-+if get_option('xwayland').disabled()
-   add_project_arguments('-DNO_XWAYLAND', language: 'cpp')
- endif
- 
-@@ -65,8 +52,6 @@ if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
-   add_project_arguments('-DHYPRLAND_DEBUG', language: 'cpp')
- endif
- 
--version_h = run_command('sh', '-c', 'scripts/generateVersion.sh')
--
- globber = run_command('find', 'src', '-name', '*.h*', check: true)
- headers = globber.stdout().strip().split('\n')
- foreach file : headers
-diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
-index 15c69552..327aa4fb 100644
---- a/src/meson.build
-+++ b/src/meson.build
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
-     server_protos,
-     dependency('wayland-server'),
-     dependency('wayland-client'),
--    wlroots.get_variable('wlroots'),
-+    dependency('wlroots'),
-     dependency('cairo'),
-     dependency('hyprcursor'),
-     dependency('hyprlang', version: '>= 0.3.2'),
-@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
-     dependency('egl'),
-     dependency('xkbcommon'),
-     dependency('libinput'),
--    xcb_dep,
-+    dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland')),
-     backtrace_dep,
-     epoll_dep,
--    udis86,
-+    dependency('udis86'),
- 
-     dependency('pixman-1'),
-     dependency('gl', 'opengl'),

nix/udis86.nix

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  autoreconfHook,
-  python3,
-}:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "udis86";
-  version = "unstable-2022-10-13";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "canihavesomecoffee";
-    repo = "udis86";
-    rev = "5336633af70f3917760a6d441ff02d93477b0c86";
-    hash = "sha256-HifdUQPGsKQKQprByeIznvRLONdOXeolOsU5nkwIv3g=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [autoreconfHook python3];
-
-  configureFlags = ["--enable-shared"];
-
-  outputs = ["bin" "out" "dev" "lib"];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://udis86.sourceforge.net";
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
-    mainProgram = "udcli";
-    description = "Easy-to-use, minimalistic x86 disassembler library (libudis86)";
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}

nix/wlroots.nix

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  version,
-  src,
-  git,
-  wlroots,
-  enableXWayland ? true,
-}:
-wlroots.overrideAttrs (old: {
-  inherit version src enableXWayland;
-
-  pname = "${old.pname}-hyprland";
-
-  patches = [ ]; # don't inherit old.patches
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = old.nativeBuildInputs ++ [ git ];
-})