main wrapper

meson.build

@@ -187,20 +187,9 @@ else
   link += '-Wl,-export_dynamic'
 endif
 
-cell_bin = executable('cell_bin', sources,
-  dependencies: deps,
-  include_directories: includers,
-  link_args: link,
-  build_rpath: '$ORIGIN',
-  install: false
-)
 
-cell_dep = declare_dependency(
+cell_so = shared_library(
-  link_with: cell_bin
+  'cell_runtime',
-)
-
-cell_so = both_libraries(
-  'cell',
   sources,
   include_directories: includers,
   dependencies: deps,
@@ -215,9 +204,30 @@ qop_target = custom_target('core.qop',
   build_always_stale: true
 )
 
-# Create final cell executable by appending core.zip to cell_bin
+# Determine RPATH based on OS
+# MacOS uses @loader_path, Linux uses $ORIGIN
+# We include both the current directory (for build) and ../lib (for install)
+rpath_dirs = []
+if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
+  rpath_dirs += ['@loader_path', '@loader_path/../lib']
+elif host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+  rpath_dirs += ['$ORIGIN', '$ORIGIN/../lib']
+endif
+
+# Create main executable linked against the cell library
+cell_exe = executable('cell_exe',
+  'source/main.c',
+  dependencies: deps,
+  include_directories: includers,
+  link_with: cell_so,
+  link_args: link,
+  build_rpath: ':'.join(rpath_dirs),
+  install: false
+)
+
+# Create final cell executable by appending core.zip to cell_exe
 cell = custom_target('cell',
-  input: [cell_bin, qop_target],
+  input: [cell_exe, qop_target],
   output: 'cell' + exe_ext,
   command: [
     'sh', '-c',

scripts/shop.cm

@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ Shop.build_package = function(package)
               objs_str += '"$HERE/' + c_objects[i] + '" '
           }
 
-          var link_cmd = 'HERE=$(pwd); cd ' + module_dir + ' && cc ' + link_flags + ' ' + objs_str + ' -lcell -lc -lc++ -o ' + temp_lib
+          var link_cmd = 'HERE=$(pwd); cd ' + module_dir + ' && cc ' + link_flags + ' ' + objs_str + ' -lcell_runtime -lc -lc++ -o ' + temp_lib
           var ret = os.system(link_cmd)
           if (ret != 0) {
               log.error("Linking failed")

source/cell.c

@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static void signal_handler(int sig)
   exit_handler();
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
+int cell_init(int argc, char **argv)
 {
   int profile_enabled = 0;
   int script_start = 1;

source/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+extern int cell_init(int argc, char **argv);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  return cell_init(argc, argv);
+}