gtk: Speed up build

Avoid serializing the gresource blob into a C string
and running gcc over it. Instead, use ld to put it
directly into an .o file and add it to the build.

The build system machinations here were copied from
gobject/tests/meson.build, and should ideally be part
of the meson gnome module.

gtk/meson.build

@@ -863,17 +863,80 @@ if not fs.exists('theme/Default/Default-light.css')
   endif
 endif
 
-gtkresources = gnome.compile_resources('gtkresources',
-  gtk_gresources_xml,
-  dependencies: theme_deps,
-  source_dir: [
-    # List in order of preference
-    meson.current_build_dir(),
-    meson.current_source_dir(),
-  ],
-  c_name: '_gtk',
-  extra_args: '--manual-register',
-)
+
+objcopy_supports_add_symbol = false
+objcopy = find_program('objcopy', required : false)
+if objcopy.found()
+  objcopy_supports_add_symbol = run_command(objcopy, '--help').stdout().contains('--add-symbol')
+endif
+
+ld = find_program('ld', required : false)
+
+if build_machine.system() == 'linux' and objcopy.found() and objcopy_supports_add_symbol and ld.found()
+  glib_compile_resources = find_program('glib-compile-resources')
+
+  # Create the resource blob
+  gtk_gresource = custom_target('gtk.gresource',
+      input : gtk_gresources_xml,
+      depends : theme_deps,
+      output : 'gtk.gresource',
+      command : [glib_compile_resources,
+                 '--target=@OUTPUT@',
+                 '--sourcedir=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
+                 '--sourcedir=' + meson.current_build_dir(),
+                 '@INPUT@'])
+
+  # Create resource data file
+  gtk_resources_c = custom_target('gtk_resources.c',
+      input : gtk_gresources_xml,
+      depends : theme_deps,
+      output : 'gtk_resources.c',
+      command : [glib_compile_resources,
+                 '--target=@OUTPUT@',
+                 '--sourcedir=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
+                 '--sourcedir=' + meson.current_build_dir(),
+                 '--generate-source',
+                 '--external-data',
+                 '--c-name', '_gtk',
+                 '--manual-register',
+                 '@INPUT@'])
+
+  # Create object file containing resource data
+  gtk_resources_binary = custom_target('gtk_resources.o',
+      input : gtk_gresource,
+      output : 'gtk_resources.o',
+      command : [ld,
+                 '-r',
+                 '-b','binary',
+                 '@INPUT@',
+                 '-o','@OUTPUT@'])
+
+  # Rename symbol to match the one in the C file
+  gtk_resources_o = custom_target('gtk_resources2.o',
+    input : gtk_resources_binary,
+    output : 'gtk_resources2.o',
+    command : [objcopy,
+                 '--add-symbol','_gtk_resource_data=.data:0',
+                 '@INPUT@',
+                 '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+  gtkresources = [
+      gtk_resources_c,
+      gtk_resources_o,
+    ]
+else
+  gtkresources = gnome.compile_resources('gtkresources',
+    gtk_gresources_xml,
+    dependencies: theme_deps,
+    source_dir: [
+      # List in order of preference
+      meson.current_build_dir(),
+      meson.current_source_dir(),
+    ],
+    c_name: '_gtk',
+    extra_args: '--manual-register',
+  )
+endif
 
 foreach lang : [ 'de', 'fr', 'es', 'zh' ]
   conf = configuration_data()