From 8dd3d745916936fc87df55e7eff1ca149a7afcc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasDuquette <133025159+ThomasDuquette@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:03:21 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Bug fix

---
 blast/CMakeLists.txt       | 12 ++++++++++++
 cmake/BlastConfig.cmake.in | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/blast/CMakeLists.txt b/blast/CMakeLists.txt
index ab24430..a4e1322 100644
--- a/blast/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/blast/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ target_compile_features(blast INTERFACE cxx_std_17)
 
 target_link_libraries(blast INTERFACE nlopt)
 
+# Tell CMake that nlopt's DLL is a runtime requirement of blast.
+# Any executable that links blast (directly or transitively) and uses
+# $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS> will automatically get nlopt.dll.
+set_target_properties(nlopt PROPERTIES
+    WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON
+)
+
+# Propagate nlopt as a runtime DLL dependency through blast's INTERFACE
+target_sources(blast INTERFACE
+    $<TARGET_PROPERTY:nlopt,IMPORTED_LOCATION>
+)
+
 # Tracy: propagate the correct macro to all consumers of blast.
 # TRACY_ENABLE is Tracy's own compile-time switch (checked in blast/blast).
 # Do NOT use add_compile_definitions — that would leak to every target.
diff --git a/cmake/BlastConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/BlastConfig.cmake.in
index 44d8f19..cd99b6a 100644
--- a/cmake/BlastConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/BlastConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,4 +2,25 @@
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/BlastTargets.cmake")
 
-check_required_components(Blast)
\ No newline at end of file
+check_required_components(Blast)
+
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/BlastTargets.cmake")
+
+check_required_components(Blast)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helper: call blast_copy_runtime_dlls(your_target) after find_package(Blast)
+# to automatically copy nlopt.dll next to your executable on Windows.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+macro(blast_copy_runtime_dlls target)
+    if(WIN32)
+        add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+                $<TARGET_FILE:Blast::nlopt>
+                $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>
+            COMMENT "Copying nlopt.dll for ${target}"
+        )
+    endif()
+endmacro()
\ No newline at end of file

From a74373791b00dd6e03619ed2fc554997f1e2ff23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasDuquette <133025159+ThomasDuquette@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 11:36:35 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] bug fix

---
 blast/CMakeLists.txt | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blast/CMakeLists.txt b/blast/CMakeLists.txt
index a4e1322..ab24430 100644
--- a/blast/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/blast/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,18 +64,6 @@ target_compile_features(blast INTERFACE cxx_std_17)
 
 target_link_libraries(blast INTERFACE nlopt)
 
-# Tell CMake that nlopt's DLL is a runtime requirement of blast.
-# Any executable that links blast (directly or transitively) and uses
-# $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS> will automatically get nlopt.dll.
-set_target_properties(nlopt PROPERTIES
-    WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON
-)
-
-# Propagate nlopt as a runtime DLL dependency through blast's INTERFACE
-target_sources(blast INTERFACE
-    $<TARGET_PROPERTY:nlopt,IMPORTED_LOCATION>
-)
-
 # Tracy: propagate the correct macro to all consumers of blast.
 # TRACY_ENABLE is Tracy's own compile-time switch (checked in blast/blast).
 # Do NOT use add_compile_definitions — that would leak to every target.

From dce7864a6c7f3621cf106386087f3701a3f8caba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasDuquette <133025159+ThomasDuquette@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 12:09:52 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] bug fix

---
 blast/CMakeLists.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/blast/CMakeLists.txt b/blast/CMakeLists.txt
index ab24430..435993a 100644
--- a/blast/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/blast/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,26 @@ if(NOT TARGET nlopt)
     if(NOT DEFINED Python_VERSION_MINOR)
         set(Python_VERSION_MINOR "0")
     endif()
+    
+    # ======================================================================
+    # FIX: Force NLopt to build as a static library to prevent missing DLLs
+    # ======================================================================
+    set(NLOPT_CXX ON CACHE BOOL "Build NLopt with C++ compiler" FORCE)
+    
+    set(OLD_BUILD_SHARED ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build static libraries" FORCE)
+
     add_subdirectory(extern/nlopt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    
+    # Restore the original global setting so you don't force the outer 
+    # project's other dependencies to be static unexpectedly
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${OLD_BUILD_SHARED} CACHE BOOL "Build static libraries" FORCE)
+
+    # Keep the interface include fix from earlier
+    target_include_directories(nlopt INTERFACE
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/extern/nlopt/src/api>
+        $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/extern/nlopt>
+    )
 endif()
 
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