commit 4e5cf4e3689c49d641c08245100c095c416c4f86
Author: Kelvin Zhang <zhangxp1998@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Dec 31 09:31:00 2021 -0800

    Use meson dependency to link against apple framework
    
    Using ld_flags would work, but that does not propagate ldflags to users
    of glib. Meson's dependency() call will propagate apple framework
    dependencies to downstream users.

diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index 5e879fd3d..a22c822b0 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ if host_system != 'windows'
     settings_sources += files('gnextstepsettingsbackend.m')
     contenttype_sources += files('gosxcontenttype.m')
     appinfo_sources += files('gosxappinfo.m')
+    framework_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['Foundation', 'CoreFoundation', 'AppKit'])
+    platform_deps += [framework_dep]
     if glib_have_os_x_9_or_later
       unix_sources += files('gcocoanotificationbackend.m')
     endif
diff --git a/glib/meson.build b/glib/meson.build
index f78f32969..13750dd83 100644
--- a/glib/meson.build
+++ b/glib/meson.build
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ glib_sources = files(
   'gprintf.c',
 )
 
+platform_deps = []
+
 if host_system == 'windows'
   glib_win_rc = configure_file(
     input: 'glib.rc.in',
@@ -330,6 +332,13 @@ endif
 
 if glib_have_cocoa
   glib_sources += files('gosxutils.m')
+  framework_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['Foundation', 'CoreFoundation', 'AppKit'])
+  platform_deps += [framework_dep]
+endif
+
+if glib_have_carbon
+  framework_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : 'Carbon')
+  platform_deps += [framework_dep]
 endif
 
 glib_sources += files('gthread-@0@.c'.format(threads_implementation))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9d1b76c56..f780fa82e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -769,8 +769,6 @@ if host_system == 'darwin'
 
   add_project_arguments(objcc.get_supported_arguments(warning_objc_args), language: 'objc')
 
-  osx_ldflags += ['-Wl,-framework,CoreFoundation']
-
   # Mac OS X Carbon support
   glib_have_carbon = objcc.compiles('''#include <Carbon/Carbon.h>
                                        #include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>''',
@@ -778,7 +776,6 @@ if host_system == 'darwin'
 
   if glib_have_carbon
     glib_conf.set('HAVE_CARBON', true)
-    osx_ldflags += '-Wl,-framework,Carbon'
     glib_have_os_x_9_or_later = objcc.compiles('''#include <AvailabilityMacros.h>
                                                   #if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 1090
                                                   #error Compiling for minimum OS X version before 10.9
@@ -795,7 +792,6 @@ if host_system == 'darwin'
 
   if glib_have_cocoa
     glib_conf.set('HAVE_COCOA', true)
-    osx_ldflags += ['-Wl,-framework,Foundation', '-Wl,-framework,AppKit']
   endif
 
   # FIXME: libgio mix C and objC source files and there is no way to reliably