Use manual TDLib bundle for app releases

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ A minimal Telegram terminal client built with `ncurses` and TDLib.
 - TDLib build dependencies (`gperf`, `openssl`, `zlib`, `git`)
 
 The project vendors TDLib automatically by default. If you already have TDLib installed with CMake package metadata, configure with `-DTELEGRAM_TUI_USE_SYSTEM_TDLIB=ON`.
+If you have a prebuilt TDLib bundle with `include/` and `lib/`, configure with
+`-DTELEGRAM_TUI_TDLIB_ROOT=/path/to/tdlib`.
 
 ## Build
 
@@ -62,8 +64,22 @@ archive plus checksum to the Gitea Generic Package Registry under the `tdlib` pa
 It also refreshes a `latest/tdlib-latest.json` manifest with the newest published version.
 
 The repository also includes [`.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml`](.gitea/workflows/release-app.yaml),
-which builds a rolling `latest` release asset containing `usr/bin/shinoa` and the bundled
-`usr/lib/libtdjson.so*`. The root `PKGBUILD` installs that prebuilt release as `shinoa-bin`.
+which downloads a prebuilt TDLib bundle from this repository's `tdlib` release tag, builds a
+rolling `latest` app release, and publishes an archive containing `usr/bin/shinoa` plus the
+bundled `usr/lib/libtdjson.so*`. The root `PKGBUILD` installs that prebuilt release as
+`shinoa-bin`.
+
+To prepare the TDLib bundle on your own machine:
+
+```bash
+cmake -S td -B td-build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PWD/td-install"
+cmake --build td-build -j"$(nproc)"
+cmake --install td-build
+./scripts/package-tdlib.sh td-install tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+```
+
+Upload `tdlib-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` to a release tagged `tdlib` in this repository. After that,
+the `Release App` workflow can consume it and publish the app bundle.
 
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