[client/ui-wails] Add windows:build:console task for log debugging

The default Windows build links the binary as a GUI subsystem app, so
stdout/stderr is detached from the launching terminal — invisible logrus
output makes tray and event-stream bugs hard to chase. Add a sibling task
that links as console subsystem and writes a separately-named binary so
the production output is preserved.

Usage:
  CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build:console
  bin\netbird-ui-console.exe   # logs print to the launching cmd/PowerShell
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Zoltán Papp
2026-04-29 16:21:45 +02:00
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@@ -28,6 +28,50 @@ tasks:
vars:
CGO_ENABLED: '{{.CGO_ENABLED | default "0"}}'
build:console:
summary: Builds a console-attached Windows binary so logs go to the terminal.
desc: |
Same as `windows:build` but links against the console PE subsystem
instead of windowsgui, so stdout/stderr (logrus, panics) print to the
terminal that launched the .exe. Useful for chasing tray, event-stream,
or daemon-RPC bugs that have no other feedback channel on Windows.
Output is bin/netbird-ui-console.exe — kept distinct so the production
binary built by `windows:build` isn't shadowed.
Cross-compile from Linux works the same way:
CGO_ENABLED=1 task windows:build:console
deps:
- task: common:go:mod:tidy
- task: common:build:frontend
vars:
BUILD_FLAGS:
ref: .BUILD_FLAGS
DEV:
ref: .DEV
- task: common:generate:icons
preconditions:
- sh: '[ "{{OS}}" = "windows" ] || [ "{{.CGO_ENABLED}}" != "1" ] || command -v {{.CC}}'
msg: "{{.CC}} not found. Install with: sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 (Debian/Ubuntu) / sudo dnf install mingw64-gcc (Fedora)"
cmds:
- task: generate:syso
- go build {{.BUILD_FLAGS}} -o "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}-console.exe"
- cmd: powershell Remove-item *.syso
platforms: [windows]
- cmd: rm -f *.syso
platforms: [linux, darwin]
vars:
# Identical to build:native's flags except no -H windowsgui, so the
# binary attaches to the launching console.
BUILD_FLAGS: '-tags production{{if .EXTRA_TAGS}},{{.EXTRA_TAGS}}{{end}} -trimpath -buildvcs=false -ldflags="-w -s"'
CGO_ENABLED: '{{.CGO_ENABLED | default "0"}}'
CC: '{{.CC | default "x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc"}}'
env:
GOOS: windows
CGO_ENABLED: '{{.CGO_ENABLED}}'
GOARCH: '{{.ARCH | default ARCH}}'
CC: '{{.CC}}'
build:native:
summary: Builds for Windows natively, or cross-compiles from Linux/macOS via mingw-w64.
internal: true