Remove static/shared CLI flag and use pkg-config

ci/scripts/build-with-meson.sh

@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ function main() {
     meson wrap install nlohmann_json
 
     show_header "Compile project with meson"
-    echo "Looking for Arrow in ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
-    pkg-config --cflags --libs arrow
     meson setup "${SANDBOX_DIR}" --pkg-config-path $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 
     pushd "${SANDBOX_DIR}"

meson.options

@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ option('NANOARROW_BUNDLE_AS_CPP', type: 'boolean',
        value: false)
 option('NANOARROW_NAMESPACE', type: 'string',
        description: 'A prefix for exported symbols')
-option('NANOARROW_ARROW_STATIC', type: 'boolean',
-       description: 'Use a statically-linked Arrow C++ build when linking tests',
-       value: false)
 option('NANOARROW_CODE_COVERAGE', type: 'boolean',
        description: 'Enable coverage reporting',
        value: false)

src/nanoarrow/meson.build

@@ -67,12 +67,7 @@ if get_option('NANOARROW_BUILD_TESTS')
   # Similarly code coverage has a built in option users should use instead
   # https://mesonbuild.com/Unit-tests.html#coverage
 
-  if get_option('NANOARROW_ARROW_STATIC')
-      arrow_dep = dependency('Arrow', modules: ['Arrow::arrow_static'])
-  else
-      arrow_dep = dependency('Arrow', modules: ['Arrow::arrow_shared'])
-  endif
-
+  arrow_dep = dependency('arrow')
   gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', fallback: ['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'])
 
   # TODO: the CMake configuration sets a different C++ version depending on