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authorCharles Brunet <charles.brunet@optelgroup.com>2025-05-01 15:28:28 -0400
committerJussi Pakkanen <jussi.pakkanen@mailbox.org>2025-05-06 15:38:00 +0300
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Add license keyword to pkgconfig generate
Fixes #14270.
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-rw-r--r--docs/markdown/Pkgconfig-module.md4
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Pkgconfig-module.md b/docs/markdown/Pkgconfig-module.md
index 80882cb..7ddd310 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Pkgconfig-module.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Pkgconfig-module.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ keyword arguments.
`pkgconfig.generate()` was used on to put in the `Requires` field
- `requires_private` the same as `requires` but for the `Requires.private` field
- `url` a string with a url for the library
+- `license` (*Since 1.9.0*) a string with a SPDX license to add to the generated file.
- `variables` a list of strings with custom variables to add to the
generated file. The strings must be in the form `name=value` and may
reference other pkgconfig variables,
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ application. That will cause pkg-config to prefer those
builddir. This is an experimental feature provided on a best-effort
basis, it might not work in all use-cases.
+*Since 1.9.0* you can specify a license identifier. To use the current project
+licence, simply use `license: meson.project_license()` as argument to `generate()`.
+
### Implicit dependencies
The exact rules followed to find dependencies that are implicitly
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig-gen-license.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig-gen-license.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e6818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig-gen-license.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Added license keyword to pkgconfig.generate
+
+When specified, it will add a `License:` attribute to the generated .pc file.