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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py index 9c37ffb..0b16266 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py +++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py @@ -1083,9 +1083,14 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase, HoldableObject): try: value_object, value = self.coredata.optstore.get_option_from_meson_file(options.OptionKey(optname, self.subproject)) except KeyError: - if self.subproject: - raise MesonException(f'Option {optname} does not exist for subproject {self.subproject}.') - raise MesonException(f'Option {optname} does not exist.') + if self.coredata.optstore.is_base_option(optname): + # Due to backwards compatibility return the default + # option for base options instead of erroring out. + value_object, value = self.get_default_for_b_option(optname) + else: + if self.subproject: + raise MesonException(f'Option {optname} does not exist for subproject {self.subproject}.') + raise MesonException(f'Option {optname} does not exist.') if isinstance(value_object, options.UserFeatureOption): ocopy = copy.copy(value_object) ocopy.name = optname |