Merge pull request #7060 from dcbaker/install-script-targets

Allow meson.add_*_script to take additional types

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+## meson.add_*_script methods accept new types
+
+All three (`add_install_script`, `add_dist_script`, and
+`add_postconf_script`) now accept ExternalPrograms (as returned by
+`find_program`), Files, and the output of `configure_file`. The dist and
+postconf methods cannot accept other types because of when they are run.
+While dist could, in theory, take other dependencies, it would require more
+extensive changes, particularly to the backend.
+
+```meson
+meson.add_install_script(find_program('foo'), files('bar'))
+meson.add_dist_script(find_program('foo'), files('bar'))
+meson.add_postconf_script(find_program('foo'), files('bar'))
+```
+
+The install script variant is also able to accept custom_targets,
+custom_target indexes, and build targets (executables, libraries), and can
+use built executables a the script to run
+
+```meson
+installer = executable('installer', ...)
+meson.add_install_script(installer, ...)
+meson.add_install_script('foo.py', installer)
+```