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authorXavier Claessens <xavier.claessens@collabora.com>2019-12-03 22:05:07 -0500
committerXavier Claessens <xclaesse@gmail.com>2019-12-05 16:52:22 -0500
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find_program(): Add 'dirs' keyword argument
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+## Search directories for `find_program()`
+
+It is now possible to give a list of absolute paths where `find_program()` should
+also search, using the `dirs` keyword argument.
+
+For example on Linux `/sbin` and `/usr/sbin` are not always in the `$PATH`:
+```meson
+prog = find_program('mytool', dirs : ['/usr/sbin', '/sbin'])
+```