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| author | Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com> | 2017-08-09 10:32:25 +0000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-08-09 10:32:25 +0000 |
| commit | b663937f8ca7449c8c62d1ef1e8dc8149ed9ad44 (patch) | |
| tree | 4cf82eb83d30c19d860357d517e56549d731be01 /docs/markdown | |
| parent | e44926e2b2dbf11193302ae74a060488339063c4 (diff) | |
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Clarify what an "external dependency" is
And add a link to the Dependencies.md page.
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 84b2fb1..84b3e80 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ This function returns a [dependency object](#dependency-object) that behaves lik dependency_object dependency(*dependency_name*, ...) ``` -Finds an external dependency with the given name with `pkg-config` if possible and with fallback detection logic otherwise. Dependency supports the following keyword arguments. +Finds an external dependency (usually a library installed on your system) with the given name with `pkg-config` if possible and with [library-specific fallback detection logic](Dependencies.md) otherwise. This function supports the following keyword arguments: - `modules` specifies submodules to use for dependencies such as Qt5 or Boost. - `required`, when set to false, Meson will proceed with the build even if the dependency is not found |