Merge pull request #7757 from dcbaker/submit/curses-dependency

Extend the Curses dependency to use config tools and hand rolled search

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
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 *New in 0.54.0* the `system` method.
 
+## Curses
+
+*(Since 0.54.0)*
+
+Curses (and ncurses) are a cross platform pain in the butt. Meson wraps up
+these dependencies in the `curses` dependency. This covers both `ncurses`
+(preferred) and other curses implementations.
+
+`method` may be `auto`, `pkg-config`, `config-tool`, or `system`.
+
+*New in 0.56.0* The `config-tool` and `system` methods.
+
 <hr>
 <a name="footnote1">1</a>: They may appear to be case-insensitive, if the
     underlying file system happens to be case-insensitive.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/curses-dependency-improvements.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/curses-dependency-improvements.md
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+## Improvements for the builtin curses dependency
+
+This method has been extended to use config-tools, and a fallback to
+find_library for lookup as well as pkg-config.