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| author | Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> | 2022-12-07 22:25:26 -0500 |
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| committer | Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> | 2022-12-27 20:29:46 -0500 |
| commit | 0544ffabf1f252494f6b9699a2b9007682fc322e (patch) | |
| tree | 23ecaa7ce384cbb4b4f7165117ac7d1b0ab54764 /docs | |
| parent | 2fa074917597fea0cf3332c6620d3414034825e4 (diff) | |
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add builtin option to install licenses
Unless `meson.install_dependency_manifest()` is explicitly used, this
will cause a default implied one to be installed.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/yaml/builtins/meson.yaml | 4 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index 4c43f09..f8c3d8a 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ not be relied on, since they can be absolute paths in the following cases: | includedir | include | Header file directory | | infodir | share/info | Info page directory | | libdir | see below | Library directory | +| licensedir | see below | Licenses directory (since 1.1.0)| | libexecdir | libexec | Library executable directory | | localedir | share/locale | Locale data directory | | localstatedir | var | Localstate data directory | @@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ different distributions have different defaults. Using a [cross file](Cross-compilation.md#defining-the-environment), particularly the paths section may be necessary. +`licensedir` is empty by default. If set, it defines the default location +to install a dependency manifest and project licenses. For more details, +see [[meson.install_dependency_manifest]]. + ### Core options Options that are labeled "per machine" in the table are set per diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77ccd0d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +## A new core directory option "licensedir" is available + +This will install a dependency manifest to the specified directory, if none +is is explicitly set. diff --git a/docs/yaml/builtins/meson.yaml b/docs/yaml/builtins/meson.yaml index a457dbf..1dd746f 100644 --- a/docs/yaml/builtins/meson.yaml +++ b/docs/yaml/builtins/meson.yaml @@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ methods: If license files are defined as well, they will be copied next to the manifest and referenced in it. + If this function is not used, the builtin option `licensedir` can + be used to install the manifest to a given directory with the name + `depmf.json`. + posargs: output_name: type: str |