add new dependency type "builtin"

For dependencies that on some systems are built into libc etc. and don't
need to be separately linked. This is distinct from "system"
dependencies which add linker args.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/factory.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/factory.py
index 774e88e..048e3bc 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/factory.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/factory.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from ..mesonlib import MachineChoice
 from .base import DependencyException, DependencyMethods
 from .base import ExternalDependency
 from .base import process_method_kw
-from .base import SystemDependency
+from .base import BuiltinDependency, SystemDependency
 from .cmake import CMakeDependency
 from .framework import ExtraFrameworkDependency
 from .pkgconfig import PkgConfigDependency
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class DependencyFactory:
                  configtool_class: 'T.Optional[T.Type[ConfigToolDependency]]' = None,
                  framework_name: T.Optional[str] = None,
                  framework_class: 'T.Type[ExtraFrameworkDependency]' = ExtraFrameworkDependency,
+                 builtin_class: 'T.Type[BuiltinDependency]' = BuiltinDependency,
                  system_class: 'T.Type[SystemDependency]' = SystemDependency):
 
         if DependencyMethods.CONFIG_TOOL in methods and not configtool_class:
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ class DependencyFactory:
             DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG:      lambda env, kwargs: pkgconfig_class(pkgconfig_name or name, env, kwargs),
             DependencyMethods.CMAKE:          lambda env, kwargs: cmake_class(cmake_name or name, env, kwargs),
             DependencyMethods.SYSTEM:         lambda env, kwargs: system_class(name, env, kwargs),
+            DependencyMethods.BUILTIN:        lambda env, kwargs: builtin_class(name, env, kwargs),
             DependencyMethods.CONFIG_TOOL:    None,
         }
         if configtool_class is not None: