dependencies: make the preferred LibType available to any ExternalDependency

Just like we automatically provide some reusable glue for self.static,
provide it here too. It seems plausibly like something people would
commonly want.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py
index 28a3f74..9786918 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from .base import ExternalDependency, DependencyException, sort_libpaths, DependencyTypeName
-from ..mesonlib import LibType, MachineChoice, OptionKey, OrderedSet, PerMachine, Popen_safe
+from ..mesonlib import MachineChoice, OptionKey, OrderedSet, PerMachine, Popen_safe
 from ..programs import find_external_program, ExternalProgram
 from .. import mlog
 from pathlib import PurePath
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
         libs_found: OrderedSet[str] = OrderedSet()
         # Track not-found libraries to know whether to add library paths
         libs_notfound = []
-        libtype = LibType.STATIC if self.static else LibType.PREFER_SHARED
         # Generate link arguments for this library
         link_args = []
         for lib in full_args:
@@ -283,7 +282,7 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
                     continue
                 if self.clib_compiler:
                     args = self.clib_compiler.find_library(lib[2:], self.env,
-                                                           libpaths, libtype)
+                                                           libpaths, self.libtype)
                 # If the project only uses a non-clib language such as D, Rust,
                 # C#, Python, etc, all we can do is limp along by adding the
                 # arguments as-is and then adding the libpaths at the end.