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-rw-r--r--docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md58
-rw-r--r--docs/markdown/Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md10
-rw-r--r--docs/markdown/snippets/fallback_bool.md8
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py6
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/interpreter.py73
-rw-r--r--test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/meson.build12
-rw-r--r--test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build2
-rw-r--r--test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob3/meson.build2
-rw-r--r--test cases/failing/110 no fallback/meson.build2
-rw-r--r--test cases/failing/110 no fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build2
-rw-r--r--test cases/failing/110 no fallback/test.json8
11 files changed, 130 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
index c1e509e..38ae558 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
@@ -440,33 +440,61 @@ system) with the given name with `pkg-config` and [with
CMake](Dependencies.md#cmake) if `pkg-config` fails. Additionally,
frameworks (OSX only) and [library-specific fallback detection
logic](Dependencies.md#dependencies-with-custom-lookup-functionality)
-are also supported. This function supports the following keyword
-arguments:
+are also supported.
+
+Dependencies can also be resolved in two other ways:
+
+* if the same name was used in a `meson.override_dependency` prior to
+ the call to `dependency`, the overriding dependency will be returned
+ unconditionally; that is, the overriding dependency will be used
+ independent of whether an external dependency is installed in the system.
+ Typically, `meson.override_dependency` will have been used by a
+ subproject.
+
+* by a fallback subproject which, if needed, will be brought into the current
+ build specification as if [`subproject()`](#subproject) had been called.
+ The subproject can be specified with the `fallback` argument. Alternatively,
+ if the `fallback` argument is absent, *since 0.55.0* Meson can
+ automatically identify a subproject as a fallback if a wrap file
+ [provides](Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md#provide-section) the
+ dependency, or if a subproject has the same name as the dependency.
+ In the latter case, the subproject must use `meson.override_dependency` to
+ specify the replacement, or Meson will report a hard error. See the
+ [Wrap documentation](Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md#provide-section)
+ for more details. This automatic search can be controlled using the
+ `allow_fallback` keyword argument.
+
+This function supports the following keyword arguments:
- `default_options` *(since 0.37.0)*: an array of default option values
that override those set in the subproject's `meson_options.txt`
(like `default_options` in [`project()`](#project), they only have
effect when Meson is run for the first time, and command line
arguments override any default options in build files)
-- `fallback`: specifies a subproject fallback to use in case the
- dependency is not found in the system. The value is an array
- `['subproj_name', 'subproj_dep']` where the first value is the name
+- `allow_fallback` (boolean argument, *since 0.56.0*): specifies whether Meson
+ should automatically pick a fallback subproject in case the dependency
+ is not found in the system. If `true` and the dependency is not found
+ on the system, Meson will fallback to a subproject that provides this
+ dependency. If `false`, Meson will not fallback even if a subproject
+ provides this dependency. By default, Meson will do so if `required`
+ is `true` or [`enabled`](Build-options.md#features); see the [Wrap
+ documentation](Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md#provide-section)
+ for more details.
+- `fallback` (string or array argument): manually specifies a subproject
+ fallback to use in case the dependency is not found in the system.
+ This is useful if the automatic search is not applicable or if you
+ want to support versions of Meson older than 0.55.0. If the value is an
+ array `['subproj_name', 'subproj_dep']`, the first value is the name
of the subproject and the second is the variable name in that
subproject that contains a dependency object such as the return
value of [`declare_dependency`](#declare_dependency) or
[`dependency()`](#dependency), etc. Note that this means the
fallback dependency may be a not-found dependency, in which
case the value of the `required:` kwarg will be obeyed.
- *(since 0.54.0)* `'subproj_dep'` argument can be omitted in the case the
- subproject used `meson.override_dependency('dependency_name', subproj_dep)`.
- In that case, the `fallback` keyword argument can be a single string instead
- of a list of 2 strings. *Since 0.55.0* the `fallback` keyword argument can be
- omitted when there is a wrap file or a directory with the same `dependency_name`,
- and subproject registered the dependency using
- `meson.override_dependency('dependency_name', subproj_dep)`, or when the wrap
- file has `dependency_name` in its `[provide]` section.
- See [Wrap documentation](Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md#provide-section)
- for more details.
+ *Since 0.54.0* the value can be a single string, the subproject name;
+ in this case the subproject must use
+ `meson.override_dependency('dependency_name', subproj_dep)`
+ to specify the dependency object used in the superproject.
- `language` *(since 0.42.0)*: defines what language-specific
dependency to find if it's available for multiple languages.
- `method`: defines the way the dependency is detected, the default is
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md
index 8e6282e..4189709 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md
@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ endif
`dependency('foo-1.0', required: get_option('foo_opt'))` will only fallback
when the user sets `foo_opt` to `enabled` instead of `auto`.
-If it is desired to fallback for an optional dependency, the `fallback` keyword
-argument must be passed explicitly. For example
-`dependency('foo-1.0', required: get_option('foo_opt'), fallback: 'foo')` will
-use the fallback even when `foo_opt` is set to `auto`.
+If it is desired to fallback for an optional dependency, the `fallback`
+or `allow_fallback` keyword arguments must be passed explicitly. *Since
+0.56.0*, `dependency('foo-1.0', required: get_option('foo_opt'),
+allow_fallback: true)` will use the fallback even when `foo_opt` is set
+to `auto`. On version *0.55.0* the same effect could be achieved with
+`dependency('foo-1.0', required: get_option('foo_opt'), fallback: 'foo')`.
This mechanism assumes the subproject calls `meson.override_dependency('foo-1.0', foo_dep)`
so Meson knows which dependency object should be used as fallback. Since that
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/fallback_bool.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/fallback_bool.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14bef50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/fallback_bool.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## Controlling subproject dependencies with `dependency(allow_fallback: ...)`
+
+As an alternative to the `fallback` keyword argument to `dependency`,
+you may use `allow_fallback`, which accepts a boolean value. If `true`
+and the dependency is not found on the system, Meson will fallback
+to a subproject that provides this dependency, even if the dependency
+is optional. If `false`, Meson will not fallback even if a subproject
+provides this dependency.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 14db6a5..95202fe 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -2320,9 +2320,11 @@ def get_dep_identifier(name, kwargs) -> T.Tuple:
# 'version' is irrelevant for caching; the caller must check version matches
# 'native' is handled above with `for_machine`
# 'required' is irrelevant for caching; the caller handles it separately
- # 'fallback' subprojects cannot be cached -- they must be initialized
+ # 'fallback' and 'allow_fallback' is not part of the cache because,
+ # once a dependency has been found through a fallback, it should
+ # be used for the rest of the Meson run.
# 'default_options' is only used in fallback case
- if key in ('version', 'native', 'required', 'fallback', 'default_options', 'force_fallback'):
+ if key in ('version', 'native', 'required', 'fallback', 'allow_fallback', 'default_options'):
continue
# All keyword arguments are strings, ints, or lists (or lists of lists)
if isinstance(value, list):
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 9f54b0a..ca1411e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -2642,10 +2642,9 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase):
FeatureNew.single_use('stdlib without variable name', '0.56.0', self.subproject)
kwargs = {'fallback': di,
'native': for_machine is MachineChoice.BUILD,
- 'force_fallback': True,
}
name = display_name = l + '_stdlib'
- dep = self.dependency_impl(name, display_name, kwargs)
+ dep = self.dependency_impl(name, display_name, kwargs, force_fallback=True)
self.build.stdlibs[for_machine][l] = dep
def import_module(self, modname):
@@ -3701,31 +3700,41 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
build.DependencyOverride(d.held_object, node, explicit=False)
return d
- def dependency_impl(self, name, display_name, kwargs):
+ def dependency_impl(self, name, display_name, kwargs, force_fallback=False):
disabled, required, feature = extract_required_kwarg(kwargs, self.subproject)
if disabled:
mlog.log('Dependency', mlog.bold(display_name), 'skipped: feature', mlog.bold(feature), 'disabled')
return self.notfound_dependency()
- has_fallback = 'fallback' in kwargs
- if not has_fallback and name:
+ fallback = kwargs.get('fallback', None)
+ allow_fallback = kwargs.get('allow_fallback', None)
+ if allow_fallback is not None:
+ FeatureNew.single_use('"allow_fallback" keyword argument for dependency', '0.56.0', self.subproject)
+ if fallback is not None:
+ raise InvalidArguments('"fallback" and "allow_fallback" arguments are mutually exclusive')
+ if not isinstance(allow_fallback, bool):
+ raise InvalidArguments('"allow_fallback" argument must be boolean')
+
+ # If "fallback" is absent, look for an implicit fallback.
+ if name and fallback is None and allow_fallback is not False:
# Add an implicit fallback if we have a wrap file or a directory with the same name,
# but only if this dependency is required. It is common to first check for a pkg-config,
# then fallback to use find_library() and only afterward check again the dependency
# with a fallback. If the fallback has already been configured then we have to use it
# even if the dependency is not required.
provider = self.environment.wrap_resolver.find_dep_provider(name)
+ if not provider and allow_fallback is True:
+ raise InvalidArguments('Fallback wrap or subproject not found for dependency \'%s\'' % name)
dirname = mesonlib.listify(provider)[0]
- if provider and (required or self.get_subproject(dirname)):
- kwargs['fallback'] = provider
- has_fallback = True
+ if provider and (allow_fallback is True or required or self.get_subproject(dirname)):
+ fallback = provider
- if 'default_options' in kwargs and not has_fallback:
- mlog.warning('The "default_options" keyworg argument does nothing without a "fallback" keyword argument.',
+ if 'default_options' in kwargs and not fallback:
+ mlog.warning('The "default_options" keyword argument does nothing without a fallback subproject.',
location=self.current_node)
# writing just "dependency('')" is an error, because it can only fail
- if name == '' and required and not has_fallback:
+ if name == '' and required and not fallback:
raise InvalidArguments('Dependency is both required and not-found')
if '<' in name or '>' in name or '=' in name:
@@ -3734,31 +3743,31 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
identifier, cached_dep = self._find_cached_dep(name, display_name, kwargs)
if cached_dep:
- if has_fallback:
- dirname, varname = self.get_subproject_infos(kwargs)
+ if fallback:
+ dirname, varname = self.get_subproject_infos(fallback)
self.verify_fallback_consistency(dirname, varname, cached_dep)
if required and not cached_dep.found():
m = 'Dependency {!r} was already checked and was not found'
raise DependencyException(m.format(display_name))
return DependencyHolder(cached_dep, self.subproject)
- # If the dependency has already been configured, possibly by
- # a higher level project, try to use it first.
- if has_fallback:
- dirname, varname = self.get_subproject_infos(kwargs)
+ if fallback:
+ # If the dependency has already been configured, possibly by
+ # a higher level project, try to use it first.
+ dirname, varname = self.get_subproject_infos(fallback)
if self.get_subproject(dirname):
return self.get_subproject_dep(name, display_name, dirname, varname, kwargs)
- wrap_mode = self.coredata.get_builtin_option('wrap_mode')
- force_fallback_for = self.coredata.get_builtin_option('force_fallback_for')
- force_fallback = kwargs.get('force_fallback', False)
- forcefallback = has_fallback and (wrap_mode == WrapMode.forcefallback or \
- name in force_fallback_for or \
- dirname in force_fallback_for or \
- force_fallback)
- if name != '' and not forcefallback:
+ wrap_mode = self.coredata.get_builtin_option('wrap_mode')
+ force_fallback_for = self.coredata.get_builtin_option('force_fallback_for')
+ force_fallback = (force_fallback or
+ wrap_mode == WrapMode.forcefallback or
+ name in force_fallback_for or
+ dirname in force_fallback_for)
+
+ if name != '' and (not fallback or not force_fallback):
self._handle_featurenew_dependencies(name)
- kwargs['required'] = required and not has_fallback
+ kwargs['required'] = required and not fallback
dep = dependencies.find_external_dependency(name, self.environment, kwargs)
kwargs['required'] = required
# Only store found-deps in the cache
@@ -3770,8 +3779,8 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
self.coredata.deps[for_machine].put(identifier, dep)
return DependencyHolder(dep, self.subproject)
- if has_fallback:
- return self.dependency_fallback(name, display_name, kwargs)
+ if fallback:
+ return self.dependency_fallback(name, display_name, fallback, kwargs)
return self.notfound_dependency()
@@ -3798,8 +3807,8 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
message.append(mlog.bold(command_templ.format(l[len(self.source_root) + 1:])))
mlog.warning(*message, location=self.current_node)
- def get_subproject_infos(self, kwargs):
- fbinfo = mesonlib.stringlistify(kwargs['fallback'])
+ def get_subproject_infos(self, fbinfo):
+ fbinfo = mesonlib.stringlistify(fbinfo)
if len(fbinfo) == 1:
FeatureNew.single_use('Fallback without variable name', '0.53.0', self.subproject)
return fbinfo[0], None
@@ -3807,8 +3816,8 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
raise InterpreterException('Fallback info must have one or two items.')
return fbinfo
- def dependency_fallback(self, name, display_name, kwargs):
- dirname, varname = self.get_subproject_infos(kwargs)
+ def dependency_fallback(self, name, display_name, fallback, kwargs):
+ dirname, varname = self.get_subproject_infos(fallback)
required = kwargs.get('required', True)
# Explicitly listed fallback preferences for specific subprojects
diff --git a/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/meson.build b/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b189faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+project('subproject fallback', 'c')
+
+foob_dep = dependency('foob', allow_fallback: true, required: false)
+assert(foob_dep.found())
+
+# Careful! Once a submodule has been triggered and it has
+# overridden the dependency, it sticks.
+foob_dep = dependency('foob', allow_fallback: false, required: false)
+assert(foob_dep.found())
+
+foob3_dep = dependency('foob3', allow_fallback: false, required: false)
+assert(not foob3_dep.found())
diff --git a/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build b/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2c4814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('foob', 'c')
+meson.override_dependency('foob', declare_dependency())
diff --git a/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob3/meson.build b/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob3/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fdb188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/239 dependency allow_fallback/subprojects/foob3/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('foob3', 'c')
+# Note that there is no override_dependency here
diff --git a/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/meson.build b/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0101bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('no fallback', 'c')
+foob_dep = dependency('foob', allow_fallback: false, required: true)
diff --git a/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build b/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2c4814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/subprojects/foob/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project('foob', 'c')
+meson.override_dependency('foob', declare_dependency())
diff --git a/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/test.json b/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e034061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/failing/110 no fallback/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+ "stdout": [
+ {
+ "match": "re",
+ "line": ".*/meson\\.build:2:0: ERROR: (Pkg-config binary for machine MachineChoice\\.HOST not found\\. Giving up\\.|Dependency \"foob\" not found, tried .*)"
+ }
+ ]
+}