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| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/build.py | 6 |
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diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py index 9837d5a..2a71b8b 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/build.py +++ b/mesonbuild/build.py @@ -640,6 +640,12 @@ class BuildTarget(Target): # in kwargs. Unpack here without looking at the exact type. if hasattr(linktarget, "held_object"): linktarget = linktarget.held_object + if isinstance(linktarget, dependencies.ExternalLibrary): + raise MesonException('''An external library was used in link_with keyword argument, which +is reserved for libraries built as part of this project. External +libraries must be passed using the dependencies keyword argument +instead, because they are conceptually "external dependencies", +just like those detected with the dependency() function.''') self.link(linktarget) lwhole = extract_as_list(kwargs, 'link_whole') for linktarget in lwhole: |