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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 9829781..f75030f 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ endif Takes one keyword argument, `required`. It defaults to `true`, which means that if any of the languages specified is not found, Meson will halt. Returns true if all languages specified were found and false -otherwise. +otherwise. Since *0.47.0* the value of a [`feature`](Build-options.md#features) +option can also be passed to the `required` keyword argument. ### add_project_arguments() @@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ otherwise. This function supports the following keyword arguments: cross compiled binary will run on), usually only needed if you build a tool to be used during compilation. - `required`, when set to false, Meson will proceed with the build - even if the dependency is not found + even if the dependency is not found. Since *0.47.0* the value of a + [`feature`](Build-options.md#features) option can also be passed. - `static` tells the dependency provider to try to get static libraries instead of dynamic ones (note that this is not supported by all dependency backends) @@ -540,7 +542,9 @@ Keyword arguments are the following: abort if no program can be found. If `required` is set to `false`, Meson continue even if none of the programs can be found. You can then use the `.found()` method on the returned object to check - whether it was found or not. + whether it was found or not. Since *0.47.0* the value of a + [`feature`](Build-options.md#features) option can also be passed to the + `required` keyword argument. - `native` *(since 0.43)* defines how this executable should be searched. By default it is set to `false`, which causes Meson to first look for the @@ -675,6 +679,9 @@ handles that as expected, but if you need the absolute path to one of these e.g. to use in a define etc., you should use `join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('localstatedir')))` +For options of type `feature` a special object is returned instead of a string. +See [`feature` options](Build-options.md#features) documentation for more details. + ### get_variable() ``` meson @@ -1564,6 +1571,8 @@ the following methods: library is searched for in the system library directory (e.g. /usr/lib). This can be overridden with the `dirs` keyword argument, which can be either a string or a list of strings. + Since *0.47.0* the value of a [`feature`](Build-options.md#features) option + can also be passed to the `required` keyword argument. - `first_supported_argument(list_of_strings)`, given a list of strings, returns the first argument that passes the `has_argument` |