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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/implicit_fallback.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/implicit_fallback.md deleted file mode 100644 index a6cbaf0..0000000 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/implicit_fallback.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -## Implicit dependency fallback - -`dependency('foo')` now automatically fallback if the dependency is not found on -the system but a subproject wrap file or directory exists with the same name. - -That means that simply adding `subprojects/foo.wrap` is enough to add fallback -to any `dependency('foo')` call. It is however requires that the subproject call -`meson.override_dependency('foo', foo_dep)` to specify which dependency object -should be used for `foo`. - -## Wrap file `provide` section - -Wrap files can define the dependencies it provides in the `[provide]` section. -When `foo.wrap` provides the dependency `foo-1.0` any call do `dependency('foo-1.0')` -will automatically fallback to that subproject even if no `fallback` keyword -argument is given. See [Wrap documentation](Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md#provide_section). - -## `find_program()` fallback - -When a program cannot be found on the system but a wrap file has its name in the -`[provide]` section, that subproject will be used as fallback. |