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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/overrideexe.md | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index ea11f60..9762c5d 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1529,7 +1529,9 @@ the following methods. specifies that whenever `find_program` is used to find a program named `progname`, Meson should not not look it up on the system but instead return `program`, which may either be the result of - `find_program` or `configure_file`. + `find_program`, `configure_file` or `executable`. + + If `program` is an `executable`, it cannot be used during configure. - `project_version()` returns the version string specified in `project` function call. diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/overrideexe.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/overrideexe.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..59213c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/overrideexe.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +## More flexible `override_find_program()`. + +It is now possible to pass an `executable` to +`override_find_program()` if the overridden program is not used during +configure. + +This is particularly useful for fallback dependencies like Protobuf +that also provide a tool like protoc. |