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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 2aa9665..f64bded 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1608,6 +1608,10 @@ an external dependency with the following methods: pkg-config variable specified, or, if invoked on a non pkg-config dependency, error out + - `get_configtool_variable(varname)` (*Added 0.44.0*) will get the + command line argument from the config tool (with `--` prepended), or, + if invoked on a non config-tool dependency, error out. + - `type_name()` which returns a string describing the type of the dependency, the most common values are `internal` for deps created with `declare_dependencies` and `pkgconfig` for system dependencies diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/config-tool-variable-method.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/config-tool-variable-method.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7725982 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/config-tool-variable-method.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# Config-Tool based dependencies gained a method to get arbitrary options + +A number of dependencies (CUPS, LLVM, pcap, WxWidgets, GnuStep) use a config +tool instead of pkg-config. As of this version they now have a +`get_configtool_variable` method, which is analogous to the +`get_pkgconfig_variable` for pkg config. + +```meson +dep_llvm = dependency('LLVM') +llvm_inc_dir = dep_llvm.get_configtool_variable('includedir') +``` |