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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/External-Project-module.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/External-Project-module.md b/docs/markdown/External-Project-module.md index 54b248f..e469024 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/External-Project-module.md +++ b/docs/markdown/External-Project-module.md @@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ build system. Usually in a `meson.build` file placed in the top directory of a subproject, but could be also in any subdir. Its first positional argument is the name of the configure script to be -executed (e.g. `configure` or `autogen.sh`), that file must be in the current -directory and executable. +executed (e.g. `configure`), that file must be in the current directory and +executable. Note that if a bootstrap script is required (e.g. `autogen.sh` when +building from git instead of tarball), it can be done using `run_command()` +before calling `add_project()` method. Keyword arguments: - `configure_options`: An array of strings to be passed as arguments to the @@ -63,7 +65,11 @@ Keyword arguments: them to the configure script: `@PREFIX@`, `@LIBDIR@` and `@INCLUDEDIR@`. Note that `libdir` and `includedir` paths are relative to `prefix` in Meson but some configure scripts requires absolute path, in that case they can be - passed as `'--libdir=@PREFIX@/@LIBDIR@'`. + passed as `'--libdir=@PREFIX@/@LIBDIR@'`. *Since 0.57.0* default arguments are + added in case some tags are not found in `configure_options`: + `'--prefix=@PREFIX@'`, `'--libdir=@PREFIX@/@LIBDIR@'`, and + `'--includedir=@PREFIX@/@INCLUDEDIR@'`. It was previously considered a fatal + error to not specify them. - `cross_configure_options`: Extra options appended to `configure_options` only when cross compiling. special tag `@HOST@` will be replaced by `'{}-{}-{}'.format(host_machine.cpu_family(), build_machine.system(), host_machine.system()`. |