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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 14c931d..e30b79c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -606,6 +606,11 @@ installed, and so on, use a [`custom_target`](#custom_target) instead. Obtains the value of the [project build option](Build-options.md) specified in the positional argument. +Note that the value returned for built-in options that end in `dir` such as +`bindir` and `libdir` is always a path relative to (and inside) the `prefix`. +The only exceptions are: `sysconfdir`, `localstatedir`, and `sharedstatedir` +which will return the value passed during configuration as-is. + ### get_variable() ``` meson diff --git a/docs/markdown/index.md b/docs/markdown/index.md index 5f42cc7..6893564 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/index.md +++ b/docs/markdown/index.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ code. ## Features -* multiplatform support for Linux, OSX, Windows, GCC, Clang, Visual Studio and others +* multiplatform support for Linux, macOS, Windows, GCC, Clang, Visual Studio and others * supported languages include C, C++, D, Fortran, Java, Rust * build definitions in a very readable and user friendly non-Turing complete DSL * cross compilation for many operating systems as well as bare metal @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ The second way is via IRC. The channel to use is `#mesonbuild` at ## Development -All development on Meson is done on [GitHub -project](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson). Instruction on +All development on Meson is done on the [GitHub +project](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson). Instructions for contributing can be found on the [contribution page](Contributing.md). |