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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 2bbe843..1a98c4c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ Executable supports the following keyword arguments. Note that just like the pos - `extra_files` are not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio) - `install`, when set to true, this executable should be installed - `install_rpath` a string to set the target's rpath to after install (but *not* before that) +- `build_rpath` a string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir, but which will be removed on install - `install_dir` override install directory for this file. The value is relative to the `prefix` specified. F.ex, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') + '/projectname-1.0'`. - `objects` list of prebuilt object files (usually for third party products you don't have source to) that should be linked in this target, **never** use this for object files that you build yourself. - `name_suffix` the string that will be used as the extension for the target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is `exe` and on other platforms it is omitted. diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md index 3a12f02..f0ea534 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md @@ -66,7 +66,20 @@ instruction sets and selecting the best one at runtime. This module is unstable, meaning its API is subject to change in later releases. It might also be removed altogether. + ## Import libraries for executables on Windows The new keyword `implib` to `executable()` allows generation of an import library for the executable. + +## Added build_rpath keyword argument + +You can specify `build_rpath : '/foo/bar'` in build targets and the +given path will get added to the target's rpath in the build tree. It +is removed during the install step. + +Meson will print a warning when the user tries to add an rpath linker +flag manually, e.g. via `link_args` to a target. This is not +recommended because having multiple rpath causes them to stomp on each +other. This warning will become a hard error in some future release. + |