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diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
index 0a28782..40ba213 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
# limitations under the License.
import os, pickle, re
+import textwrap
from .. import build
from .. import dependencies
from .. import mesonlib
@@ -729,10 +730,11 @@ class Backend:
def exe_object_to_cmd_array(self, exe):
if self.environment.is_cross_build() and \
isinstance(exe, build.BuildTarget) and exe.is_cross:
- if self.environment.exe_wrapper is None:
- s = 'Can not use target %s as a generator because it is cross-built\n'
- s += 'and no exe wrapper is defined. You might want to set it to native instead.'
- s = s % exe.name
+ if self.environment.exe_wrapper is None and self.environment.cross_info.need_exe_wrapper():
+ s = textwrap.dedent('''
+ Can not use target {} as a generator because it is cross-built
+ and no exe wrapper is defined or needs_exe_wrapper is true.
+ You might want to set it to native instead.'''.format(exe.name))
raise MesonException(s)
if isinstance(exe, build.BuildTarget):
exe_arr = [os.path.join(self.environment.get_build_dir(), self.get_target_filename(exe))]