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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/interpreter.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/interpreter.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py index 7a76fad..71c9f4b 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py +++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py @@ -1679,10 +1679,17 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''') cargs = args[1:] srcdir = self.environment.get_source_dir() builddir = self.environment.get_build_dir() - m = 'must be a string, or the output of find_program(), files(), or ' \ - 'configure_file(); not {!r}' + m = 'must be a string, or the output of find_program(), files() '\ + 'or configure_file(), or a compiler object; not {!r}' if isinstance(cmd, ExternalProgramHolder): cmd = cmd.held_object + elif isinstance(cmd, CompilerHolder): + cmd = cmd.compiler.get_exelist()[0] + prog = ExternalProgram(cmd, silent=True) + if not prog.found(): + raise InterpreterException('Program {!r} not found ' + 'or not executable'.format(cmd)) + cmd = prog else: if isinstance(cmd, mesonlib.File): cmd = cmd.absolute_path(srcdir, builddir) |