From 0544ffabf1f252494f6b9699a2b9007682fc322e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Schwartz Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 22:25:26 -0500 Subject: add builtin option to install licenses Unless `meson.install_dependency_manifest()` is explicitly used, this will cause a default implied one to be installed. --- docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md | 5 +++++ docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md (limited to 'docs/markdown') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index 4c43f09..f8c3d8a 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ not be relied on, since they can be absolute paths in the following cases: | includedir | include | Header file directory | | infodir | share/info | Info page directory | | libdir | see below | Library directory | +| licensedir | see below | Licenses directory (since 1.1.0)| | libexecdir | libexec | Library executable directory | | localedir | share/locale | Locale data directory | | localstatedir | var | Localstate data directory | @@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ different distributions have different defaults. Using a [cross file](Cross-compilation.md#defining-the-environment), particularly the paths section may be necessary. +`licensedir` is empty by default. If set, it defines the default location +to install a dependency manifest and project licenses. For more details, +see [[meson.install_dependency_manifest]]. + ### Core options Options that are labeled "per machine" in the table are set per diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77ccd0d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/licensesdir_option.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +## A new core directory option "licensedir" is available + +This will install a dependency manifest to the specified directory, if none +is is explicitly set. -- cgit v1.1