From febd3e8524a2ca63f4728a51c5edd19451d6c5fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nirbheek Chauhan Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 07:44:27 +0530 Subject: Document how to declare fallback-only dependencies [skip ci] --- docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/markdown') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index a723b03..5cd24b7 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -420,7 +420,9 @@ If dependency_name is `''`, the dependency is always not found. So with `found()` method returns `false`, and which can be passed like any other dependency to the `dependencies:` keyword argument of a `build_target`. This can be used to implement a dependency which is sometimes not required e.g. in -some branches of a conditional. +some branches of a conditional, or with a `fallback:` kwarg, can be used to +declare an optional dependency that only looks in the specified subproject, +and only if that's allowed by `--wrap-mode`. The returned object also has methods that are documented in the [object methods section](#dependency-object) below. -- cgit v1.1