project('variables-not-key-value-test', 'c', version : '1.0') pkgg = import('pkgconfig') lib = shared_library('simple', 'simple.c') libver = '1.0' h = install_headers('simple.h') pkgg.generate( libraries : [lib, '-lz'], subdirs : '.', version : libver, name : 'libsimple', filebase : 'simple', description : 'A simple demo library.', variables : [ 'this_should_be_key_value' ] )