Allow command lists for find_program cross file overrides

This is accepted by all other binaries in the cross file. With this
change, we also don't check whether the specified command exists at
configure time, but that's probably a feature anyway.

Fixes https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/3737

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 79fc9fb40..8f6f79dcb 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -2627,8 +2627,12 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
             if not isinstance(p, str):
                 raise InterpreterException('Executable name must be a string.')
             if p in bins:
-                exename = bins[p]
-                extprog = dependencies.ExternalProgram(exename, silent=silent)
+                command = bins[p]
+                if isinstance(command, (list, str)):
+                    extprog = dependencies.ExternalProgram(p, command=command, silent=silent)
+                else:
+                    raise InterpreterException('Invalid type {!r} for binary {!r} in cross file'
+                                               ''.format(command, p))
                 progobj = ExternalProgramHolder(extprog)
                 return progobj
 
diff --git a/run_unittests.py b/run_unittests.py
index 0abe419e6..8b664a30c 100755
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -3207,7 +3207,8 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
 c = '/usr/bin/cc'
 ar = '/usr/bin/ar'
 strip = '/usr/bin/ar'
-sometool.py = '%s'
+sometool.py = ['{0}']
+someothertool.py = '{0}'
 
 [properties]
 
@@ -3216,7 +3217,7 @@ system = 'linux'
 cpu_family = 'arm'
 cpu = 'armv7' # Not sure if correct.
 endian = 'little'
-''' % os.path.join(testdir, 'some_cross_tool.py'))
+'''.format(os.path.join(testdir, 'some_cross_tool.py')))
         crossfile.flush()
         self.meson_cross_file = crossfile.name
         self.init(testdir)
diff --git a/test cases/unit/12 cross prog/meson.build b/test cases/unit/12 cross prog/meson.build
index e62870130..a7adeb284 100644
--- a/test cases/unit/12 cross prog/meson.build
+++ b/test cases/unit/12 cross prog/meson.build
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ project('cross find program', 'c')
 
 native_exe = find_program('sometool.py', native : true)
 cross_exe = find_program('sometool.py')
+cross_other_exe = find_program('someothertool.py')
 
 native_out = run_command(native_exe).stdout().strip()
 cross_out = run_command(cross_exe).stdout().strip()
+cross_other_out = run_command(cross_other_exe).stdout().strip()
 
 assert(native_out == 'native',
   'Native output incorrect:' + native_out)
 assert(cross_out == 'cross',
   'Cross output incorrect:' + cross_out)
+assert(cross_out == cross_other_out,
+  'Cross output incorrect:' + cross_other_out)