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authorunknown <vid512@gmail.com>2024-09-20 08:48:54 +0200
committerDylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com>2024-09-21 08:17:41 -0700
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Document get_variable(system)
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@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ var = foo_dep.get_variable(cmake : 'CMAKE_VAR', pkgconfig : 'pkg-config-var', co
```
It accepts the keywords 'cmake', 'pkgconfig', 'pkgconfig_define',
-'configtool', 'internal', and 'default_value'. 'pkgconfig_define'
-works just like the 'define_variable' argument to
+'configtool', 'internal', 'system', and 'default_value'.
+'pkgconfig_define' works just like the 'define_variable' argument to
`get_pkgconfig_variable`. When this method is invoked the keyword
corresponding to the underlying type of the dependency will be used to
look for a variable. If that variable cannot be found or if the caller
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/system_variable_in_dep.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/system_variable_in_dep.md
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index 000000000..0cd936322
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+## Support for variable in system dependencies
+
+System Dependency method `get_variable()` now supports `system` variable.