ExternalProgram: add cmd_array to complete the offfering

In case of python and especially in the case of pyInstaller
where the python command is meson.exe runpython, it should
not be full path to be used but cmd_array.

Fixing #13834

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/test cases/common/26 find program/meson.build b/test cases/common/26 find program/meson.build
index a20f6b45a..72d311c41 100644
--- a/test cases/common/26 find program/meson.build
+++ b/test cases/common/26 find program/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('find program')
+project('find program', meson_version: '>= 1.10.0',)
 
 if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
   # Things Windows does not provide:
@@ -40,3 +40,21 @@ assert(not prog.found(), 'Program should not be found')
 
 prog = find_program('test_subdir.py', dirs : ['/nonexistent', meson.current_source_dir() / 'scripts'])
 assert(prog.found(), 'Program should be found')
+
+prog = find_program('print-version.py')
+if build_machine.system() != 'cygwin'
+  assert(prog.cmd_array() != [prog.full_path()])
+  assert(prog.cmd_array().length() == 2)
+endif
+
+ret = run_command(prog.cmd_array(),'--version', check: true)
+assert(ret.returncode() == 0)
+assert(ret.stdout().strip() == '1.0')
+
+if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  prog = find_program('cmd.exe')
+  assert(prog.cmd_array() == [prog.full_path()])
+else
+  prog = find_program('ld')
+  assert(prog.cmd_array() == [prog.full_path()])
+endif
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