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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md index 0bb10e5e0..9ac24a43c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md @@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ These are provided by the `.system()` method call. | openbsd | | | windows | Native Windows (not Cygwin or MSYS2) | | sunos | illumos and Solaris | +| os/2 | OS/2 | Any string not listed above is not guaranteed to remain stable in future releases. diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/add_os2.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/add_os2.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4539ce59c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/add_os2.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +## Added OS/2 support + +Meson now supports OS/2 system. Especially, `shortname` kwarg and +`os2_emxomf` builtin option are introduced. + +`shortname` is used to specify a short DLL name fitting to a 8.3 rule. + +```meson +lib = library('foo_library', + ... + shortname: 'foo', + ... +) +``` + +This will generate `foo.dll` not `foo_library.dll` on OS/2. If +`shortname` is not used, `foo_libr.dll` which is truncated up to 8 +characters is generated. + +`os2_emxomf` is used to generate OMF files with OMF tool-chains. + +``` +meson setup --os2-emxomf builddir +``` + +This will generate OMF object files and `.lib` library files. If +`--os2-emxomf` is not used, AOUT object files and `.a` library files are +generated. |