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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md index bae3edc5e..90b4c1d37 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md @@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ You can pass the `opt_dep` variable to target construction functions whether the actual dependency was found or not. Meson will ignore non-found dependencies. +Meson also allows to get variables that are defined in the +`pkg-config` file. This can be done by using the +`get_pkgconfig_variable` function. + +```meson +zdep_prefix = zdep.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix') +``` + +These variables can also be redefined by passing the `define_variable` +parameter, which might be useful in certain situations: + +```meson +zdep_prefix = zdep.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix', define_variable: ['prefix', '/tmp']) +``` + The dependency detector works with all libraries that provide a `pkg-config` file. Unfortunately several packages don't provide pkg-config files. Meson has autodetection support for some of these, |