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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Configuring-a-build-directory.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/prefer_static.md | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md index c524fe492..1e24144cf 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Builtin-options.md @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ machine](#specifying-options-per-machine) section for details. | layout {mirror,flat} | mirror | Build directory layout | no | no | | optimization {0, g, 1, 2, 3, s} | 0 | Optimization level | no | no | | pkg_config_path {OS separated path} | '' | Additional paths for pkg-config to search before builtin paths | yes | no | +| prefer_static | false | Whether to try static linking before shared linking | no | no | | cmake_prefix_path | [] | Additional prefixes for cmake to search before builtin paths | yes | no | | stdsplit | true | Split stdout and stderr in test logs | no | no | | strip | false | Strip targets on install | no | no | diff --git a/docs/markdown/Configuring-a-build-directory.md b/docs/markdown/Configuring-a-build-directory.md index 1eb8478b7..34bde4d99 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Configuring-a-build-directory.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Configuring-a-build-directory.md @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ a sample output for a simple project. install_umask 0022 [preserve, 0000-0777] Default umask to apply on permissions of installed files layout mirror [mirror, flat] Build directory layout optimization 3 [0, g, 1, 2, 3, s] Optimization level + prefer_static false [true, false] Whether to try static linking before shared linking strip false [true, false] Strip targets on install unity off [on, off, subprojects] Unity build warning_level 1 [0, 1, 2, 3] Compiler warning level to use diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/prefer_static.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/prefer_static.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c63323b5f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/prefer_static.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +## New prefer_static built-in option + +Users can now set a boolean, `prefer_static`, that controls whether or not +static linking should be tried before shared linking. This option acts as +strictly a preference. If the preferred linking method is not successful, +then Meson will fallback and try the other linking method. Specifically +setting the `static` kwarg in the meson.build will take precedence over +the value of `prefer_static` for that specific `dependency` or +`find_library` call. |