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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/executable-suffixes.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/executable-suffixes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..44471e9dd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/executable-suffixes.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +## Target names for executables now take into account suffixes. + +In previous versions of meson, a `meson.build` file like this: + +``` +exectuable('foo', 'main.c') +exectuable('foo', 'main.c', name_suffix: 'bar') +``` + +would result in a configure error because meson internally used +the same id for both executables. This build file is now allowed +since meson takes into account the `bar` suffix when generating the +second executable. This allows for executables with the same basename +but different suffixes to be built in the same subdirectory. |