From 514d21e6a464a93dee2f2266623271007b87d99d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iñigo Martínez Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 14:59:47 +0100 Subject: docs: Add documentation to dependency variables Meson is able to redefine variables when retrieving them from `pkg-config` dependencies. However, the documentation is missing. This patch adds documentation for this feature. --- docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index dcedccdd5..f797da187 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1618,7 +1618,9 @@ an external dependency with the following methods: - `get_pkgconfig_variable(varname)` (*Added 0.36.0*) will get the pkg-config variable specified, or, if invoked on a non pkg-config - dependency, error out + dependency, error out. (*Added 0.44.0*) You can also redefine a + variable by passing a list to the `define_variable` parameter + that can affect the retrieved variable: `['prefix', '/'])`. - `get_configtool_variable(varname)` (*Added 0.44.0*) will get the command line argument from the config tool (with `--` prepended), or, -- cgit v1.3