First half of the work required for pkg-config generator.

build.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Build:
         self.configure_files = []
         self.pot = []
         self.subprojects = {}
+        self.pkgconfig_gens = []
 
     def add_compiler(self, compiler):
         if len(self.compilers) == 0:
@@ -522,3 +523,19 @@ class ConfigurationData():
 
     def keys(self):
         return self.values.keys()
+
+class PkgConfigGenerator():
+    def __init__(self, libraries, headers, name, description, version, filebase):
+        self.libraries = []
+        for l in libraries:
+            if hasattr(l, 'held_object'):
+                self.libraries.append(l.held_object)
+            else:
+                self.libraries.append(l)
+        self.headerdirs = {}
+        for h in headers:
+            self.headerdirs[h.subdir] = True
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = description
+        self.version = version
+        self.filebase = filebase

interpreter.py

@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ class Headers(InterpreterObject):
         return self.sources
 
 class Data(InterpreterObject):
-    
     def __init__(self, subdir, sources, kwargs):
         InterpreterObject.__init__(self)
         self.subdir = subdir
@@ -619,6 +618,7 @@ class Interpreter():
                       'get_option' : self.func_get_option,
                       'subproject' : self.func_subproject,
                       'is_subproject' : self.func_is_subproject,
+                      'pkgconfig_gen' : self.func_pkgconfig_gen,
                       }
 
     def get_build_def_files(self):
@@ -735,6 +735,36 @@ class Interpreter():
     def func_option(self, nodes, args, kwargs):
         raise InterpreterException('Tried to call option() in build description file. All options must be in the option file.')
 
+    def func_pkgconfig_gen(self, nodes, args, kwargs):
+        if len(args) > 0:
+            raise InterpreterException('Pkgconfig_gen takes no positional arguments.')
+        libs = kwargs.get('libraries', [])
+        if not isinstance(libs, list):
+            libs = [libs]
+        for l in libs:
+            if not (isinstance(l, SharedLibraryHolder) or isinstance(l, StaticLibraryHolder)):
+                raise InterpreterException('Library argument not a library object.')
+        headers = kwargs.get('headers', [])
+        if not isinstance(headers, list):
+            headers = [headers]
+        for h in headers:
+            if not isinstance(h, Headers):
+                raise InterpreterException('Header argument not a Headers object.')
+        version = kwargs.get('version', '')
+        if not isinstance(version, str):
+            raise InterpreterException('Version must be a string.')
+        name = kwargs.get('name', None)
+        if not isinstance(name, str):
+            raise InterpreterException('Name not specified.')
+        filebase = kwargs.get('filebase', None)
+        if not isinstance(filebase, str):
+            raise InterpreterException('Filebase not specified.')
+        description = kwargs.get('description', None)
+        if not isinstance(description, str):
+            raise InterpreterException('Description is not a string.')
+        p = build.PkgConfigGenerator(libs, headers, name, description, version, filebase)
+        self.build.pkgconfig_gens.append(p)
+
     def func_is_subproject(self, nodes, args, kwargs):
         return self.subproject != ''
 

test cases/common/51 pkgconfig-gen/meson.build

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+project('pkgconfig-gen', 'c')
+
+lib = shared_library('simple', 'simple.c', install : true)
+libver = '1.0'
+h = headers('simple.h')
+
+pkgconfig_gen(libraries : lib, headers : h, version : libver,
+name : 'libsimple', filebase : 'simple', description : 'This is a simple library.')

test cases/common/51 pkgconfig-gen/simple.c

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include"simple.h"
+
+int simple_function() {
+    return 42;
+}

test cases/common/51 pkgconfig-gen/simple.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef SIMPLE_H_
+#define SIMPLE_H_
+
+int simple_function();
+
+#endif