Fix find_program test on Windows using terrible hack.

backends.py

@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ class NinjaBackend(Backend):
                 outfile.write('rule %s\n' % rule.name)
                 command = ' '.join([ninja_quote(x) for x in rule.cmd_list])
                 command = command.replace('@INFILE@', '$in').replace('@OUTFILE@', '$out')
+                command = command.replace('@SOURCE_ROOT@', self.environment.get_source_dir())
+                command = command.replace('@BUILD_ROOT@', self.environment.get_build_dir())
                 outfile.write(' command = %s\n' % command)
                 desc = rule.description.replace('@INFILE@', '$in')
                 outfile.write(' description = %s\n' % desc)

test cases/common/31 find program/meson.build

@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 project('find program', 'c')
 
-cp = find_program('cp', required : true)
+if host.name() == 'windows'
+  # Things Windows does not provide:
+  #  - an executable to copy files without prompting
+  #  - working command line quoting
+  #  - anything that you might actually need
+  # Because of these reasons we only check that
+  # the program can be found.
+  cp = find_program('xcopy', required : true)
+else
+  cp = find_program('cp', required : true)
+  gen = generator(cp, \
+   output_name  : '@BASENAME@.c', \
+   arguments : ['@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
 
-
+  generated = gen.process('source.in')
-gen = generator(cp, \
+  e = executable('prog', generated)
- output_name  : '@BASENAME@.c', \
+  add_test('external exe', e)
- arguments : ['@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+endif
-
-generated = gen.process('source.in')
-e = executable('prog', generated)
-add_test('external exe', e)