From 2d08c190d0b5fba16c2034f63369a345bbaa5f35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nirbheek Chauhan Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 18:56:03 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] docs: get_option returns relative paths for xxxdir options [skip ci] --- docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 14c931d5a..e30b79c80 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -606,6 +606,11 @@ installed, and so on, use a [`custom_target`](#custom_target) instead. Obtains the value of the [project build option](Build-options.md) specified in the positional argument. +Note that the value returned for built-in options that end in `dir` such as +`bindir` and `libdir` is always a path relative to (and inside) the `prefix`. +The only exceptions are: `sysconfdir`, `localstatedir`, and `sharedstatedir` +which will return the value passed during configuration as-is. + ### get_variable() ``` meson