From 4f7c0d0b62e0599f68b37b39d6d346cfb02295f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Claessens <xavier.claessens@collabora.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:40:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] optinterpreter: Downgrade error to deprecation

---
 mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py b/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
index d7565f27b..7818915af 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class OptionInterpreter:
 
         key = mesonlib.OptionKey(opt_name, self.subproject)
         if key in self.options:
-            raise OptionException(f'Option {opt_name} already exists')
+            mlog.deprecation(f'Option {opt_name} already exists.')
         self.options[key] = opt
 
     @permittedKwargs({'value', 'yield'})