dependency: Not all DependencyException means not-found dep

6 years ago · 5dac8e51f4
parent 335b87fcaa
commit 5dac8e51f4
1 changed files with 3 additions and 4 deletions
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@ -3003,10 +3003,9 @@ external dependencies (including libraries) must go to "dependencies".''')
            # ... search for it outside the project
            elif name != '':
                self._handle_featurenew_dependencies(name)
-                try:
-                    dep = dependencies.find_external_dependency(name, self.environment, kwargs)
-                except DependencyException:
-                    pass
+                kwargs['required'] = required and not has_fallback
+                dep = dependencies.find_external_dependency(name, self.environment, kwargs)
+                kwargs['required'] = required

            # Search inside the projects list
            if not dep.found():