project('configure file test', 'c') conf = configuration_data() conf.set('var', 'mystring') conf.set('other', 'string 2') conf.set('second', ' bonus') conf.set('BE_TRUE', true) cfile = configure_file(input : 'config.h.in', output : 'config.h', configuration : conf) e = executable('inctest', 'prog.c', # Note that you should NOT do this. Don't add generated headers here # This tests that we do the right thing even if people add in conf files # to their sources. cfile) test('inctest', e) # Now generate a header file with an external script. genprog = find_program('python3') scriptfile = '@0@/generator.py'.format(meson.current_source_dir()) ifile = '@0@/dummy.dat'.format(meson.current_source_dir()) ofile = '@0@/config2.h'.format(meson.current_build_dir()) configure_file(input : 'dummy.dat', output : 'config2.h', command : [genprog, scriptfile, ifile, ofile], install_dir : 'share/appdir') test('inctest2', executable('prog2', 'prog2.c')) # Generate a conf file without an input file. dump = configuration_data() dump.set('SHOULD_BE_STRING', '"string"') dump.set('SHOULD_BE_RETURN', 'return') dump.set('SHOULD_BE_DEFINED', true) dump.set('SHOULD_BE_UNDEFINED', false) dump.set('SHOULD_BE_ONE', 1) dump.set('SHOULD_BE_ZERO', 0) dump.set('SHOULD_BE_QUOTED_ONE', '"1"') configure_file(output : 'config3.h', configuration : dump) test('Configless.', executable('dumpprog', 'dumpprog.c'))