It was generating an extra comma.
The Meson build system
Version: 0.54.0
Source dir: /tmp/tmp34halxhe
Build dir: /tmp/tmp34halxhe/build
Build type: native build
meson.build:6:15: ERROR: Expecting rparen got comma.
'Foo.java',,
^
For a block that started at 5,3
jar('tmp34halxhe',
^
A full log can be found at /tmp/tmp34halxhe/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
Using "tmp34halxhe" (name of current directory) as project name.
Using "tmp34halxhe" (project name) as name of executable to build.
Detected source files: Foo.java
Detected language: java
Generated meson.build file:
project('tmp34halxhe', 'java',
version : '0.1',
default_options : ['warning_level=3'])
jar('tmp34halxhe',
'Foo.java',,
main_class: tmp34halxhe,
install : true)
It was also missing quotes around the main class name.
The Meson build system
Version: 0.54.0
Source dir: /tmp/tmpjm5cg44a
Build dir: /tmp/tmpjm5cg44a/build
Build type: native build
Project name: tmpjm5cg44a
Project version: 0.1
Java compiler for the host machine: javac (unknown 1.8.0)
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
meson.build:5:0: ERROR: Unknown variable "tmpjm5cg44a".
A full log can be found at /tmp/tmpjm5cg44a/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
Using "tmpjm5cg44a" (name of current directory) as project name.
Using "tmpjm5cg44a" (project name) as name of executable to build.
Detected source files: Foo.java
Detected language: java
Generated meson.build file:
project('tmpjm5cg44a', 'java',
version : '0.1',
default_options : ['warning_level=3'])
jar('tmpjm5cg44a',
'Foo.java',
main_class: tmpjm5cg44a,
install : true)