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# External Project module |
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**Note**: the functionality of this module is governed by [Meson's |
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rules on mixing build systems](Mixing-build-systems.md). |
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*This is an experimental module, API could change.* |
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This module allows building code that uses build systems other than |
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Meson. This module is intended to be used to build Autotools |
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subprojects as fallback if the dependency couldn't be found on the |
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system (e.g. too old distro version). |
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The project will be compiled out-of-tree inside Meson's build |
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directory. The project will also be installed inside Meson's build |
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directory using make's |
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[`DESTDIR`](https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html) |
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feature. During project installation step, that DESTDIR will be copied |
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verbatim into the desired location. |
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External subprojects can use libraries built by Meson (main project, |
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or other subprojects) using pkg-config, thanks to `*-uninstalled.pc` |
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files generated by [`pkg.generate()`](Pkgconfig-module.md). |
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External build system requirements: |
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- Must support out-of-tree build. The configure script will be invoked with the |
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current workdir inside Meson's build directory and not subproject's top source |
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directory. |
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- Configure script must generate a `Makefile` in the current workdir. |
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- Configure script must take common directories like prefix, libdir, etc, as |
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command line arguments. |
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- Configure script must support common environment variable like CFLAGS, CC, etc. |
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- Compilation step must detect when a reconfigure is needed, and do it |
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transparently. |
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Known limitations: |
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- Executables from external projects cannot be used uninstalled, because they |
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would need its libraries to be installed in the final location. This is why |
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there is no `find_program()` method. |
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- The configure script must generate a `Makefile`, other build systems are not |
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yet supported. |
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- When cross compiling, if `PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR` is set in environment or |
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`sys_root` in the cross file properties, the external subproject will not be |
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able to find dependencies built by Meson using pkg-config. The reason is |
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pkg-config and pkgconf both prepend the sysroot path to `-I` and `-L` arguments |
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from `-uninstalled.pc` files. This is arguably a bug that could be fixed in |
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future version of pkg-config/pkgconf. |
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*Added 0.56.0* |
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## Functions |
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### `add_project()` |
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This function should be called at the root directory of a project |
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using another build system. Usually in a `meson.build` file placed in |
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the top directory of a subproject, but could be also in any subdir. |
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Its first positional argument is the name of the configure script to |
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be executed (e.g. `configure`), that file must be in the current |
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directory and executable. Note that if a bootstrap script is required |
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(e.g. `autogen.sh` when building from git instead of tarball), it can |
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be done using `run_command()` before calling `add_project()` method. |
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Keyword arguments: |
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- `configure_options`: An array of strings to be passed as arguments to the |
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configure script. Some special tags will be replaced by Meson before passing |
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them to the configure script: `@PREFIX@`, `@LIBDIR@` and `@INCLUDEDIR@`. |
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Note that `libdir` and `includedir` paths are relative to `prefix` in Meson |
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but some configure scripts requires absolute path, in that case they can be |
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passed as `'--libdir=@PREFIX@/@LIBDIR@'`. *Since 0.57.0* default arguments are |
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added in case some tags are not found in `configure_options`: |
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`'--prefix=@PREFIX@'`, `'--libdir=@PREFIX@/@LIBDIR@'`, and |
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`'--includedir=@PREFIX@/@INCLUDEDIR@'`. It was previously considered a fatal |
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error to not specify them. |
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- `cross_configure_options`: Extra options appended to `configure_options` only |
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when cross compiling. special tag `@HOST@` will be replaced by |
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`'{}-{}-{}'.format(host_machine.cpu_family(), build_machine.system(), host_machine.system()`. |
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If omitted it defaults to `['--host=@HOST@']`. |
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- `verbose`: If set to `true` the output of sub-commands ran to configure, build |
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and install the project will be printed onto Meson's stdout. |
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- `env` : environment variables to set, such as `['NAME1=value1', 'NAME2=value2']`, |
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a dictionary, or an [`environment()` object](Reference-manual.md#environment-object). |
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Returns an [`ExternalProject`](#ExternalProject_object) object |
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## `ExternalProject` object |
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### Methods |
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#### `dependency(libname)` |
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Return a dependency object that can be used to build targets against a library |
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from the external project. |
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Keyword arguments: |
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- `subdir` path relative to `includedir` to be added to the header search path. |
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## Example `meson.build` file for a subproject |
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```meson |
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project('My Autotools Project', 'c', |
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meson_version : '>=0.56.0', |
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mod = import('unstable_external_project') |
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p = mod.add_project('configure', |
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configure_options : ['--prefix=@PREFIX@', |
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'--libdir=@LIBDIR@', |
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'--incdir=@INCLUDEDIR@', |
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'--enable-foo', |
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], |
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) |
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mylib_dep = p.dependency('mylib') |
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``` |
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## Using wrap file |
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Most of the time the project will be built as a subproject, and |
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fetched using a `.wrap` file. In that case the simple `meson.build` |
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file needed to build the subproject can be provided by adding |
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`patch_directory=mysubproject` line in the wrap file, and place the |
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build definition file at |
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`subprojects/packagefiles/mysubproject/meson.build`.
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