| ## pkgconfig.generate will now include variables for builtin directories when referenced |
| |
| When using the `variables:` family of kwargs to `pkgconfig.generate` to refer |
| to installed paths, traditionally only `prefix`, `includedir`, and `libdir` |
| were available by default, and generating a correct (relocatable) pkg-config |
| file required manually constructing variables for e.g. `datadir`. |
| |
| Meson now checks each variable to see if it begins with a reference to a |
| standard directory, and if so, adds it to the list of directories for which a |
| builtin variable is created. |
| |
| For example, before it was necessary to do this: |
| ```meson |
| pkgconfig.generate( |
| name: 'bash-completion', |
| description: 'programmable completion for the bash shell', |
| dataonly: true, |
| variables: { |
| 'prefix': get_option('prefix'), |
| 'datadir': join_paths('${prefix}', get_option('datadir')), |
| 'sysconfdir': join_paths('${prefix}', get_option('sysconfdir')), |
| |
| 'compatdir': '${sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d', |
| 'completionsdir': '${datadir}/bash-completion/completions', |
| 'helpersdir': '${datadir}/bash-completion/helpers', |
| }, |
| install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'pkgconfig'), |
| ) |
| ``` |
| |
| Now the first three variables are not needed. |