Merge pull request #2663 from inigomartinez/pkg-config-define-variable

dependencies: Allow pkg-config to define variables

mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Dependency:
     def need_threads(self):
         return False
 
-    def get_pkgconfig_variable(self, variable_name):
+    def get_pkgconfig_variable(self, variable_name, kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError('{!r} is not a pkgconfig dependency'.format(self.name))
 
     def get_configtool_variable(self, variable_name):
@@ -491,8 +491,20 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
                 self.is_libtool = True
             self.link_args.append(lib)
 
-    def get_pkgconfig_variable(self, variable_name):
+    def get_pkgconfig_variable(self, variable_name, kwargs):
-        ret, out = self._call_pkgbin(['--variable=' + variable_name, self.name])
+        options = ['--variable=' + variable_name, self.name]
+
+        if 'define_variable' in kwargs:
+            definition = kwargs.get('define_variable', [])
+            if not isinstance(definition, list):
+                raise MesonException('define_variable takes a list')
+
+            if len(definition) != 2 or not all(isinstance(i, str) for i in definition):
+                raise MesonException('define_variable must be made up of 2 strings for VARIABLENAME and VARIABLEVALUE')
+
+            options = ['--define-variable=' + '='.join(definition)] + options
+
+        ret, out = self._call_pkgbin(options)
         variable = ''
         if ret != 0:
             if self.required:

mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py

@@ -682,11 +682,11 @@ class Python3Dependency(ExternalDependency):
         else:
             return [DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG]
 
-    def get_pkgconfig_variable(self, variable_name):
+    def get_pkgconfig_variable(self, variable_name, kwargs):
         if self.pkgdep:
-            return self.pkgdep.get_pkgconfig_variable(variable_name)
+            return self.pkgdep.get_pkgconfig_variable(variable_name, kwargs)
         else:
-            return super().get_pkgconfig_variable(variable_name)
+            return super().get_pkgconfig_variable(variable_name, kwargs)
 
 
 class PcapDependency(ExternalDependency):

mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class QtBaseDependency(ExternalDependency):
         self.bindir = self.get_pkgconfig_host_bins(core)
         if not self.bindir:
             # If exec_prefix is not defined, the pkg-config file is broken
-            prefix = core.get_pkgconfig_variable('exec_prefix')
+            prefix = core.get_pkgconfig_variable('exec_prefix', {})
             if prefix:
                 self.bindir = os.path.join(prefix, 'bin')
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class Qt4Dependency(QtBaseDependency):
         applications = ['moc', 'uic', 'rcc', 'lupdate', 'lrelease']
         for application in applications:
             try:
-                return os.path.dirname(core.get_pkgconfig_variable('%s_location' % application))
+                return os.path.dirname(core.get_pkgconfig_variable('%s_location' % application, {}))
             except MesonException:
                 pass
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class Qt5Dependency(QtBaseDependency):
         QtBaseDependency.__init__(self, 'qt5', env, kwargs)
 
     def get_pkgconfig_host_bins(self, core):
-        return core.get_pkgconfig_variable('host_bins')
+        return core.get_pkgconfig_variable('host_bins', {})
 
 
 # There are three different ways of depending on SDL2:

mesonbuild/interpreter.py

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class DependencyHolder(InterpreterObject, ObjectHolder):
         varname = args[0]
         if not isinstance(varname, str):
             raise InterpreterException('Variable name must be a string.')
-        return self.held_object.get_pkgconfig_variable(varname)
+        return self.held_object.get_pkgconfig_variable(varname, kwargs)
 
     def configtool_method(self, args, kwargs):
         args = listify(args)

mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class GnomeModule(ExtensionModule):
                     ldflags.update([lib])
 
                 if isinstance(dep, PkgConfigDependency):
-                    girdir = dep.get_pkgconfig_variable("girdir")
+                    girdir = dep.get_pkgconfig_variable("girdir", {})
                     if girdir:
                         gi_includes.update([girdir])
             elif isinstance(dep, (build.StaticLibrary, build.SharedLibrary)):
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class GnomeModule(ExtensionModule):
                         if subdir not in typelib_includes:
                             typelib_includes.append(subdir)
             elif isinstance(dep, PkgConfigDependency):
-                girdir = dep.get_pkgconfig_variable("girdir")
+                girdir = dep.get_pkgconfig_variable("girdir", {})
                 if girdir and girdir not in typelib_includes:
                     typelib_includes.append(girdir)
         # ldflags will be misinterpreted by gir scanner (showing

run_unittests.py

@@ -1891,8 +1891,8 @@ class LinuxlikeTests(BasePlatformTests):
         self.assertTrue(foo_dep.found())
         self.assertEqual(foo_dep.get_version(), '1.0')
         self.assertIn('-lfoo', foo_dep.get_link_args())
-        self.assertEqual(foo_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('foo'), 'bar')
+        self.assertEqual(foo_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('foo', {}), 'bar')
-        self.assertPathEqual(foo_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('datadir'), '/usr/data')
+        self.assertPathEqual(foo_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('datadir', {}), '/usr/data')
 
     def test_vala_c_warnings(self):
         '''

test cases/linuxlike/1 pkg-config/meson.build

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ test('zlibtest', exe)
 zprefix = dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix') # Always set but we can't be sure what the value is.
 # pkg-config returns empty string for not defined variables
 assert(dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('nonexisting') == '', 'Value of unknown variable is not empty.')
+# pkg-config is able to replace variables
+assert(dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix', define_variable: ['prefix', '/tmp']) == '/tmp', 'prefix variable has not been replaced.')
 
 # Test that dependencies of dependencies work.
 dep2 = declare_dependency(dependencies : dep)