When a required library is missing on a platform, rather than having meson report an error about the missing variable, catch the problem earlier and provide a more readable message.
Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> --- examples/meson.build | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build index 16c3ab005..3d1568497 100644 --- a/examples/meson.build +++ b/examples/meson.build @@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ foreach example: examples if build dep_objs = ext_deps foreach d:deps - dep_objs += [get_variable( - get_option('default_library') + '_rte_' + d)] + var_name = get_option('default_library') + '_rte_' + d + if not is_variable(var_name) + error('Missing dependency "@0@" for example "@1@"'.format(d, name)) + endif + dep_objs += [get_variable(var_name)] endforeach if allow_experimental_apis cflags += '-DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API' -- 2.14.3