Some versions of capstone have shipped a broken pkg-config file which puts the -I path without the trailing '/capstone' suffix. This breaks the ability to "#include <capstone.h>". Upstream and most distros have fixed this, but a few stragglers remain, notably FreeBSD.
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> --- meson.build | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index d8a92666fb..9979ddae71 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -1425,6 +1425,19 @@ if capstone_opt in ['enabled', 'auto', 'system'] kwargs: static_kwargs, method: 'pkg-config', required: capstone_opt == 'system' or capstone_opt == 'enabled' and not have_internal) + + # Some versions of capstone have broken pkg-config file + # that reports a wrong -I path, causing the #include to + # fail later. If the system has such a broken version + # do not use it. + if capstone.found() and not cc.compiles('#include <capstone.h>', + dependencies: [capstone]) + capstone = not_found + if capstone_opt == 'system' + error('system capstone requested, it it does not appear to work') + endif + endif + if capstone.found() capstone_opt = 'system' elif have_internal -- 2.31.1