Re: [PATCH v3] meson: disable PCRE2 dependency by default in macOS

From: Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 15, 2025, 12:01 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPUEspjCbi0U6HYxEvpqMW9FPLn98VMePDTNfadQbt_9GHsZsw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2414b962-e843-4ac0-814f-bb4bc7aacda7@gentoo.org>

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org> wrote:

>
> Please double-check my work, that this compiler.has_header() is
> sufficient on your reproducer system to detect and disable the
> non-working feature.

it is indeed all that was needed, abd makes me wonder if a future version of dependency() shouldn't have a "has_header" parameter like the one used in find_libray() to allow for this validation to happen internally and fallback as needed.

Posted a v4 with your code and modifications to still allow a fallback to the wrap.

Carlo

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