Using a custom VAPI does not generate a -pkg foo flag
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Description
The current 'Using a custom VAPI' (with pkg-config file) example on the wiki does not work for me.
I need to explicitly add a --pkg=foo to the executable line. I can only assume that this is a bug?
e.g.
change
```project('vala app', 'c', 'vala')
add_project_arguments(['--vapidir', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'vapi')],
language: 'vala')
glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
foo_dep = dependency('foo') # 'foo.vapi' will be resolved in './vapi/foo.vapi'
executable('app', 'app.vala', dependencies: [glib_dep, gobject_dep, foo_dep])
```
to
```project('vala app', 'c', 'vala')
add_project_arguments(['--vapidir', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'vapi')],
language: 'vala')
glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
foo_dep = dependency('foo') # 'foo.vapi' will be resolved in './vapi/foo.vapi'
executable('app', 'app.vala', dependencies: [glib_dep, gobject_dep, foo_dep], vala_args: ['--pkg=foo'])
```
BTW, on the 'Using a custom VAPI' (with no pkg-config file) example, the foo_vapi line is missing a closing parentheses.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Reproduce the two “Using a custom VAPI” wiki examples, comparing dependency handling with and without a pkg-config file; done means the generated Vala invocation handles the custom package as expected and the documentation example has the missing closing parenthesis corrected.
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Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100