Cosmetic issue when reporting failed ncurses detection
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Description
Cosmetic issue when reporting failed ncurses detection
```
Found pkg-config: /usr/bin/pkg-config (0.29.1)
ncursesw6-config found: NO
Run-time dependency curses found: NO (tried pkgconfig, pkgconfig, pkgconfig, pkgconfig, config-tool and system)
meson.build:2:0: ERROR: Dependency "curses" not found, tried pkgconfig, pkgconfig, pkgconfig, pkgconfig, config-tool and system
```
Note the repeated `pkgconfig` in tried methods.
**To Reproduce**
```
project('test'', 'c')
dependency('curses')
```
without any curses implemenation installed.
**Expected behavior**
`pkgconfig` shouldn't be meaninglessly repeated? either qualify it with the actual .pc name, or elide the repetitions?
**system parameters**
* native
* Ubuntu 20.04
* Python 3.8.2
* meson current master
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the shown project and dependency('curses') call on a system without a curses implementation. Start at Meson's dependency detection and diagnostic reporting for pkg-config, then verify that the failure message no longer repeats `pkgconfig` and that the existing output remains useful.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100