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[PULL,40/46] docs: suggest Meson replacements for various configure functions

Message ID 20200904114122.31307-41-pbonzini@redhat.com
State New
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Series Next round of Meson bugfixes and cleanups | expand

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Paolo Bonzini Sept. 4, 2020, 11:41 a.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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 docs/devel/build-system.rst | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/docs/devel/build-system.rst b/docs/devel/build-system.rst
index 28492cfcae..591e93f4b4 100644
--- a/docs/devel/build-system.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/build-system.rst
@@ -125,23 +125,27 @@  developers in checking for system features:
 `compile_object $CFLAGS`
    Attempt to compile a test program with the system C compiler using
    $CFLAGS. The test program must have been previously written to a file
-   called $TMPC.
+   called $TMPC.  The replacement in Meson is the compiler object `cc`,
+   which has methods such as `cc.compiles()`,
+   `cc.check_header()`, `cc.has_function()`.
 
 `compile_prog $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS`
    Attempt to compile a test program with the system C compiler using
    $CFLAGS and link it with the system linker using $LDFLAGS. The test
    program must have been previously written to a file called $TMPC.
+   The replacement in Meson is `cc.find_library()` and `cc.links()`.
 
 `has $COMMAND`
    Determine if $COMMAND exists in the current environment, either as a
-   shell builtin, or executable binary, returning 0 on success.
+   shell builtin, or executable binary, returning 0 on success.  The
+   replacement in Meson is `find_program()`.
 
 `check_define $NAME`
    Determine if the macro $NAME is defined by the system C compiler
 
 `check_include $NAME`
    Determine if the include $NAME file is available to the system C
-   compiler
+   compiler.  The replacement in Meson is `cc.has_header()`.
 
 `write_c_skeleton`
    Write a minimal C program main() function to the temporary file