[PATCH v9 1/5] lib: allow libraries with no sources

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 02:47:02PM +0000, Paul Szczepanek wrote:
> Allow header only libraries.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Szczepanek <paul.szczepanek at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli <honnappa.nagarahalli at arm.com>
> ---
>  lib/meson.build | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
> index 179a272932..e4e31f7ecf 100644
> --- a/lib/meson.build
> +++ b/lib/meson.build
> @@ -222,6 +222,20 @@ foreach l:libraries
>      includes += include_directories(l)
>      dpdk_includes += include_directories(l)
> 
> +    # special case for header only libraries
> +    if sources.length() == 0
> +        header_lib_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: includes,
> +                dependencies: shared_deps)
> +        set_variable('shared_rte_' + name, header_lib_dep)
> +        set_variable('static_rte_' + name, header_lib_dep)
> +        dpdk_shared_lib_deps += header_lib_dep
> +        dpdk_static_lib_deps += header_lib_dep
> +        if developer_mode
> +            message('lib/@0@: Defining dependency "@1@"'.format(l, name))
> +        endif
> +        continue
> +    endif
> +
>      if developer_mode and is_windows and use_function_versioning
>          message('@0@: Function versioning is not supported by Windows.'.format(name))
>      endif

Diff is much clearer this way, thanks.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>