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| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/interpreter.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py index 2af08ec6c..b547bbf3e 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py +++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py @@ -1637,8 +1637,13 @@ class CompilerHolder(InterpreterObject): libtype = mesonlib.LibType.STATIC if kwargs['static'] else mesonlib.LibType.SHARED linkargs = self.compiler.find_library(libname, self.environment, search_dirs, libtype) if required and not linkargs: - raise InterpreterException( - '{} library {!r} not found'.format(self.compiler.get_display_language(), libname)) + if libtype == mesonlib.LibType.PREFER_SHARED: + libtype = 'shared or static' + else: + libtype = libtype.name.lower() + raise InterpreterException('{} {} library {!r} not found' + .format(self.compiler.get_display_language(), + libtype, libname)) lib = dependencies.ExternalLibrary(libname, linkargs, self.environment, self.compiler.language) return ExternalLibraryHolder(lib, self.subproject) |