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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_break.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_break.md deleted file mode 100644 index 49c908dd7..000000000 --- a/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_break.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -## Deprecation warning in pkg-config generator - -All libraries passed to the `libraries` keyword argument of the `generate()` -method used to be associated with that generated pkg-config file. That means -that any subsequent call to `generate()` where those libraries appear would add -the filebase of the `generate()` that first contained them into `Requires:` or -`Requires.private:` field instead of adding an `-l` to `Libs:` or `Libs.private:`. - -This behaviour is now deprecated. The library that should be associated with -the generated pkg-config file should be passed as first positional argument -instead of in the `libraries` keyword argument. The previous behaviour is -maintained but prints a deprecation warning and support for this will be removed -in a future Meson release. If you can not create the needed pkg-config file -without this warning, please file an issue with as much details as possible -about the situation. - -For example this sample will write `Requires: liba` into `libb.pc` but print a -deprecation warning: -```meson -liba = library(...) -pkg.generate(libraries : liba) - -libb = library(...) -pkg.generate(libraries : [liba, libb]) -``` - -It can be fixed by passing `liba` as first positional argument:: -```meson -liba = library(...) -pkg.generate(liba) - -libb = library(...) -pkg.generate(libb, libraries : [liba]) -``` |