meson: Add feature options for optional deps

Everything should be behind an option now.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795107

meson.build

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ cdata.set_quoted('PLUGINDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdi
 cdata.set_quoted('VERSION', gst_version)
 # FIXME: --with-memory-alignment],[8,N,malloc,pagesize (default is 32)]) option
 cdata.set('MEMORY_ALIGNMENT_MALLOC', 1)
-cdata.set('ENABLE_NLS', get_option('nls'))
 cdata.set_quoted('GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER_INSTALLED', join_paths(prefix, helpers_install_dir, 'gst-plugin-scanner'))
 cdata.set_quoted('GST_PTP_HELPER_INSTALLED', join_paths(prefix, helpers_install_dir, 'gst-ptp-helper'))
 cdata.set_quoted('GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER_SUBDIR', libexecdir,
@@ -301,9 +300,8 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
 endif
 
 backtrace_deps = []
-if get_option('libunwind')
+unwind_dep = dependency('libunwind', required : get_option('libunwind'))
-  unwind_dep = dependency('libunwind', required : false)
+dw_dep = dependency('libdw', required: get_option('libunwind'))
-  dw_dep = dependency('libdw', required: false)
 backtrace_deps = [unwind_dep, dw_dep]
 if unwind_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_UNWIND', 1)
@@ -319,7 +317,6 @@ if get_option('libunwind')
       message('NO backtraces support.')
   endif
 endif
-endif
 
 if cc.has_header('execinfo.h')
   if cc.has_function('backtrace', prefix : '#include <execinfo.h>')
@@ -404,11 +401,10 @@ mathlib = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
 # Also provides clock_gettime in glibc < 2.17
 rt_lib = cc.find_library('rt', required : false)
 
-gir = find_program('g-ir-scanner', required : false)
+gir = find_program('g-ir-scanner', required : get_option('introspection'))
 gnome = import('gnome')
 
-# Fixme, not very elegant.
+build_gir = gir.found() and not meson.is_cross_build()
-build_gir = gir.found() and not meson.is_cross_build() and get_option('introspection')
 
 gir_init_section = [ '--add-init-section=extern void gst_init(gint*,gchar**);' + \
     'g_setenv("GST_REGISTRY_DISABLE", "yes", TRUE);' + \
@@ -429,22 +425,33 @@ endif
 # Used in gst/parse/meson.build and below
 python3 = import('python3').find_python()
 
-bashcomp_dep = dependency('bash-completion', version : '>= 2.0', required : false)
+bashcomp_option = get_option('bash-completion')
-
+bashcomp_dep = dependency('bash-completion', version : '>= 2.0', required : bashcomp_option)
-bashcomp_found = bashcomp_dep.found()
 bash_completions_dir = ''
 bash_helpers_dir = ''
 
-if bashcomp_found
+bashcomp_found = false
+if bashcomp_dep.found()
+  bashcomp_found = true
   bash_completions_dir = bashcomp_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('completionsdir', define_variable: ['prefix', '.'])
   if bash_completions_dir == ''
-    message('Found bash-completion but the .pc file did not set \'completionsdir\'.')
+    msg = 'Found bash-completion but the .pc file did not set \'completionsdir\'.'
+    if bashcomp_option.enabled()
+      error(msg)
+    else
+      message(msg)
+    endif
     bashcomp_found = false
   endif
 
   bash_helpers_dir = bashcomp_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('helpersdir', define_variable: ['prefix', '.'])
   if bash_helpers_dir == ''
-    message('Found bash-completion, but the .pc file did not set \'helpersdir\'.')
+    msg = 'Found bash-completion, but the .pc file did not set \'helpersdir\'.'
+    if bashcomp_option.enabled()
+      error(msg)
+    else
+      message(msg)
+    endif
     bashcomp_found = false
   endif
 endif
@@ -458,7 +465,8 @@ subdir('tests')
 subdir('data')
 
 # xgettext is optional (on Windows for instance)
-if get_option('nls') and find_program('xgettext', required : false).found()
+if find_program('xgettext', required : get_option('nls')).found()
+  cdata.set('ENABLE_NLS', 1)
   subdir('po')
 endif
 
@@ -466,10 +474,8 @@ configure_file(output : 'config.h', configuration : cdata)
 
 if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
   message('Disabling gtk-doc while building on Windows')
-elif not get_option('gtk_doc')
-  message('gtk-doc is disabled via options')
 else
-  if find_program('gtkdoc-scan', required : false).found()
+  if find_program('gtkdoc-scan', required : get_option('gtk_doc')).found()
     subdir('docs')
   else
     message('Not building documentation as gtk-doc was not found')

meson_options.txt

@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@ option('poisoning', type : 'boolean', value : false)
 option('gst_debug', type : 'boolean', value : true)
 option('registry', type : 'boolean', value : true)
 option('tracer_hooks', type : 'boolean', value : true)
-option('libunwind', type : 'boolean', value : true,
-        description : 'Use libunwind to generate backtraces')
 option('ptp-helper-setuid-user', type : 'string',
        description : 'User to switch to when installing gst-ptp-helper setuid root')
 option('ptp-helper-setuid-group', type : 'string',
        description : 'Group to switch to when installing gst-ptp-helper setuid root')
 option('ptp-helper-permissions', type : 'combo',
        choices : ['none', 'setuid-root', 'capabilities', 'auto'], value : 'auto')
+option('extra-checks', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable extra runtime checks')
+
+# Feature options
+option('libunwind', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Use libunwind to generate backtraces')
+option('bash-completion', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Install bash completion files')
+
+# Common feature options
+option('examples', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', yield : true)
+option('gtk_doc', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', yield : true, description : 'Generate API documentation with gtk-doc')
+option('introspection', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', yield : true, description : 'Generate gobject-introspection bindings')
+option('nls', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', yield: true, description : 'Enable native language support (translations)')
 
 # Common options
-option('examples', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true)
-option('gtk_doc', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true,
-        description : 'Generate API documentation with gtk-doc')
-option('introspection', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield : true,
-        description : 'Generate gobject-introspection bindings')
-option('nls', type : 'boolean', value : true, yield: true,
-        description : 'Enable native language support (translations)')
 option('package-name', type : 'string', yield : true,
        description : 'package name to use in plugins')
 option('package-origin', type : 'string', value : 'Unknown package origin', yield : true,
        description : 'package origin URL to use in plugins')
-option('extra-checks', type : 'boolean', value : true,
-        description : 'Enable extra runtime checks')

tests/examples/controller/meson.build

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ foreach prog : progs
   )
 endforeach
 
-gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', required : false)
+gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', required : get_option('examples'))
 if gtk_dep.found()
   executable('controller-graph', 'controller-graph.c',
     install: false,

tests/examples/streams/meson.build

@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ executable('stream-status', 'stream-status.c',
   c_args: gst_c_args,
 )
 
-# we assume that if the header is there it actually found pthreads as thread lib
+if cc.has_header('pthread.h')
-threads_dep = dependency('threads', required : false)
+  threads_dep = dependency('threads')
-if threads_dep.found() and cc.has_header('pthread.h')
   executable('rtpool-test', 'rtpool-test.c', 'testrtpool.c',
     install: false,
     dependencies : [glib_dep, gobject_dep, gmodule_dep, mathlib, gst_dep, threads_dep],

tests/meson.build

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 subdir('benchmarks')
 subdir('check')
-if get_option('examples')
+if not get_option('examples').disabled()
   subdir('examples')
 endif
 subdir('misc')