From d106c2f8dfdf465c0583bfc50aca4d7d74fefbfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Duponchelle <mathieu@centricular.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:46:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] common.get_meson(): use MESONINTROSPECT if present

If meson has set this, it takes priority over whatever
we may find in PATH.
---
 common.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index e9b2745e1f..f88b65ffa0 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import argparse
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import shlex
 
 
 ROOTDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -58,6 +59,21 @@ def get_meson():
     if os.path.exists(meson):
         return meson
 
+    mesonintrospect = os.environ.get('MESONINTROSPECT', '')
+    for comp in shlex.split (mesonintrospect):
+        # mesonintrospect might look like "/usr/bin/python /somewhere/meson introspect",
+        # let's not get tricked
+        if 'python' in os.path.basename (comp):
+            continue
+        if os.path.exists (comp):
+            mesondir = os.path.dirname(comp)
+            if mesonintrospect.endswith('.py'):
+                meson = os.path.join(mesondir, 'meson.py')
+            else:
+                meson = os.path.join(mesondir, 'meson')
+            if os.path.exists (meson):
+                return meson
+
     meson = accept_command(["meson.py", "meson"])
 
     return meson