build: use declare_dependency() as a trick to force a build order.

This was proposed in meson bug tracker: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/8123
2025-10-06 09:32:41 +02:00 · 2021-01-11 19:03:43 +01:00
1 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/build/windows/meson.build
+++ b/build/windows/meson.build
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # Windows specific
-gimp_plugins_rc = configure_file(
+# The declare_dependency() tricks ensures that gimp-plug-ins.rc and
 # gimp.rc are never used before git-version.h is built first.
 gimp_plugins_rc_dep = configure_file(
  input : 'gimp-plug-ins.rc.in',
  output: 'gimp-plug-ins.rc',
  configuration: versionconfig,
 )
 gimp_plugins_rc = declare_dependency(sources: [ gimp_plugins_rc_dep, gitversion_h ])
-gimp_app_rc = configure_file(
+gimp_app_rc_dep = configure_file(
  input : 'gimp.rc.in',
  output: 'gimp.rc',
  configuration: versionconfig,
 )
 gimp_app_rc = declare_dependency(sources: [ gimp_app_rc_dep, gitversion_h ])