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# Meson {#meson}
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[Meson](https://mesonbuild.com/) is an open source meta build system meant to be
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fast and user-friendly.
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In Nixpkgs, meson comes with a setup hook that overrides the configure, check,
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and install phases.
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Being a meta build system, meson needs an accompanying backend. In the context
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of Nixpkgs, the typical companion backend is [Ninja](#ninja), that provides a
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setup hook registering ninja-based build and install phases.
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## Variables controlling Meson {#meson-variables-controlling}
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### Meson Exclusive Variables {#meson-exclusive-variables}
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#### `mesonFlags` {#meson-flags}
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Controls the flags passed to `meson setup` during configure phase.
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#### `mesonWrapMode` {#meson-wrap-mode}
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Which value is passed as
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[`-Dwrap_mode=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options)
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to. In Nixpkgs the default value is `nodownload`, so that no subproject will be
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downloaded (since network access is already disabled during deployment in
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Nixpkgs).
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Note: Meson allows pre-population of subprojects that would otherwise be
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downloaded.
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#### `mesonBuildType` {#meson-build-type}
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Which value is passed as
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[`--buildtype`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to
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`meson setup` during configure phase. In Nixpkgs the default value is `plain`.
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#### `mesonAutoFeatures` {#meson-auto-features}
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Which value is passed as
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[`-Dauto_features=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options)
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to `meson setup` during configure phase. In Nixpkgs the default value is
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`enabled`, meaning that every feature declared as "auto" by the meson scripts
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will be enabled.
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#### `mesonCheckFlags` {#meson-check-flags}
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Controls the flags passed to `meson test` during check phase.
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#### `mesonInstallFlags` {#meson-install-flags}
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Controls the flags passed to `meson install` during install phase.
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#### `mesonInstallTags` {#meson-install-tags}
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A list of installation tags passed to Meson's commandline option
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[`--tags`](https://mesonbuild.com/Installing.html#installation-tags) during
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install phase.
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Note: `mesonInstallTags` should be a list of strings, that will be converted to
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a comma-separated string that is recognized to `--tags`.
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Example: `mesonInstallTags = [ "emulator" "assembler" ];` will be converted to
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`--tags emulator,assembler`.
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#### `dontUseMesonConfigure` {#dont-use-meson-configure}
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When set to true, don't use the predefined `mesonConfigurePhase`.
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#### `dontUseMesonCheck` {#dont-use-meson-check}
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When set to true, don't use the predefined `mesonCheckPhase`.
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#### `dontUseMesonInstall` {#dont-use-meson-install}
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When set to true, don't use the predefined `mesonInstallPhase`.
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### Honored variables {#meson-honored-variables}
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The following variables commonly used by `stdenv.mkDerivation` are honored by
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Meson setup hook.
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- `prefixKey`
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- `enableParallelBuilding`
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