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+# To build your package using meson:
+#
+# include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/meson.mk
+# MESON_ARGS+=-Dfoo -Dbar=baz
+#
+# To pass additional environment variables to meson:
+#
+# MESON_VARS+=FOO=bar
+#
+# Default configure/compile/install targets are provided, but can be
+# overwritten if required:
+#
+# define Build/Configure
+# $(call Build/Configure/Meson)
+# ...
+# endef
+#
+# same for Build/Compile and Build/Install
+#
+# Host packages are built in the same fashion, just use these vars instead:
+#
+# HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=meson/host
+# MESON_HOST_ARGS+=-Dfoo -Dbar=baz
+# MESON_HOST_VARS+=FOO=bar
+
+MESON_DIR:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/meson
+
+MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-build
+MESON_HOST_VARS:=
+MESON_HOST_ARGS:=
+
+MESON_BUILD_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-build
+MESON_VARS:=
+MESON_ARGS:=
+
+ifneq ($(findstring i386,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+MESON_ARCH:="x86"
+else ifneq ($(findstring powerpc64,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+MESON_ARCH:="ppc64"
+else ifneq ($(findstring powerpc,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+MESON_ARCH:="ppc"
+else ifneq ($(findstring mips64el,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+MESON_ARCH:="mips64"
+else ifneq ($(findstring mipsel,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+MESON_ARCH:="mips"
+else ifneq ($(findstring armeb,$(CONFIG_ARCH)),)
+MESON_ARCH:="arm"
+else
+MESON_ARCH:=$(CONFIG_ARCH)
+endif
+
+# this is undefined for just x64_64
+ifeq ($(origin CPU_TYPE),undefined)
+MESON_CPU:="generic"
+else
+MESON_CPU:="$(CPU_TYPE)$(if $(CPU_SUBTYPE),+$(CPU_SUBTYPE))"
+endif
+
+define Meson
+ $(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) $(MESON_DIR)/meson.py $(1)
+endef
+
+define Meson/CreateNativeFile
+ $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/sed \
+ -e "s|@CC@|$(foreach BIN,$(HOSTCC),'$(BIN)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@CXX@|$(foreach BIN,$(HOSTCXX),'$(BIN)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@PKGCONFIG@|$(PKG_CONFIG)|" \
+ -e "s|@CFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_CPPFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@CXXFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(HOST_CPPFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@LDFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(HOST_LDFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@PREFIX@|$(HOST_BUILD_PREFIX)|" \
+ < $(MESON_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt.in \
+ > $(1)
+endef
+
+define Meson/CreateCrossFile
+ $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/sed \
+ -e "s|@CC@|$(foreach BIN,$(TARGET_CC),'$(BIN)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@CXX@|$(foreach BIN,$(TARGET_CXX),'$(BIN)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@AR@|$(TARGET_AR)|" \
+ -e "s|@STRIP@|$(TARGET_CROSS)strip|" \
+ -e "s|@NM@|$(TARGET_NM)|" \
+ -e "s|@PKGCONFIG@|$(PKG_CONFIG)|" \
+ -e "s|@CFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@CXXFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CPPFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@LDFLAGS@|$(foreach FLAG,$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS),'$(FLAG)',)|" \
+ -e "s|@ARCH@|$(MESON_ARCH)|" \
+ -e "s|@CPU@|$(MESON_CPU)|" \
+ -e "s|@ENDIAN@|$(if $(CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)|" \
+ < $(MESON_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt.in \
+ > $(1)
+endef
+
+define Host/Configure/Meson
+ $(call Meson/CreateNativeFile,$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt)
+ $(call Meson, \
+ --native-file $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt \
+ $(MESON_HOST_ARGS) \
+ $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) \
+ $(HOST_BUILD_DIR), \
+ $(MESON_HOST_VARS))
+endef
+
+define Host/Compile/Meson
+ +$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) $(1)
+endef
+
+define Host/Install/Meson
+ +$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
+endef
+
+define Host/Uninstall/Meson
+ +$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) uninstall || true
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure/Meson
+ $(call Meson/CreateNativeFile,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt)
+ $(call Meson/CreateCrossFile,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt)
+ $(call Meson, \
+ --buildtype plain \
+ --native-file $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-native.txt \
+ --cross-file $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/openwrt-cross.txt \
+ $(MESON_ARGS) \
+ $(MESON_BUILD_DIR) \
+ $(MESON_BUILD_DIR)/.., \
+ $(MESON_VARS))
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile/Meson
+ +$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR) $(1)
+endef
+
+define Build/Install/Meson
+ +DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" $(NINJA) -C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR) install
+endef
+
+Host/Configure=$(call Host/Configure/Meson)
+Host/Compile=$(call Host/Compile/Meson)
+Host/Install=$(call Host/Install/Meson)
+Host/Uninstall=$(call Host/Uninstall/Meson)
+Build/Configure=$(call Build/Configure/Meson)
+Build/Compile=$(call Build/Compile/Meson)
+Build/Install=$(call Build/Install/Meson)