From 32edf9c01a68473f58b540da5371737bbc2ed2a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuele Bassi Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:03:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Build API docs only with shared libraries Building the references requires libraries with all their symbols available. Passing `-Dgtk_doc=true` and `-Ddefault_library=static` should be considered a configuration error. --- docs/reference/meson.build | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/meson.build b/docs/reference/meson.build index ad1b9e353..dcaa5c276 100644 --- a/docs/reference/meson.build +++ b/docs/reference/meson.build @@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ if get_option('gtk_doc') default_options : ['tests=false']) endif +# We cannot built the API reference off of a static library, +# as symbols might get dropped by the linker +if get_option('gtk_doc') and get_option('default_library') == 'static' + error('The API reference can only be built against a shared library') +endif + subdir('gio') subdir('glib') subdir('gobject')