Docs: Make the suggested use for the not-found dependency better [skip ci]
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ This can be used in cases where you want a default value, but might override it
later.
```meson
+# Not needed on Windows!
my_dep = dependency('', required : false)
if host_machine.system() in ['freebsd', 'netbsd', 'openbsd', 'dragonfly']
my_dep = dependency('some dep', required : false)
@@ -278,8 +279,9 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'linux'
my_dep = dependency('some other dep', required : false)
endif
-# Last ditch effort!
-if no my_dep.found()
- my_dep = meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('dep')
-endif
+executable(
+ 'myexe',
+ my_sources,
+ deps : [my_dep]
+)
```
