Feature: Enhance header installation about meson HOT 4 CLOSED

Meson avoids globbing patterns due to the reasons outlined in the FAQ. However if you want to do this yourself, it is certainly possible.

First write a script that prints out the headers you want to install. Something like this:

#!/bin/sh
echo *.h

Then just use it like this:

install_headers(run_command('headerprinter.sh').stdout().strip().split(), subdir : 'subdir')

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Another alternative is that you can run a custom script during install time. If you just want to copy a big subtree from one place to another, just put a 'cp -r boo bar' there and you are done. See the manual page on installation for further instructions.

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I guess that makes sense. What about some way of respecting the paths to the files in install_headers()? So if I say install_headers('project/foo.h', nobase: true) then foo.h is installed as [includedir]/project/foo.h. GNU Automake supports this quite well: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Alternative.html

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Superceded by #14

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