https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/merge_requests/199

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From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20B=C3=B6sz=C3=B6rm=C3=A9nyi?=
 <zboszor@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:06:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make building tests optional
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Signed-off-by: Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@gmail.com>
---
 meson.build       | 10 +++++++++-
 meson_options.txt |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 859bcf2..2abdd1f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -137,13 +137,16 @@ endif
 polkit_policy_directory = polkit_gobject_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('policydir')
 
 # Tests dependencies
+if get_option('tests')
 pam_wrapper_dep = dependency('pam_wrapper', required: false)
 if get_option('pam') and not pam_wrapper_dep.found()
     warning('Dependency "pam_wrapper" required by test suite not found')
 endif
+endif
 
 xmllint = find_program('xmllint', required: false)
 python3 = find_program('python3') # No meson without it!
+if get_option('tests')
 python3_test_modules = {
     'cairo': true,
     'dbus': true,
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ foreach module, required : python3_test_modules
         warning('Python3 module \'' + module + '\' required by test suite not found')
     endif
 endforeach
+endif
 
 cdata = configuration_data()
 cdata.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
@@ -182,7 +186,9 @@ endif
 if get_option('gtk_doc')
     subdir('doc')
 endif
-subdir('tests')
+if get_option('tests')
+    subdir('tests')
+endif
 subdir('po')
 
 output = []
@@ -205,6 +211,8 @@ output += '  Manuals: ' + get_option('man').to_string()
 output += '  GTK Doc: ' + get_option('gtk_doc').to_string()
 output += '  XML Linter ' + xmllint.found().to_string()
 output += '\nTest setup:\n'
+if get_option('tests')
 output += '  With address sanitizer: ' + address_sanitizer.to_string()
+endif
 
 message('\n'+'\n'.join(output)+'\n')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 286889e..73b28f2 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ option('gtk_doc',
     type: 'boolean',
     value: false,
     description: 'Use gtk-doc to build documentation')
+option('tests',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    value: true,
+    description: 'Run tests')
-- 
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