1 files changed, 39 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index 9a2e08038..c9cc17c29 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
   # FIXME(Qyriad): build Lix using Meson instead of autoconf and make.
   # This flag will be removed when the migration to Meson is complete.
-  buildWithMeson ? false,
+  buildWithMeson ? true,
 
   # Not a real argument, just the only way to approximate let-binding some
   # stuff for argument defaults.
@@ -100,6 +100,34 @@ let
 
   testConfigureFlags = [ "RAPIDCHECK_HEADERS=${lib.getDev rapidcheck}/extras/gtest/include" ];
 
+  # Reimplementation of Nixpkgs' Meson cross file, with some additions to make
+  # it actually work.
+  mesonCrossFile =
+    let
+      cpuFamily =
+        platform:
+        with platform;
+        if isAarch32 then
+          "arm"
+        else if isx86_32 then
+          "x86"
+        else
+          platform.uname.processor;
+    in
+    builtins.toFile "lix-cross-file.conf" ''
+      [properties]
+      # Meson is convinced that if !buildPlatform.canExecute hostPlatform then we cannot
+      # build anything at all, which is not at all correct. If we can't execute the host
+      # platform, we'll just disable tests and doc gen.
+      needs_exe_wrapper = false
+
+      [binaries]
+      # Meson refuses to consider any CMake binary during cross compilation if it's
+      # not explicitly specified here, in the cross file.
+      # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/0ed78cf6fa6d87c0738f67ae43525e661b50a8a2/mesonbuild/cmake/executor.py#L72
+      cmake = 'cmake'
+    '';
+
   # The internal API docs need these for the build, but if we're not building
   # Nix itself, then these don't need to be propagated.
   maybePropagatedInputs = [
@@ -184,10 +212,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic "-Denable-embedded-sandbox-shell=true"
     ++ lib.optional (finalAttrs.dontBuild) "-Denable-build=false"
-    # mesonConfigurePhase automatically passes -Dauto_features=enabled,
-    # so we must explicitly enable or disable features that we are not passing
-    # dependencies for.
-    ++ lib.singleton (lib.mesonEnable "internal-api-docs" internalApiDocs);
+    ++ [
+      # mesonConfigurePhase automatically passes -Dauto_features=enabled,
+      # so we must explicitly enable or disable features that we are not passing
+      # dependencies for.
+      (lib.mesonEnable "internal-api-docs" internalApiDocs)
+      (lib.mesonBool "enable-tests" finalAttrs.doCheck)
+      (lib.mesonBool "enable-docs" canRunInstalled)
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) "--cross-file=${mesonCrossFile}";
 
   # We only include CMake so that Meson can locate toml11, which only ships CMake dependency metadata.
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
@@ -315,7 +348,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   makeFlags = "profiledir=$(out)/etc/profile.d PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=1";
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = canRunInstalled;
 
   mesonCheckFlags = lib.optionals (buildWithMeson || forDevShell) [ "--suite=check" ];