meson dependency searching with Conan

meson.build

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# -----------
# Import from conan only.
# -----------

conan_pkgs= {
    'fmt':'fmt/5.3.0@', # <- Must contain @, otherwise Conan will think it is a path
    # ... the dependency list goes on
}
# Adding new dependencies to this dict is error-free, but if you 
# change an existing entry, e.g. the pakage version, you probably need
# `meson configure --clearcache` to let new setting takes effect.

deps=[]
conan = find_program('conan', required: true)
foreach pkg_name, conan_ref : conan_pkgs
    module_path = meson.current_build_dir() / 'conan-cmake' / pkg_name
    conan_buildtype=config.get('buildtype',get_option('debug') ? 'Debug' : 'Release')
    run_command(conan,'install',conan_ref, '-if',module_path,
        '-g','cmake_find_package', '-s:b','build_type='+conan_buildtype, check: true)
    deps += dependency(pkg_name,
        method: 'cmake', cmake_module_path: module_path)
endforeach

executable('exe_need_deps',  ['main.cpp'],
    dependencies: deps
)

########################################
# -----------
# Search system then Conan
# -----------

search_sys_then_conan = {
    'fmt'  : {'conan_ref':'fmt/5.3.0@','kwargs':{'version':['>=5','<6']}},
    'dyad' : {'conan_ref':'dyad/0.2.1@bincrafters/stable'},
    # 'zlib' : {}, # <- only search in system
    # ... the dependency list goes on
    # NOTE: conan_ref must contain '@'
}
deps = []
conan = find_program('conan', required: false)
foreach pkg_name, config : search_sys_then_conan 
    pkg = dependency(pkg_name, kwargs: config.get('kwargs',{}),
        required: not config.has_key('conan_ref'))
    if not pkg.found() and config.has_key('conan_ref')
        assert(conan.found(),'Trying to find dependency from Conan, but Conan is not installed.')
        module_path = meson.current_build_dir() / 'conan-cmake' / pkg_name
        conan_buildtype=config.get('buildtype',get_option('debug') ? 'Debug' : 'Release')
        run_command(conan,'install',config['conan_ref'], '-if',module_path,
            '-g','cmake_find_package', '-s:b','build_type='+conan_buildtype, check: true)
        pkg = dependency(pkg_name, kwargs: config.get('kwargs',{}),
            method: 'cmake', cmake_module_path : module_path)
    endif
    deps += pkg
endforeach

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# -----------
# Search system then subproject wrap or Conan, with more configurability
# -----------

search_sys_then_wrap_or_conan = {
    # 'libA' : {'kwargs':{'version':['2.1.0']}, #<- Only search system.
    # 'libB' : {'wrap':['libB','libB_dep']},    #<- Only search system and subprojects wrap
    'dyad' : {'conan_ref':'dyad/0.2.1@bincrafters/stable'},   #<- Only search system and conan
    'fmt' : {'conan_ref':'fmt/5.3.0@',    # <- Must contain @, otherwise Conan thinks it is a path
        'kwargs':{'version':['>=5','<6']}},
    # ... the dependency list goes on
}
deps = []
conan = find_program('conan', required: false)
foreach pkg_name, config : search_sys_then_wrap_or_conan 
    pkg = dependency(pkg_name, fallback : config.get('wrap',['_','_']), 
        required: not config.has_key('conan_ref'), kwargs: config.get('kwargs',{}))
    if not pkg.found() and config.has_key('conan_ref')
        assert(conan.found(),'Trying to find dependency from Conan, but Conan is not installed.')
        module_path = meson.current_build_dir() / 'conan-cmake' / pkg_name
        conan_buildtype=config.get('buildtype',get_option('debug') ? 'Debug' : 'Release')
        run_command(conan, 'install',config['conan_ref'], '-if',module_path,
            '-g','cmake_find_package', '-s:b','build_type='+conan_buildtype, check: true)
        deps += dependency(pkg_name, kwargs: config.get('kwargs',{}), 
            method: 'cmake', cmake_module_path : module_path)
    endif
    deps += pkg
endforeach