GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG ?= 'true'
GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG ?= 'false'
+# Define g-i options such that they can be disabled completely when GIR_MESON_OPTION is empty
+GIRMESONTARGET = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '${GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG}', '${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG}', d)} "
+GIRMESONBUILD = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG} "
# Auto enable/disable based on GI_DATA_ENABLED
EXTRA_OECONF:prepend:class-target = "${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '--enable-introspection', '--disable-introspection', d)} "
-EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-target = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '${GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG}', '${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG}', d)} "
-
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-target = "${@['', '${GIRMESONTARGET}'][d.getVar('GIR_MESON_OPTION') != '']}"
# When building native recipes, disable introspection, as it is not necessary,
# pulls in additional dependencies, and makes build times longer
EXTRA_OECONF:prepend:class-native = "--disable-introspection "
EXTRA_OECONF:prepend:class-nativesdk = "--disable-introspection "
-EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-native = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG} "
-EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-nativesdk = "-D${GIR_MESON_OPTION}=${GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG} "
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-native = "${@['', '${GIRMESONBUILD}'][d.getVar('GIR_MESON_OPTION') != '']}"
+EXTRA_OEMESON:prepend:class-nativesdk = "${@['', '${GIRMESONBUILD}'][d.getVar('GIR_MESON_OPTION') != '']}"
# Generating introspection data depends on a combination of native and target
# introspection tools, and qemu to run the target tools.