Using DUB packages with Meson

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 28/04/2023 1:43 AM, Denis Feklushkin wrote:
> On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 10:06:22 UTC, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>> And I did fetch & build
> 
> What are possible ways to automate such download? Meson knows exactly 
> which versions of packages suit to build. Is it possible, for example, 
> to get somehow packages list and then download using dub fetch?

On dubs end yes, and yes.

$ dub build package at version

```
$ dub search knocker
==== registry at https://code.dlang.org/ (fallbacks registry at 
https://codemirror.dlang.org/, registry at https://dub.byt

ecraft.nl/, registry at https://code-mirror.dlang.io/) ====
   knocker (1.0.3) Knocks on ports to open up another. Compatible with 
Knockd.
```

You can also get the entire manifest from dub-registry directly if you 
want it (you shouldn't need it).