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Improve error then tests fail because of missing dependencies

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#2,886 opened on Jan 6, 2018

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Description

Run on MacOS with --backend=ninja; with no Boost library installed. Tested at master 0538009d , so unrelated to latest pull. Result: Code:

        #include <boost/version.hpp>
        #ifndef BOOST_LIB_VERSION
        # define BOOST_LIB_VERSION
        #endif
        "MESON_GET_DEFINE_DELIMITER"
BOOST_LIB_VERSION
Compiler stderr:
 /var/folders/80/d3v4src93cxc4h1v60gm521m0000gn/T/tmpb3__1wno/testfile.cpp:2:18: fatal error: 'boost/version.hpp' file not found
        #include <boost/version.hpp>
                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Research direction
Investigate the Meson test runner code that handles missing dependencies. Look for where the error message 'fatal error: ...' is generated and improve it to provide a clearer indication that Boost is not installed. Also check if the test configuration for backend=ninja on macOS can detect missing dependencies and output a user friendly message.
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pythoncpp
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testingbuild systemdeveloper experience
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