+execinfo = cc.find_library('execinfo', required: false)
+
+all_examples = run_command('sh', '-c',
+ 'cd $MESON_SOURCE_ROOT/$MESON_SUBDIR && for d in * ; do if [ -d $d ] ; then echo $d ; fi ; done'
+ ).stdout().split()
+# install all example code on install - irrespective of whether the example in
+# question is to be built as part of this build or not.
+foreach ex:all_examples
+ install_subdir(ex,
+ install_dir: get_option('datadir') + '/dpdk/examples',
+ exclude_files: 'meson.build')
+endforeach
+
+if get_option('examples').to_lower() == 'all'
+ examples = all_examples
+ allow_skips = true # don't flag an error if we can't build an app
+else
+ examples = get_option('examples').split(',')
+ allow_skips = false # error out if we can't build a requested app
+endif
+default_cflags = machine_args
+if cc.has_argument('-Wno-format-truncation')
+ default_cflags += '-Wno-format-truncation'
+endif
+
+# specify -D_GNU_SOURCE unconditionally
+default_cflags += '-D_GNU_SOURCE'
+
+foreach example: examples