Add DESTDIR prefix hack

See issue <PerlAlien/Alien-Build#407> for more information.

Changes

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+  - Add DESTDIR prefix hack. See issue <https://github.com/PerlAlien/Alien-Build/issues/407>
+    for more information.
 
 0.05      2023-10-29 15:08:30-04:00 America/New_York
   - Deprecate interpolation of `%{meson}`.

README.md

@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ for the use of other modules.
 
 Returns the command name for running meson.
 
+## \_apply\_destdir\_prefix\_hack
+
+    use alienfile;
+
+    eval {
+      require Alien::Meson;
+      Alien::Meson->_apply_destdir_prefix_hack;
+    };
+
+    share { ... }
+
+Applies a hack to fix how the `DESTDIR` and prefix are joined to follow the
+approach that Meson takes. See issue at [https://github.com/PerlAlien/Alien-Build/issues/407](https://github.com/PerlAlien/Alien-Build/issues/407)
+for more information.
+
+**WARNING**: This is a hack. It is not expected to work long-term and if a
+better solution is possible, it will be deprecated then removed.
+
 # HELPERS
 
 ## meson

lib/Alien/Meson.pm

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use base qw( Alien::Base );
 use 5.008004;
 
 use Path::Tiny;
+use Alien::Build::Util qw( _destdir_prefix );
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -89,6 +90,41 @@ sub bin_dir {
   }
 }
 
+=head2 _apply_destdir_prefix_hack
+
+  use alienfile;
+
+  eval {
+    require Alien::Meson;
+    Alien::Meson->_apply_destdir_prefix_hack;
+  };
+
+  share { ... }
+
+Applies a hack to fix how the C<DESTDIR> and prefix are joined to follow the
+approach that Meson takes. See issue at L<https://github.com/PerlAlien/Alien-Build/issues/407>
+for more information.
+
+B<WARNING>: This is a hack. It is not expected to work long-term and if a
+better solution is possible, it will be deprecated then removed.
+
+=cut
+
+sub _apply_destdir_prefix_hack {
+  my ($class) = @_;
+  no warnings "redefine";
+  # Work around for Meson's `destdir_join` which drops the first part of
+  # the path when joining (this is the drive letter).
+  # See <https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/blob/1.2.3/mesonbuild/scripts/__init__.py>.
+  *Alien::Build::Util::_destdir_prefix = \&_meson_destdir_prefix;
+}
+
+sub _meson_destdir_prefix {
+  my($destdir, $prefix) = @_;
+  $prefix =~ s{^/?([a-z]):}{}i if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
+  path($destdir)->child($prefix)->stringify;
+}
+
 =head1 HELPERS
 
 =head2 meson