make sure the license is done before the dependency

meson.build

@@ -106,17 +106,32 @@ libobsd = library('obsd', src,
                   gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
                   override_options: link)
 
-libobsd_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libobsd,
-                                 dependencies: deps,
-                                 include_directories: incdir,
-                                 sources: gen_inc,
-                                 compile_args: user_args)
-meson.override_dependency('libbsd-overlay', libobsd_dep)
-meson.override_dependency('libobsd', libobsd_dep)
+### Installation. Headers and the library are handled elsewhere.
 
-subdir('test')
+if not subproj
+  install_man(man)
 
-### Installation. Headers and the library are handled elsewhere.
+  pkg = import('pkgconfig')
+  pkg.generate(libobsd,
+               name: 'libobsd',
+               description: 'Transparent OpenBSD compatibility library',
+               filebase: 'libobsd',
+               url: 'https://github.com/guijan/libobsd',
+               subdirs: 'obsd',
+               # Kitchen sink approach: OpenBSD makes all symbols visible by
+               # default. We need to provide declarations for the OpenBSD
+               # functions the system provides, the easiest way to do this is to
+               # just tell the system to show all of its functions too.
+               extra_cflags: user_args)
+  if get_option('provide_libbsd')
+    # https://mesonbuild.com/Pkgconfig-module.html
+    # "install_dir the directory to install to, defaults to the value of option
+    # libdir followed by /pkgconfig"
+    install_symlink('libbsd-overlay.pc',
+                    install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'pkgconfig',
+                    pointing_to: 'libobsd.pc')
+  endif
+endif
 
 libobsd_license = 'LICENSE.txt'
 libobsd_readme = 'README.md'
@@ -125,17 +140,19 @@ if docdir == ''
   docdir = get_option('datadir') / 'doc' \
            / meson.project_name() + '-' + meson.project_version()
 endif
+before_libobsd_dep = []
 if windows_host
   unix2dos = find_program('unix2dos')
-  custom_target('license',
-                command: [unix2dos],
-                input: libobsd_license,
-                feed: true,
-                capture: true,
-                output: subproj ? 'LICENSE_libobsd.txt' : libobsd_license,
-                build_by_default: true,
-                install: not subproj,
-                install_dir: docdir)
+  outname = subproj ? 'LICENSE_libobsd.txt' : libobsd_license
+  before_libobsd_dep += custom_target('license',
+                                      command: [unix2dos],
+                                      input: libobsd_license,
+                                      feed: true,
+                                      capture: true,
+                                      output: outname,
+                                      build_by_default: true,
+                                      install: not subproj,
+                                      install_dir: docdir)
   custom_target('readme',
                 command: [unix2dos],
                 input: libobsd_readme,
@@ -151,27 +168,12 @@ elif not subproj
                  install_tag: 'doc')
 endif
 
-if not subproj
-  install_man(man)
+libobsd_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libobsd,
+                                 dependencies: deps,
+                                 include_directories: incdir,
+                                 sources: before_libobsd_dep + gen_inc,
+                                 compile_args: user_args)
+meson.override_dependency('libbsd-overlay', libobsd_dep)
+meson.override_dependency('libobsd', libobsd_dep)
 
-  pkg = import('pkgconfig')
-  pkg.generate(libobsd,
-               name: 'libobsd',
-               description: 'Transparent OpenBSD compatibility library',
-               filebase: 'libobsd',
-               url: 'https://github.com/guijan/libobsd',
-               subdirs: 'obsd',
-               # Kitchen sink approach: OpenBSD makes all symbols visible by
-               # default. We need to provide declarations for the OpenBSD
-               # functions the system provides, the easiest way to do this is to
-               # just tell the system to show all of its functions too.
-               extra_cflags: user_args)
-  if get_option('provide_libbsd')
-    # https://mesonbuild.com/Pkgconfig-module.html
-    # "install_dir the directory to install to, defaults to the value of option
-    # libdir followed by /pkgconfig"
-    install_symlink('libbsd-overlay.pc',
-                    install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'pkgconfig',
-                    pointing_to: 'libobsd.pc')
-  endif
-endif
+subdir('test')