Target-specific user defines?

[simolus3]

User defines are typically used to control how a hook compiles native code. Sometimes, one might want to use different options depending on the target operating system or architecture. So it would potentially be helpful to have a unified system for OS or ABI-specific user defines, e.g.

# Expect sqlite3 to be linked statically, except on Android where we should load it.
hooks:
  user_defines:
    sqlite3:
      source: executable
  on_platform:
    - os: android
      user_defines:
        source: system

Of course, hooks could implement a similar mechanism on their own. But given that this could come up frequently, maybe implementing it in hooks_runner would be a more elegant solution.

[dcharkes]

I believe this is a similar ask as:

• [hooks] Exclude a platform from being built by dependency's build hook #2480

And another use case for the

Option 5: Pre-build-hook

which would enable scripting user-defines.