I attached a simple patch that allows meson to find ICU in a non- standard location if if you specify -Dextra_lib_dirs and -Dextra_include_dirs.
I'm not sure it's the right thing to do though. One downside is that it doesn't output the version that it finds, it only outputs "YES".
From 8fd8d42a6ef9a4589776260e539f10d730e1c3f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Davis <j...@j-davis.com> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:24:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH v1] Allow meson to find ICU in non-standard locations. --- meson.build | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index f534704452..250840b281 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -721,8 +721,11 @@ endif icuopt = get_option('icu') if not icuopt.disabled() - icu = dependency('icu-uc', required: icuopt.enabled()) - icu_i18n = dependency('icu-i18n', required: icuopt.enabled()) + + icu = cc.find_library('icuuc', required: icuopt.enabled(), + dirs: postgres_lib_d, header_include_directories: postgres_inc) + icu_i18n = cc.find_library('icui18n', required: icuopt.enabled(), + dirs: postgres_lib_d, header_include_directories: postgres_inc) if icu.found() cdata.set('USE_ICU', 1) -- 2.34.1