From a51e8ddfdc246dd3a03edb18712136c38829799f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 10:06:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] accept positional arguments for python.dependency
Content-Type: text/plain

Partial revert of upstream commit 1f7ab2f0100.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 mesonbuild/modules/python.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/python.py b/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
index 6728cd401..39967cbae 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
@@ -576,8 +576,12 @@ class PythonInstallation(ExternalProgramHolder):
     @disablerIfNotFound
     @permittedKwargs(permitted_dependency_kwargs | {'embed'})
     @FeatureNewKwargs('python_installation.dependency', '0.53.0', ['embed'])
-    @noPosargs
     def dependency_method(self, args: T.List['TYPE_var'], kwargs: 'TYPE_kwargs') -> 'Dependency':
+        if args:
+            mlog.warning('python_installation.dependency() does not take any '
+                         'positional arguments. It always returns a Python '
+                         'dependency. This will become an error in the future.',
+                         location=self.interpreter.current_node)
         disabled, required, feature = extract_required_kwarg(kwargs, self.subproject)
         if disabled:
             mlog.log('Dependency', mlog.bold('python'), 'skipped: feature', mlog.bold(feature), 'disabled')
-- 
2.38.1