Try to fix ecl subproject

Author: tobiasdiez

pyproject.toml

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ requires = [
     'numpy >=1.25',
     'jinja2'
 ]
+[tool.meson-python.args]
+# Prevent meson from trying to install the autoconf subprojects
+# otherwise we hit https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/issues/598
+# The subprojects have to set the rpath to the build directory, which should work as long as
+# we don't use build isolation.
+install = ['--skip-subprojects', 'ecl']
+
 [project]
 name = "sagemath"
 description = "Sage: Open Source Mathematics Software: Standard Python Library"

subprojects/packagefiles/ecl/src/meson.build

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 proj = mod.add_project('configure',
   configure_options : [
-                       '--enable-manual=no',
-                       '--enable-unicode=yes',
-                       '--with-defsystem' 
+                        '--enable-manual=no',
+                        '--enable-unicode=yes',
+                        '--with-defsystem',
                       ],
 )
 
 ecl_dep = proj.dependency('ecl')
+# Ugly workaround to include the rpath in the dependency
+# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/12970
+ecl_rpath_dep = declare_dependency(link_args: '-Wl,-rpath,' + meson.current_build_dir() + '/dist/usr/local/lib64')
+ecl_dep = declare_dependency(
+  dependencies : [ecl_dep, ecl_rpath_dep],
+)
 meson.override_dependency('ecl', ecl_dep)