more cleanup of meson.build

meson.build

@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ endif
 # (even in Linux) which means the linking fails.
 #
 binary_c_subdir_objects = []
+binary_c_subdir_deps = []
 
 src_subdirs = run_command('meson/source_directories.sh').stdout().strip().split('\n')
 src_root_sourcefiles = run_command('meson/source_files.sh','./src').stdout().strip().split('\n')
@@ -872,12 +873,11 @@ foreach src_subdir : src_subdirs
         endif
         #message('headers : ' + ' '.join(_sources))
 
-        # make the build target and append to binary_c_subdir_objects
-        binary_c_subdir_objects += build_target(
+        # add the library containing the compiled _sources
+        # to the dependency list
+        _lib = static_library(
             _target_name,
-            build_by_default: false,
-            pic : true,
-            target_type : 'static_library',
+            pic: true,
             sources : [
                 precompiled_headers,
                 _sources,
@@ -888,11 +888,16 @@ foreach src_subdir : src_subdirs
                 cflags,
                 quoted_cflags_list,
             ],
-            link_language: 'c',
-        )
+        )    
+        binary_c_subdir_deps += declare_dependency(
+            link_with: _lib
+        ) 
     endif
 endforeach
 
+# add the subdir libraries to the main dependency list
+dependencies += binary_c_subdir_deps
+
 ############################################################
 #
 # binary_c objects references all the binary_c_subdir_objects,
@@ -923,11 +928,11 @@ binary_c_objects = build_target(
         libs,
     ],
     link_with : [
-        binary_c_subdir_objects,
     ],
     link_language: 'c',
 )
 
+
 ############################################################
 #
 # make shared library