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+### Meson {#meson}
+
+Overrides the configure phase to run meson to generate Ninja files. To run these files, you should accompany Meson with ninja. By default, `enableParallelBuilding` is enabled as Meson supports parallel building almost everywhere.
+
+#### Variables controlling Meson {#variables-controlling-meson}
+
+##### `mesonFlags` {#mesonflags}
+
+Controls the flags passed to meson.
+
+##### `mesonBuildType` {#mesonbuildtype}
+
+Which [`--buildtype`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to pass to Meson. We default to `plain`.
+
+##### `mesonAutoFeatures` {#mesonautofeatures}
+
+What value to set [`-Dauto_features=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to. We default to `enabled`.
+
+##### `mesonWrapMode` {#mesonwrapmode}
+
+What value to set [`-Dwrap_mode=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to. We default to `nodownload` as we disallow network access.
+
+##### `dontUseMesonConfigure` {#dontusemesonconfigure}
+
+Disables using Meson’s `configurePhase`.