--- meson.build.orig	2021-11-02 09:05:08 UTC
+++ meson.build
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ libm = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 
 # Don't bother with popt on non-gcc build, because we make heavy use of 
 # gcc struct initialization extension in our popt code.  (Could be fixed)
-if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
+#if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
   popt_dep = dependency('popt', required: get_option('popt'))
   cdata.set10('HAVE_LIBPOPT', popt_dep.found())
-else
-  assert(not get_option('popt').enabled(), 'popt requested via options but was not found.')
-  popt_dep = dependency('', required: false)
-endif
+#else
+#  assert(not get_option('popt').enabled(), 'popt requested via options but was not found.')
+#  popt_dep = dependency('', required: false)
+#endif
 
 if get_option('yuv-format') == 'YV12'
   cdata.set10('YUV_420_USE_YV12', true)