Re: meson vs tarballs

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: meson vs tarballs
Date: 2024-03-13 06:22:43
Message-ID: 5d31a2ed-7ff1-4c85-be1b-48c187850985@eisentraut.org
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On 13.03.24 07:11, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> I and several colleagues have just been trying to build from a tarball
> with meson.

> That seems pretty awful and unfriendly and I didn't see anything about
> it in the docs.

At https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/install-requirements.html is says:

"""
Alternatively, PostgreSQL can be built using Meson. This is currently
experimental and only works when building from a Git checkout (not from
a distribution tarball).
"""

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