Re: meson vs tarballs

On 2024-03-13 We 02:31, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 2024-03-13 We 02:22, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> 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).
>> """
>>
>
> Ah!. Darn, I missed that. Thanks.
>
>
>

Of course, when release 17 comes out this had better not be the case,
since we have removed the custom Windows build system.

cheers

andrew

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