Re: Documentation for building with meson

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 4:46 AM Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I did some tests on windows. I used 'ninja' as a backend.
> On 11/8/2022 9:23 PM, samay sharma wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 5, 2022 at 2:39 PM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2022-10-30 20:51:59 -0700, samay sharma wrote:
>> > +# setup and enter build directory (done only first time)
>> > +meson setup build src --prefix=$PWD/install
>>
>> This command won't work on windows, I think.
>>
>
> Yes, $PWD isn't recognized on windows, %CD% could be alternative.
>
Added.

>
> > + <varlistentry>
>> > +
>> <term><option>--sysconfdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
>> > + <listitem>
>> > + <para>
>> > + Sets the directory for various configuration files,
>> > + <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/etc</filename> by
>> default.
>> > + </para>
>> > + </listitem>
>> > + </varlistentry>
>>
>> Need to check what windows does here.
>>
>
> It is same on windows: 'PREFIX/etc'.
>
> I also checked other dirs(bindir, sysconfdir, libdir, includedir, datadir,
> localedir, mandir), default path is correct for all of them.
>

Thanks. I've made a few windows specific fixes in the latest version.
Attached v5.

Regards,
Samay

>
> Regards,
> Nazir Bilal Yavuz
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