Re: Improve docs syntax checking and enable it in the meson build

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 at 04:56, Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)
<kuroda(dot)hayato(at)fujitsu(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Dear Nazir,
>
> > I think we might be using different meson versions, which could
> > explain the difference. I am currently using meson v1.7.0.
>
> I verified on my two environments, and both could work as expected.
> Your patch was applied then doc/src/sgml/meson.build was updated
> from the HEAD.

Thank you for the quick testing! I’m able to reproduce the same
behavior on my Ubuntu machine using meson v1.3.2.

During my initial testing, I was using meson from the GitHub source by
cloning the repository and running meson.py from the repository root.
However, this setup didn’t allow me to test correctly because
'meson_bin = find_program(meson_binpath, native: true)' could not
locate the binary when using meson.py directly from the meson
repository. After correcting the path manually, I was able to
reproduce the behavior you described. Then, I confirmed that 'meson
test --suite doc' is problematic in meson v[1.7.0, 1.9.1], '--suite'
option triggers building the entire source tree whether you set
'depends: postgres_full_xml'.

Andres already reviewed the entire patch [1] and there are points
which can completely change the structure of the patch. I am planning
to address Andres' feedback first, and then revisit whether we still
need to add 'depends: postgres_full_xml'.

Thanks again for the report!

[1] https://postgr.es/m/nxszznj6nkdj2vh5cxvwzpwodsbtui6mqluxnur2y4x7xtkirw%40fbvhy54mluzl

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Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz
Microsoft