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| author | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | 2013-02-23 15:16:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | 2013-02-23 15:16:22 +0200 |
| commit | ab636476db20a3c88356dad247cc3d6c21377d6d (patch) | |
| tree | ba988e7649d343d4012482f86e9956850b54ee8e /readme.txt | |
| parent | 7148787d22a5a561823d5a152a645390299ccabd (diff) | |
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More documentation.
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@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ This is an experiment to examine what would be the optimal syntax for a cross-platform build system. -Dependencies: Python3 and Python-Ply +Dependencies + +Python 3: http://python.org +Python-Ply: http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/ply.html +Ninja: http://martine.github.com/ninja/ Installing from source @@ -10,8 +14,9 @@ You can run Meson directly from a revision control checkout. Installing it system-wide is simple. Configure step: None -Compile step: ./compile_meson.py -Install step: [sudo] ./install_meson.py --prefix /your/prefix --destdir /destdir/path +Compile step: ./compile_meson.py +Unit test step: ./run_tests.py +Install step: [sudo] ./install_meson.py --prefix /your/prefix --destdir /destdir/path The default value of prefix is /usr/local. The default value of destdir is empty. @@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ Meson requires that you have a source directory and a build directory and that these two are different. In your source root must exist a file called 'meson.build'. To generate the build system run this command: -meson.py <source directory> <build directory> +meson <source directory> <build directory> You can omit either of the two directories, and Meson will substitute the current directory and autodetect what you mean. This mean that you @@ -31,6 +36,16 @@ can do things like this: cd source_root; mkdir build; cd build; meson.py .. cd source_root; mkdir build; meson.py build +To compile, cd into your build directory and type 'ninja'. To run unit +tests, type 'ninja test'. Installing takes a few more arguments: + +DESTDIR=/destdir/path ninja install + +DESTDIR can be omitted. If you are installing to system directories, +you may need to run this command with sudo. + + +Contact info -For questions contact the mailing list at +All questions should be sent to the mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/meson-devel |