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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 72199df..fa6321a 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1851,6 +1851,10 @@ the following methods. `MESON_BUILD_ROOT`, `MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX`, `MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX`, and `MESONINTROSPECT` set. All positional arguments are passed as parameters. + *since 0.57.0* `skip_if_destdir` boolean keyword argument (defaults to `false`) + can be specified. If `true` the script will not be run if DESTDIR is set during + installation. This is useful in the case the script updates system wide + cache that is only needed when copying files into final destination. *(since 0.54.0)* If `meson install` is called with the `--quiet` option, the environment variable `MESON_INSTALL_QUIET` will be set. diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/destdir.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/destdir.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8cf55d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/destdir.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +## Specify DESTDIR on command line + +`meson install` command now has `--destdir` argument that overrides DESTDIR +from environment. + +## Skip install scripts if DESTDIR is set + +`meson.add_install_script()` now has `skip_if_destdir` keyword argument. If set +to `true` the script won't be run if DESTDIR is set during installation. This is +useful in the case the script updates system wide cache that is only needed when +copying files into final destination. |