1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
index 47bb88b..a8ec8f3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from glob import glob
 from .scripts import depfixer
 from .scripts import destdir_join
 from .mesonlib import is_windows, Popen_safe
-from .mtest import rebuild_all
 from .backend.backends import InstallData
 from .coredata import major_versions_differ, MesonVersionMismatchException
 from .coredata import version as coredata_version
@@ -532,6 +531,23 @@ class Installer:
                     else:
                         raise
 
+def rebuild_all(wd: str) -> bool:
+    if not (Path(wd) / 'build.ninja').is_file():
+        print('Only ninja backend is supported to rebuild the project before installation.')
+        return True
+
+    ninja = environment.detect_ninja()
+    if not ninja:
+        print("Can't find ninja, can't rebuild test.")
+        return False
+
+    ret = subprocess.run(ninja + ['-C', wd]).returncode
+    if ret != 0:
+        print('Could not rebuild {}'.format(wd))
+        return False
+
+    return True
+
 def run(opts):
     datafilename = 'meson-private/install.dat'
     private_dir = os.path.dirname(datafilename)