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From: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <[email protected]>
To: samay sharma <[email protected]>
To: Andres Freund <[email protected]>
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Cc: Justin Pryzby <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Documentation for building with meson
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:46:27 +0300
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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 <[email protected]> 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.


>     > +      <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.

Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz




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