Re: meson vs tarballs

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: meson vs tarballs
Date: 2024-03-13 06:31:46
Message-ID: af373b47-3cc7-999d-f65d-a0bcd67a38e0@dunslane.net
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On 2024-03-13 We 02:22, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 13.03.24 07:11, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> I and several colleagues have just been trying to build from a
>> tarball with meson.
>
>> That seems pretty awful and unfriendly and I didn't see anything
>> about it in the docs.
>
> At https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/install-requirements.html is says:
>
> """
> Alternatively, PostgreSQL can be built using Meson. This is currently
> experimental and only works when building from a Git checkout (not
> from a distribution tarball).
> """
>

Ah!. Darn, I missed that. Thanks.

cheers

andrew

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