The Meson Build System

Igor Gnatenko 4bec1d666f add GTest test 9 lat temu
cross 78739afd9c Use system() instead of name() which is a confusing term. 9 lat temu
data c1dddce4e7 macros.meson: simplify RPM macros by using expand 9 lat temu
graphics 502497e3ca Logo tweaking. 9 lat temu
man 488dc98f0d Bumped version number for release. 9 lat temu
manual tests d2fa9301ac simplify GResources in vala composite test 9 lat temu
modules cd38e79301 Use --no-libtool. 9 lat temu
test cases 4bec1d666f add GTest test 9 lat temu
tools 575ef27f37 Convert project name. 10 lat temu
.gitattributes 41f76025c1 Created a git attributes file. 10 lat temu
.gitignore fd30a81fa9 Made run_tests.py output test results in junit xml to allow better integration with CI tools. 9 lat temu
COPYING a428c953ff Start of project. 11 lat temu
authors.txt 1910b1eb48 Added missing contribution. 9 lat temu
backends.py 5467b7d58b Made Fortran static libraries work. Closes #237. 9 lat temu
build.py 5ffe46bc6a Add version numbers to projects and generate a dep manifest. 9 lat temu
commandrunner.py 74b0fad8f1 commandrunner: fix bad-continuation 9 lat temu
compilers.py eb3cdb6f8d Changed cross compilation file to new format. 9 lat temu
contributing.txt 0293947d73 trivial: fix urls after repo migration 9 lat temu
coredata.py e91a248e6d Bumped version number for new development. 9 lat temu
create_release.sh 5a790fbc62 Bump version number for release. 9 lat temu
delwithsuffix.py 525f0ae6d2 Harmonised copyright declarations. 9 lat temu
dependencies.py e63e126104 Fix regexp match for qmake version 9 lat temu
depfixer.py 2b48d6fc1c depfixer: Instance of XXX has no XXX member 9 lat temu
environment.py 78739afd9c Use system() instead of name() which is a confusing term. 9 lat temu
gtkdochelper.py 270b24c8e0 Now with xmlness. 9 lat temu
install_meson.py ef3deb14c2 One last fix before release. 9 lat temu
interpreter.py 7c6e99149b Merge pull request #236 from mesonbuild/depmanifest2 9 lat temu
meson.py 30d0c2292f Support target-only cross compilation properly. 9 lat temu
meson_install.py 83cc5ce4c5 Allow more than one install script and make gtkdoc method return one. 9 lat temu
meson_test.py b08e2589d3 Parentheses are unnecessary. 9 lat temu
mesonconf.py 0da1fbcb98 Flipped one character. 9 lat temu
mesongui.py 525f0ae6d2 Harmonised copyright declarations. 9 lat temu
mesonintrospect.py 1dc26def9d Introspect prints external dependency args. 9 lat temu
mesonlib.py 63572626c6 Copy permission bits from source files and fix a path issue. 9 lat temu
mesonmain.ui 6a338a8247 Display options in a form. 11 lat temu
mesonrunner.ui 369ff97278 UI file for external program runner. 11 lat temu
mesonstart.ui 6e4fa81733 Set up directories with launcher. 11 lat temu
mlog.py cf0bd77ddd Do not invoke linker via cmd /c on Windows. 9 lat temu
mparser.py ee4e785b1e Add support for subscripting array objects with []. 9 lat temu
ninjabackend.py 5467b7d58b Made Fortran static libraries work. Closes #237. 9 lat temu
optinterpreter.py ac127db919 Get builtin options by correct name in subprojects. 9 lat temu
readme.txt 723cf0f15e Readme tweaking. 9 lat temu
run_cross_test.py 572587f5ce Fix cross compilation tests. 9 lat temu
run_tests.py f15eb466fb Merge pull request #162 from mesonbuild/lint_errors 9 lat temu
rustrunner.py 525f0ae6d2 Harmonised copyright declarations. 9 lat temu
symbolextractor.py 25c71c4d52 symbolextractor: fix bad-continuation 9 lat temu
vcstagger.py 223596d7bf added support for optional custom command and replace_string parameter of vcs_tag 9 lat temu
vs2010backend.py b49b7fdc05 vs2010backend: fix bad-continuation 9 lat temu
wrap.py 2aaca1561b Use strict SSL when downloading from wrapdb. 9 lat temu
wraptool.py 5ddd5554c5 Connect to wrapdb over authenticated ssl when possible and print warning when not possible. 9 lat temu
xcodebackend.py c0808f112e xcodebackend: Undefined variable 'MesonException' 9 lat temu

readme.txt

Meson® is project to create the best possible next-generation
build system.


Dependencies

Python http://python.org (version 3.4 or newer)
Ninja http://martine.github.com/ninja/


Installing from source

You can run Meson directly from a revision control checkout or an
extracted tarball. Installing it system-wide is simple.

Configure step: None
Compile step: None
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.


Running

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

You can omit either of the two directories, and Meson will substitute
the current directory and autodetect what you mean. This allows you to
do things like this:

cd source_root; mkdir build; cd build; meson ..
cd source_root; mkdir build; meson build

To compile, cd into your build directory and type 'ninja'. To run unit
tests, type 'ninja test'.

Install is the same but it can take an extra argument:

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.


Contributing

We love code contributions. See the contributing.txt file for
details.


IRC

The irc channel for Meson is #mesonbuild over at freenode.


Further info

The home page of Meson can be found here:

http://mesonbuild.com

Meson is a registered trademark of Jussi Pakkanen