when we're packaging software we want to install it to %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/.... and we can't set prefix to %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}/, because it can break auto-config files and etc.
P.S. %{buildroot} in RPM == $(DESTDIR) in automake
ignatenkobrain
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Meson already supports DESTDIR and it works exactly the same as with CMake and Autotools. Just do this:
DESTDIR=/your/staging/area ninja install
The installer for Meson itself takes a --destdir argument. I should probably make it behave the same.
jpakkane
on 24 Feb 2015
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So in your case roughly the following:
meson --prefix=%{_prefix}
ninja
ninja test
DESTDIR=%{buildroot} ninja install
jpakkane
on 24 Feb 2015
really, it works. Thanks!
can you add this to documentation?
ignatenkobrain
on 24 Feb 2015
Fixed.
jpakkane
on 24 Feb 2015
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Meson already supports DESTDIR and it works exactly the same as with CMake and Autotools. Just do this:
DESTDIR=/your/staging/area ninja install
The installer for Meson itself takes a --destdir argument. I should probably make it behave the same.