Re: Meson build updates

Hi,

On 2023-06-13 14:56:36 -0500, Tristan Partin wrote:
> I was thinking today. When you initially wrote the build, did you try
> using the src/bin/meson.build file as the place where all the binaries
> were built? As you say, most of the src/bin/xxx/meson.build files are
> extrememly reptitive.

> We had a similar-ish issue in my last project which I solved like:
> 
> https://github.com/hse-project/hse/blob/master/tools/meson.build#L20-L405
> 
> This is a pattern I used quite frequently in that project. One benefit
> of this approach is that the binaries all end up next to each other in
> the build tree which is eventually how they'll be laid out in the
> install destination. The other benefit is of course reducing reptitive
> code.

I think the build directory and the source code directory not matching in
structure would have made it considerably harder sell for people to migrate.

I.e. I considered it, but due to meson's "no outputs outside of the current
directory" rule, it didn't (and sadly still doesn't) really seem viable.

Greetings,

Andres Freund