Re: meson vs tarballs

On 13.03.24 07:42, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> On 2024-03-13 We 02:31, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> 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.

> Of course, when release 17 comes out this had better not be the case, 
> since we have removed the custom Windows build system.

Yes, this has been changed in 17.