Re: [DRAFT PATCH 000/143] Meson integration for 5.2

[Alex Bennée]

Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:

> On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 at 09:22, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
>> In terms of testing I'd suggest the minimium bar is likely the GitLab CI
>> and Peter's merge scripts.
>
> I tried running it through a build test. Fails to build, all hosts:
>
> make: Entering directory '/home/petmay01/linaro/qemu-for-merges/build/alldbg'
> config-host.mak is out-of-date, running configure
>
> ERROR: Meson not found. Use --meson=/path/to/meson|git|internal
>
> make: Leaving directory '/home/petmay01/linaro/qemu-for-merges/build/alldbg'
> make: *** No rule to make target 'config-host.mak', needed by
> 'meson-private/coredata.dat'. Stop.

I note all the CI jobs have failed on building as well. I think maybe we
should auto-default to --meson=git unless the user makes an explicit
choice.

>
>
> Can we make this Just Work ?
>
> thanks
> -- PMM


-- 
Alex Bennée