Re: Do we still need pre-meson compatibility hacks?

[Paolo Bonzini]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:
> Heh.  I still use `make qemu-system-arm` (or `ninja qemu-system-arm`), but 
> only
> because I haven't followed closely what's the "right" target to use.  I don't
> care much which target it is exactly, but guess this is some info which needs
> to be findable somewhere (again, maybe it's in the docs for a long time, and
> I just need rtfm).

Yes, it is the right one.

> > I suspect that "just run configure in the source tree" is still
> > popular with the kind of people who don't frequently build
> > QEMU, though.
>
> "Run configure" is popular indeed, -- configure might either be a startup 
> script
> or just something to tell which command to use.  Again, personally I don't 
> care
> much which it will be as long as I know what it is ;)

Sure, that one can be kept.  Part of the reason I asked, was to
understand if it may make sense to clean the Makefile a bit (e.g.
split source and build bits).

Paolo