docs: mention Meson instead of CMake for Win build

Fixes #233
master
Andrea Pappacoda 2021-12-11 14:49:05 +01:00
parent 1044bb57ca
commit 6109e06089
Signed by untrusted user: tachi
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2 changed files with 8 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -111,17 +111,15 @@ flags like so:
$ make $ make
$ sudo make install $ sudo make install
## compiling `pkgconf` and `libpkgconf` with CMake (usually for Windows) ## compiling `pkgconf` and `libpkgconf` with Meson (usually for Windows)
pkgconf is compiled using CMake on Windows. In theory, you could also use CMake to build pkgconf is compiled using [Meson](https://mesonbuild.com) on Windows. In theory, you could also use
on UNIX, but this is not recommended at this time as it pkgconf is typically built much earlier Meson to build on UNIX, but this is not recommended at this time as it pkgconf is typically built
than CMake. much earlier than Meson.
$ mkdir build $ meson setup build -Dtests=false
$ cd build $ meson compile -C build
$ cmake .. $ meson install -C build
$ make
$ sudo make install
There are a few defines such as SYSTEM_LIBDIR, PKGCONFIGDIR and SYSTEM_INCLUDEDIR. There are a few defines such as SYSTEM_LIBDIR, PKGCONFIGDIR and SYSTEM_INCLUDEDIR.
However, on Windows, the default PKGCONFIGDIR value is usually overridden at runtime based However, on Windows, the default PKGCONFIGDIR value is usually overridden at runtime based

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@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
#define LIBPKGCONF_LIBPKGCONF_API_H #define LIBPKGCONF_LIBPKGCONF_API_H
/* Makefile.am specifies visibility using the libtool option -export-symbols-regex '^pkgconf_' /* Makefile.am specifies visibility using the libtool option -export-symbols-regex '^pkgconf_'
* Unfortunately, that is not available when building with cmake, so use attributes instead, * Unfortunately, that is not available when building with meson, so use attributes instead.
* in a way that doesn't depend on any cmake magic.
*/ */
#if defined(PKGCONFIG_IS_STATIC) #if defined(PKGCONFIG_IS_STATIC)
# define PKGCONF_API # define PKGCONF_API