Re: [Freetype-devel] Re: Build system considerations

[Keith Packard]

suzuki toshiya <address@hidden> writes:

> Is there any recommended alternative? Or, should we accept
> the "modern" situation where we have to execute twice to build
> shared and static libraries?

X and Mesa have switched to Meson, and I've used it in a couple of other
projects (including picolibc). On POSIX systems, it uses ninja (which is
a light-weight 'make' analog), which is a very fast build system. Mesa
compiles in much less time as a result.

And, yes, it supports building static and shared libraries at the same
time, and you can opt to make the static libraries PIC or non-PIC as you
please.

One huge advantage is that you program the build system in one language
(meson's native configuration language), which has a clear syntax and
consistent semantics. No more mixing m4, shell and make in a single
file. Plus, that means that it can generate output for a variety of
systems cleanly.

-- 
-keith

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