In meson we automatically set all "auto" features to be "enabled". So people have to disable things they don't want manually.
On Thu, May 16, 2019, 10:00 Dridi Boukelmoune <dridi.boukelmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > configure with feature autodetection is a PITA :/ > > The PITA doesn't come from auto-detection, rather auto-selection of > (optional) dependencies. I tend to prefer explicit --with-* or --enable-* > flags for anything optional and fixed defaults. > > It would be worse if we had to tell a configure script where each > individual build dependency can be found! There tend to be more > than what meets the eye, much more. Take your average project > building with autotools and try this: > > ./configure --help | less > > Dridi > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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