On 2026-04-14, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 at 11:08, Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If I remove the alias_target, then my original command works. What is >> the purpose of this alias? > > I think the main purpose was using these targets with the ninja > command like: 'ninja ${target}'. ninja command doesn't work when the > alias_target() is removed.
I think this is kinda silly. I would rather rename the meson target (to, say, do_html) and make the alias reference that, so that both "meson compile html" and "ninja html" would use the alias. -- Álvaro Herrera
