On 14/09/20 11:57, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 12:05:31PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> - because we parse command-line options before meson is available, >> the introspection output is stored in the source tree. The output >> is slightly modified using the "jq" tool in order to ensure that it's >> stable and that modifications to meson_buildoptions.txt do not cause >> horrible conflicts. This is the main reason for the unattractive >> diffstat (the number of JSON lines added is higher than the number >> of configure lines removed, though of course the latter are code >> that must be maintained manually and the former is not). > > Does this add a build dependency on jq? Is it possible to use a Python > script or even a command-line one-liner instead?
No, only developers need jq and only if they add configure options. Using Python would certainly be possible, though probably it wouldn't be a one-liner as for jq. Paolo
