[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 2/2] docs/manual: document meson-based packages

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2017-12-28 23:22 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:10:52 +0100, Eric Le Bihan wrote:
> > Add instructions for adding a package which uses the Meson build system.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: J?rg Krause <joerg.krause@embedded.rocks>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Le Bihan <eric.le.bihan.dev@free.fr>
> 
> I've applied to the master branch, after adding an entry in the
> DEVELOPERS file. I also have one comment/question below.
> 
> 
> > +27: define FOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS
> > +28: 	rm -rf $(@D)/build
> > +29: 	mkdir -p $(@D)/build
> 
> Is this really needed? It's not really nice to have to do this. But
> perhaps meson really insists in having an empty build directory ?

IIRC, I made the same comment in a  previous iteration of this patch, and
yes, meson really insists on having an empty build directory, otherwise it
fails loudly... :-/

This should have been part of the commit log *and* should be clearly
stated in the manual that this is required.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> Thanks!
> 
> Thomas
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