Re: [PATCH v7 0/5] Switch build system to meson

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Mauro,

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 06:04:54PM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri,  9 Sep 2022 16:44:07 +0300 Laurent Pinchart escreveu:
> 
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > This series is the latest (and greatest) attempt to switch v4l-utils
> > from autotools to meson.
> > 
> > Compared to v6, the first noticeable change is that fixups have been
> > squashed into their corresponding commit. Detailed changelogs are now
> > included in individual patches.
> > 
> > The second big change is that the last patch from v6 ("Makefile.am:
> > Distribute meson related files") got replaced by 5/5 which drops
> > autotools support, completing the switch from autotools to meson.
> > 
> > A branch that includes this series can be found at
> > 
> >         git://linuxtv.org/pinchartl/v4l-utils.git meson
> > 
> > Ariel D'Alessandro (4):
> >   Move README to markdown syntax
> >   Add support for meson building
> >   Copy Doxygen configuration file to doc/
> >   meson: Add support for doxygen documentation
> > 
> > Laurent Pinchart (1):
> >   Drop autoconf/automake support
> 
> With the risk or repeating myself a couple of times, I have no
> idea what was built with meson, when using the version from
> your repository:
> 
> 	git://linuxtv.org/pinchartl/v4l-utils.git meson
> 
> (which btw seems to have some patches that are different
> from the 5 ones you submitted) 

I think I've already pushed some fixes on that branch. There will be a
v8 on the list, I'll push a tag with the version number to avoid
confusion.

> as it doesn't provide anything similar to what current 
> autotools-based support provides:

Sorry for missing your comment before. Meson has a summary() function
that can generate similar output, I'll enable it in the next version.

> $ ./configure
> ...
> compile time options summary
> ============================
> 
>     Host OS                    : linux-gnu
>     X11                        : yes
>     GL                         : yes
>     glu                        : yes
>     libelf		       : yes
>     libjpeg                    : yes
>     libudev                    : yes
>     pthread                    : yes
>     QT version                 : v5.4 with QtGL
>     ALSA support               : yes
>     SDL support		       : yes
> 
>     build dynamic libs         : yes
>     build static libs          : yes
> 
>     gconv                      : no
> 
>     dynamic libv4l             : yes
>     v4l_plugins                : yes
>     v4l_wrappers               : yes
>     libdvbv5                   : yes
>     dvbv5-daemon               : yes
>     v4lutils                   : yes
>     qv4l2                      : yes
>     qvidcap                    : yes
>     v4l2-ctl uses libv4l       : yes
>     v4l2-ctl-32                : no
>     v4l2-compliance            : yes
>     v4l2-compliance uses libv4l: yes
>     v4l2-compliance-32         : no
>     BPF IR Decoders:           : no

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart