[Mesa-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] README: Add note about meson

[Eric Engestrom]

On Thursday, 2018-01-04 10:28:42 -0800, Dylan Baker wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dylan Baker <dylan.c.baker at intel.com>

Couple nitpicks, but:
Reviewed-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom at imgtec.com>

> ---
>  README | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 26cab9d..58e55bc 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -15,9 +15,24 @@ with an older kernel.
>  Compiling
>  ---------
>  
> -libdrm  is  a  standard  autotools  package and  follows  the  normal
> -configure, build  and install steps.   The first step is  to configure
> -the package, which is done by running the configure shell script:
> +libdrm has two build systems, a legacy autotools build system, and a newer
> +meson build system. The meson build system is much faster, and offers a 
> +slightly different interface, but otherwise provides much the same 

s/much/pretty much/ ?

> +feature set.
> +
> +To use it:
> +
> +    meson builddir

I'd suggest `builddir/` to make it more obvious it's a dir, not
a command.

> +
> +By default this will install into /usr/local, you can change your prefix
> +with --prefix=/usr (or -Dprefix=/usr to meson configure).

"(or `meson configure builddir/ -D prefix=/usr` to change it after the
initial meson setup)."

> +
> +Then use ninja to build and install:
> +
> +    ninja -C builddir install
> +
> +
> +Alternatively you can invoke autotools configure:
>  
>  	./configure
>  
> -- 
> git-series 0.9.1