manpages are generated during configure step instead of build

Question

manpages are generated during configure step instead of build

Closed this issue 3 years ago · 2 comments

Answer 1 · 2021-12-31T20:58:36.000Z

I don't think there is an alternative to meson.add_postconf_script() and it is actually the correct place for generating the man pages, as the "build" is done by ninja (the man pages are not compiled, only modified using sed).

Answer 2 · 2022-01-04T15:33:27.000Z

With 7ece4d2 this is now taken care of in a call to configure_file() and does not require any external scripts anymore.