Re: meson vs tarballs

On 13.03.24 07:11, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> I and several colleagues have just been trying to build from a tarball 
> with meson.

> That seems pretty awful and unfriendly and I didn't see anything about 
> it in the docs.

At https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/install-requirements.html is says:

"""
Alternatively, PostgreSQL can be built using Meson. This is currently 
experimental and only works when building from a Git checkout (not from 
a distribution tarball).
"""