On 07.04.23 16:39, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>>> 5. There doesn't appear to be an equivalent of "make world" and "make
>>>>> install-world" that includes documentation builds.
>>>>
>>>> This has been addressed with the additional meson auto options. But it
>>>> seems that these options only control building, not installing, so
>>>> there is
>>>> no "install-world" aspect yet.
>>>
>>> I'm not following - install-world install docs if the docs feature is
>>> available, and not if not?
>>
>> I had expected that if meson setup enables the 'docs' feature, then
>> meson compile will build the documentation, which happens, and meson
>> install will install it, which does not happen.
>
> "meson compile" doesn't seem to build the docs by default ( see
> <https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_stage_log.pl?nm=crake&dt=2023-04-06%2018%3A17%3A04&stg=build>), and
I'drather it didn't, building the docs is a separate and optional step for the buildfarm.
You can control this with the "docs" option for meson, as of recently.