[BLOCKED] git: build with Meson instead of GNU Make

[KexyBiscuit]

Topic Description

• git: enable docs building
  Signed-off-by: Kexy Biscuit [email protected]
• git: try building with Meson
  Signed-off-by: Kexy Biscuit [email protected]

Package(s) Affected

• git: 2.48.1-3

Security Update?

No

Build Order

#buildit git

Test Build(s) Done

Primary Architectures

• AMD64 amd64
• AArch64 arm64
• LoongArch 64-bit loongarch64

Secondary Architectures

• Loongson 3 loongson3
• PowerPC 64-bit (Little Endian) ppc64el
• RISC-V 64-bit riscv64

[aosc-buildit-bot]

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[KexyBiscuit]

TODOs:

• git-gui and gitk are missing from Meson.
• Shell completions are not copied.
• /usr/libexec is used instead of /usr/lib, is that correct?
• git-subtree is not built since it's in contrib, everything in contrib other than completion has no Meson build file.
• Maybe I have missed something... The list is just too long.

Will revisit later... Maybe Git 3.0?

[xry111]

• /usr/libexec is used instead of /usr/lib, is that correct?

FYI we (BLFS) are using /usr/libexec (with autotools). Several years ago we had a debate about /usr/libexec/$pkg vs /usr/lib/$pkg and the conclusion was just using the upstream default.

[MingcongBai]

• /usr/libexec is used instead of /usr/lib, is that correct?

FYI we (BLFS) are using /usr/libexec (with autotools). Several years ago we had a debate about /usr/libexec/$pkg vs /usr/lib/$pkg and the conclusion was just using the upstream default.

I do second that /usr/libexec will work just fine.