add support for skip building of utils (which require root permissions to install)
cfr. https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/pull/296
From fec26c591d46ede494f3b2260a554348923a4bb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Blanchard <tchaik@gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 00:07:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add build options for utils and examples
Allow skipping utils build & installation (-Dutils=false) and examples
build (-Dexamples=false). By default behaviour is unchanged (both are
true: utils and examples get build).
---
meson.build | 11 ++++++++---
meson_options.txt | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6d4aef79..7df434b7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -92,10 +92,15 @@ thread_dep = dependency('threads')
#
# Read build files from sub-directories
#
-subdirs = [ 'lib', 'include', 'example', 'doc', 'test' ]
-if not platform.endswith('bsd') and platform != 'dragonfly'
- subdirs += 'util'
+subdirs = [ 'lib', 'include', 'test' ]
+if get_option('utils') and not platform.endswith('bsd') and platform != 'dragonfly'
+ subdirs += [ 'util', 'doc' ]
endif
+
+if get_option('examples')
+ subdirs += 'example'
+endif
+
foreach n : subdirs
subdir(n)
endforeach
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 983fcacc..c08e38e4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ option('disable-mtab', type : 'boolean', value : false,
option('udevrulesdir', type : 'string', value : '',
description: 'Where to install udev rules (if empty, query pkg-config(1))')
+
+option('utils', type : 'boolean', value : true,
+ description: 'Wheter or not to build and install helper programs')
+
+option('examples', type : 'boolean', value : true,
+ description: 'Wheter or not to build example programs')
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