On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 02:43:40AM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote: > > You can pass any command-line options in as default_options, including > > prefix. Defaulting to $HOME is somewhat unconventional regardless of > > whether it's done in a Makefile or a configure.ac or a meson.build or a > > CMakeLists.txt, but given the Makefile does indeed do that I suppose > > it's not incredibly bizarre to do it in meson.build as well. :) > > I don't have any strong feelings either way, it's just that people are > used to doing a 'make install' and having the git build installed in > their home directory (including me). But it is not a huge effort to > add the '-Dprefix=$HOME', it simply needs to be documented. For now I'll leave it as-is, but if people feel strongly about it I don't mind changing the default value. > I think I need to go away and RTFM at this point and not annoy you (and > others) with such noob questions! :) I find your input to be highly valuable, so thanks for testing things! Patrick
