Re: The ".." in "meson setup .."

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Dear,

As far as I know, the .. stands for the parent directory , when you are in the "isolated build" directory, meson will look in the parent directory for the configure options, used by that package.

Kind regards,
Valerie



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Van: "Rainer Fiebig" <[email protected]>
Aan: "blfs-support" <[email protected]>
Verzonden: Dinsdag 28 april 2026 14:46:16
Onderwerp: [blfs-support] The ".." in "meson setup .."

I've been wondering for a while now what the two dots in

meson setup ..   \

might be good for.  Perhaps everybody else knows but I don't and I
couldn't find an explanation in the books nor in the
meson-documentation.  My tests suggest that they are not necessary,
meaning that the following forms would be equivalent:

meson setup ..   \
meson setup      \ 	

So, _if_ the dots serve no other purpose than to fill space: wouldn't it
be better to leave them out?  For reasons of clarity and simplicity?
Thanks.

Rainer

-- 
The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought.
Richard Feynman

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