@ -21,21 +21,31 @@ Installation options are all relative to the prefix, except:
* When the prefix is `/usr` : `sysconfdir` defaults to `/etc` , `localstatedir` defaults to `/var` , and `sharedstatedir` defaults to `/var/lib`
* When the prefix is `/usr/local` : `localstatedir` defaults to `/var/local` , and `sharedstatedir` defaults to `/var/local/lib`
| Option | Default value | Description
| ------ | ------------- | -----------
| prefix | see below | Installation prefix
| libdir | see below | Library directory
| libexecdir | libexec | Library executable directory
| bindir | bin | Executable directory
| sbindir | sbin | System executable directory
| includedir | include | Header file directory
| datadir | share | Data file directory
| mandir | share/man | Manual page directory
| infodir | share/info | Info page directory
| localedir | share/locale | Locale data directory
| sysconfdir | etc | Sysconf data directory
| localstatedir | var | Localstate data directory
| sharedstatedir | com | Architecture-independent data directory
| Option | Default value | Description |
| ------ | ------------- | ----------- |
| prefix | see below | Installation prefix |
| libdir | see below | Library directory |
| libexecdir | libexec | Library executable directory |
| bindir | bin | Executable directory |
| sbindir | sbin | System executable directory |
| includedir | include | Header file directory |
| datadir | share | Data file directory |
| mandir | share/man | Manual page directory |
| infodir | share/info | Info page directory |
| localedir | share/locale | Locale data directory |
| sysconfdir | etc | Sysconf data directory |
| localstatedir | var | Localstate data directory |
| sharedstatedir | com | Architecture-independent data directory |
| werror | false | Treat warnings as erros |
| warnlevel {1, 2, 3} | 1 | Set the warning level. From 1 = lowest to 3 = highest |
| layout {mirror,flat} | mirror | Build directory layout. |
| default-library {shared, static, both} | shared | Default library type. |
| backend {ninja, vs,< br > vs2010, vs2015, vs2017, xcode} | | Backend to use (default: ninja). |
| stdsplit | | Split stdout and stderr in test logs. |
| errorlogs | | Whether to print the logs from failing tests. |
| cross-file CROSS_FILE | | File describing cross compilation environment. |
| wrap-mode {default, nofallback, nodownload, forcefallback} | | Special wrap mode to use |
`prefix` defaults to `C:/` on Windows, and `/usr/local/` otherwise. You should always
override this value.
@ -58,19 +68,19 @@ a builddir and then run `meson configure` on it with no options.
The following options are available. Note that they may not be available on all
platforms or with all compilers:
| Option | Default value | Possible values | Description
| ----------- | ------------- | --------------- | -----------
| b_asneeded | true | true, false | Use -Wl,--as-needed when linking
| b_bitcode | false | true, false | Embed Apple bitcode, see below
| b_colorout | always | auto, always, never | Use colored output
| b_coverage | false | true, false | Enable coverage tracking
| b_lundef | true | true, false | Don't allow undefined symbols when linking
| b_lto | false | true, false | Use link time optimization
| b_ndebug | false | true, false, if-release | Disable asserts
| b_pch | true | true, false | Use precompiled headers
| b_pgo | off | off, generate, use | Use profile guided optimization
| b_sanitize | none | see below | Code sanitizer to use
| b_staticpic | true | true, false | Build static libraries as position independent
| Option | Default value | Possible values | Description |
| ----------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------- |
| b_asneeded | true | true, false | Use -Wl,--as-needed when linking |
| b_bitcode | false | true, false | Embed Apple bitcode, see below |
| b_colorout | always | auto, always, never | Use colored output |
| b_coverage | false | true, false | Enable coverage tracking |
| b_lundef | true | true, false | Don't allow undefined symbols when linking |
| b_lto | false | true, false | Use link time optimization |
| b_ndebug | false | true, false, if-release | Disable asserts |
| b_pch | true | true, false | Use precompiled headers |
| b_pgo | off | off, generate, use | Use profile guided optimization |
| b_sanitize | none | see below | Code sanitizer to use |
| b_staticpic | true | true, false | Build static libraries as position independent |
The value of `b_sanitize` can be one of: `none` , `address` , `thread` ,
`undefined` , `memory` , `address,undefined` .
@ -93,18 +103,18 @@ The following options are available. Note that both the options themselves and
the possible values they can take will depend on the target platform or
compiler being used:
| Option | Default value | Possible values | Description
| ------ | ------------- | --------------- | -----------
| c_args | | free-form comma-separated list | C compile arguments to use
| c_link_args | | free-form comma-separated list | C link arguments to use
| c_std | none | none, c89, c99, c11, gnu89, gnu99, gnu11 | C language standard to use
| c_winlibs | see below | free-form comma-separated list | Standard Windows libs to link against
| cpp_args | | free-form comma-separated list | C++ compile arguments to use
| cpp_link_args| | free-form comma-separated list | C++ link arguments to use
| cpp_std | none | none, c++98, c++03, c++11, c++14, c++17, < br / > c++1z, gnu++03, gnu++11, gnu++14, gnu++17, gnu++1z | C++ language standard to use
| cpp_debugstl | false | true, false | C++ STL debug mode
| cpp_eh | sc | none, a, s, sc | C++ exception handling type
| cpp_winlibs | see below | free-form comma-separated list | Standard Windows libs to link against
| Option | Default value | Possible values | Description |
| ------ | ------------- | --------------- | ----------- |
| c_args | | free-form comma-separated list | C compile arguments to use |
| c_link_args | | free-form comma-separated list | C link arguments to use |
| c_std | none | none, c89, c99, c11, gnu89, gnu99, gnu11 | C language standard to use |
| c_winlibs | see below | free-form comma-separated list | Standard Windows libs to link against |
| cpp_args | | free-form comma-separated list | C++ compile arguments to use |
| cpp_link_args| | free-form comma-separated list | C++ link arguments to use |
| cpp_std | none | none, c++98, c++03, c++11, c++14, c++17, < br / > c++1z, gnu++03, gnu++11, gnu++14, gnu++17, gnu++1z | C++ language standard to use |
| cpp_debugstl | false | true, false | C++ STL debug mode |
| cpp_eh | sc | none, a, s, sc | C++ exception handling type |
| cpp_winlibs | see below | free-form comma-separated list | Standard Windows libs to link against |
The default values of `c_winlibs` and `cpp_winlibs` are in compiler-specific
argument forms, but the libraries are: kernel32, user32, gdi32, winspool,