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| author | LaserEyess <lasereyess@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-11-12 09:27:07 -0500 |
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| committer | Dudemanguy <random342@airmail.cc> | 2023-07-23 19:55:51 +0000 |
| commit | f2cce5f38f4031bf1a4b4919ec90e4e8f8c66a77 (patch) | |
| tree | c5c7f21eb2e1556265655d166ea0bee258376d5b /README.md | |
| parent | 60a263246e03d23c894ae0ef6bbfa29a5f1855dc (diff) | |
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waf: remove waf as a build system
Remove waf entirely in favor of meson as the only supported build
system. Waf was officially deprecated in 0.36.0, and has not been
preferred over meson since 0.35.0.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 38 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 36 deletions
@@ -73,17 +73,8 @@ Changes to the default key bindings are indicated in Compiling with full features requires development files for several -external libraries. One of the two build systems supported by mpv is required: -[meson](https://mesonbuild.com/index.html) or [waf](https://waf.io/). Meson -can be obtained from your distro or PyPI. Waf can be downloaded by using the -`./bootstrap.py` script. It will get the latest version of waf that was tested -with mpv. Some documentation about the differences between the build systems are -located in [build-system-differences][build-system-differences]. - -**Note**: Building with waf is considered *deprecated* and will be removed in the -future. - -### Meson +external libraries. Mpv requires [meson](https://mesonbuild.com/index.html) +to build. Meson can be obtained from your distro or PyPI. After creating your build directory (e.g. `meson setup build`), you can view a list of all the build options via `meson configure build`. You could also just simply @@ -96,30 +87,6 @@ Example: meson compile -C build meson install -C build -### Waf - -For a list of the available build options use `./waf configure --help`. If -you think you have support for some feature installed but configure fails to -detect it, the file `build/config.log` may contain information about the -reasons for the failure. - -NOTE: To avoid cluttering the output with unreadable spam, `--help` only shows -one of the two switches for each option. If the option is autodetected or -enabled by default, the `--disable-***` switch is printed; if the option is -disabled by default, the `--enable-***` switch is printed. Either way, you can -use `--enable-***` or `--disable-**` regardless of what is printed by `--help`. - -To build the software you can use `./waf build`: the result of the compilation -will be located in `build/mpv`. You can use `./waf install` to install mpv -to the *prefix* after it is compiled. - -Example: - - ./bootstrap.py - ./waf configure - ./waf - ./waf install - Essential dependencies (incomplete list): - gcc or clang @@ -233,4 +200,3 @@ Most activity happens on the IRC channel and the github issue tracker. [api-changes]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/client-api-changes.rst [restore-old-bindings]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/restore-old-bindings.conf [contribute.md]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/contribute.md -[build-system-differences]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/build-system-differences.md |