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I have never used meson before. How does it work?
Below is how I configure mesa with autotools.
Does meson support all switches?
Spoiler, click me
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig \
CC="gcc -g ${BUILD64} -L/usr/lib64" \
CXX="g++ -g ${BUILD64} -L/usr/lib64" \
CFLAGS="-g -O2 ${BUILD64} -L/usr/lib64" \
CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 ${BUILD64} -L/usr/lib64" \
CPPFLAGS="-g -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" \
FCFLAGS="-g -O2" \
FFLAGS="-g -O2" \
GCJFLAGS="-g -O2" \
LDFLAGS="-g -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64 -L/usr/lib64 -Wl,-rpath,/lib64 -L/lib64" \
OBJCFLAGS="-g -O2" \
OBJCXXFLAGS="-g -O2" \
LLVM_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64" \
\
../configure \
--prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man \
--infodir=/usr/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc \
--libdir=/usr/lib64 \
--localstatedir=/var \
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu \
\
--enable-dri --with-dri-drivers=radeon,swrast \
--enable-osmesa --enable-glx-tls --enable-shared-glapi \
--enable-texture-float --with-vulkan-drivers=radeon \
--enable-driglx-direct --enable-dri3 --with-platforms=x11,drm \
--enable-xa --enable-llvm --enable-vdpau \
--enable-va --enable-xvmc \
--enable-nine --with-gallium-drivers="svga radeonsi swrast" \
--enable-gles1 --enable-gles2