[PATCH RFC 1/2] INSTALL: recommend Meson instead of autoconf

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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>

Date

Mar 4, 2026, 08:23 UTC

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<20260304-pks-autoconf-deprecation-v1-1-f5b611b13138@pks.im>

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Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 INSTALL | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 54d7528f9e..a8b4c7f1b4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ The beginning of the Makefile documents many variables that affect the way
 git is built.  You can override them either from the command line, or in a
 config.mak file.
 
-Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
-set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead
+Alternatively you can use Meson to autoconfigure your system and set up install
+paths, so you can write instead
 
-	$ make configure ;# as yourself
-	$ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
-	$ make all doc ;# as yourself
-	# make install install-doc install-html;# as root
+	$ meson setup build -Dprefix=/usr ;# as yourself
+	$ meson compile -C build ;# as yourself
+	# meson install -C build ;# as root
 
 If you're willing to trade off (much) longer build time for a later
 faster git you can also do a profile feedback build with

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