Update build instructions to meson and ninja

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 87 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5458714..98c3783 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -10,62 +10,32 @@ unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
 Basic Installation
 ==================
 
-Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
-configure, build, and install this package.  The following
-more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
-instructions specific to this package.
-
-   The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
-various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
-those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
-It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
-definitions.  Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
-you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
-file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
-debugging `configure').
-
-   It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
-and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
-the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  Caching is
-disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
-cache files.
-
-   If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
-to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
-diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
-be considered for the next release.  If you are using the cache, and at
-some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
-may remove or edit it.
-
-   The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
-`configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You need `configure.ac' if
-you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
-of `autoconf'.
+Briefly, the shell commands `meson setup build/; ninja -C build; ninja
+-C build install' should configure, build, and install this package. The
+following more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file
+for instructions specific to this package.
+
+   Running `meson setup` attempts to guess correct values for various
+system-dependent variables used during compilation.
 
 The simplest way to compile this package is:
 
   1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
-     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
+     `meson setup build/' to configure the package for your system.
 
-     Running `configure' might take a while.  While running, it prints
-     some messages telling which features it is checking for.
+     While running, it prints some messages telling which features it
+     is checking for.
 
-  2. Type `make' to compile the package.
+  2. Type `ninja -C build' to compile the package.
 
-  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
-     the package.
+  3. Optionally, type `ninja -C build test' to run any self-tests that
+     come with the package.
 
-  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
-     documentation.
+  4. Type `ninja -C build install' to install the programs and any
+     data files and documentation.
 
   5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
-     source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
-     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
-     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
-     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
-     for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
-     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
-     with the distribution.
+     source code directory by typing `ninja -C build clean'.
 
 Compilers and Options
 =====================
@@ -100,10 +70,10 @@ reconfiguring for another architecture.
 Installation Names
 ==================
 
-By default, `make install' installs the package's commands under
+By default, `ninja -C install' installs the package's commands under
 `/usr/local/bin', include files under `/usr/local/include', etc.  You
 can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving
-`configure' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
+`meson setup' the option `--prefix=PREFIX'.
 
    You can specify separate installation prefixes for
 architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files.  If you
@@ -113,7 +83,7 @@ Documentation and other data files still use the regular prefix.
 
    In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
 options like `--bindir=DIR' to specify different values for particular
-kinds of files.  Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
+kinds of files.  Run `meson setup --help' for a list of the directories
 you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
 
    If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
@@ -124,7 +94,7 @@ Optional Features
 =================
 
 Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
-`configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
+`meson setup', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
 They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
 is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System).  The
 `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
@@ -195,40 +165,3 @@ an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
 
      CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
 
-`configure' Invocation
-======================
-
-`configure' recognizes the following options to control how it operates.
-
-`--help'
-`-h'
-     Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
-
-`--version'
-`-V'
-     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
-     script, and exit.
-
-`--cache-file=FILE'
-     Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
-     traditionally `config.cache'.  FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
-     disable caching.
-
-`--config-cache'
-`-C'
-     Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
-
-`--quiet'
-`--silent'
-`-q'
-     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.  To
-     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
-     messages will still be shown).
-
-`--srcdir=DIR'
-     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR.  Usually
-     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
-
-`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.  Run
-`configure --help' for more details.
-