使用meson编译postgresql的方法

meson 是一个相对较新的构建系统，力求快速且易于使用。现在postgresql已经支持meson编译，这篇博文会介绍如何使用meson编译新版postgresql。

请确认postgresql源码目录中存在meson.build，如果没有请升级源码版本。

1 编译过程

工具与编译目录结构

yum install -y ninja-build meson

# 源码目录
pgroot99/pgsrc

# 新建构建目录
pgroot99/pgbuild

第一步

进入构建目录pgroot99/pgbuild

cd pgroot99/pgbuild

meson setup . ../pgsrc/

如果出现The conflicting files need to be removed提示，请到源码目录执行maintainer-clean，彻底清理源码目录：

export PGHOME=xxx

./configure --prefix=$PGHOME --enable-tap-tests --with-tcl --enable-depend --enable-cassert --enable-debug --with-perl --with-openssl --with-libxml CFLAGS="-ggdb -O0 -g3 -gdwarf-2"

make maintainer-clean

第二步：配置intro-buildoptions.json

进入构建目录pgroot99/pgbuild

所有可选参数名称与值都在文件meson-info/intro-buildoptions.json中，如果有新加参数名称不对可以到这个文件中查询。

meson configure \
-Dprefix=${PGHOME} \
-Dtap_tests=enabled \
-Dcassert=true \
-Dbuildtype=debug \
-Ddebug=true \
-Doptimization=0 \
-Dlibxml=enabled \
-Dc_args="-ggdb -O0 -g3 -gdwarf-2" 

第三步：编译、安装（默认会使用CPU核数编译）

进入构建目录pgroot99/pgbuild

-- 编译
ninja
-- 安装
ninja install

-- 如需清理
ninja clean	

2 测试

查看用例

meson test --list

make check

meson test --suite setup --suite regress	

meson test --suite setup --suite plpgsql	

make installcheck

meson test --setup running regress-running/regress

3 命令对照表

description	old command	new command	comment
set up build tree	./configure [<options>]	meson setup [<options>] [<build dir>] <source-dir>	meson only supports building out of tree
set up build tree for visual studio	perl src/tools/msvc/mkvcbuild.pl	meson setup --backend vs [<options>] [<build dir>] <source-dir>	configures build tree for one build type (debug or release or …)
show configure options	./configure --help	meson configure	shows options built into meson and PostgreSQL specific options
set configure options	./configure --prefix=DIR, --$somedir=DIR, --with-$option, --enable-$feature	`meson setup	configure -D$option=$value`
enable cassert	--enable-cassert	-Dcassert=true
enable debug symbols	./configure --enable-debug	`meson configure	setup -Ddebug=true`
specify compiler	CC=compiler ./configure	CC=compiler meson setup	CC is only checked during meson setup, not with meson configure
set CFLAGS	CFLAGS=options ./configure	meson configure|setup -Dc_args=options	CFLAGS is also checked, but only for meson setup
build	make -s	ninja	ninja uses parallelism by default, launch from the root of the build tree.
build, showing compiler commands	make	ninja -v	ninja uses parallelism by default, launch from the root of the build tree.
install all the binaries and libraries	make install	ninja install	use meson install --quiet for a less verbose experience
clean build	make clean	ninja clean	ninja uses parallelism by default, launch from the root of the build tree.
run all tests	make check-world	meson test	runs all test, using parallelism by default
run all tests against existing server	make installcheck-world	meson test --setup running	Limited to tests that support running against existing server
build documentation	cd doc/ && make html && make man	ninja docs	Builds html documentation and man pages
run main regression tests	make check	meson test --suite setup --suite regress
run main regression tests against existing server	make installcheck	meson test --setup running regress-running/regress
list tests		meson test --list