Re: [PATCH v1] [meson] add a default option prefix=/usr/local/pgsql

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2022-09-30 08:59:53 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
>> On 2022-09-30 11:45:35 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Can we have a platform-dependent default?

>> Not easily in that spot, I think.

> For background: The reason for that is that meson doesn't yet know what the
> host/build environment is, because those can be influenced by
> default_options. We can run programs though, so if we really want to set some
> platform dependent default, we can.

Meh.  It's not like the existing MSVC script behavior is so sane
that we should strive to retain it.

            regards, tom lane