On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 3:03 PM Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From the step in
> > https://mesonbuild.com/Quick-guide.html#installation-from-source
> > I tried to compile meson by doing:
> > $ git clone  https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git
> > $ cd meson
> > $ meson builddir
> >  ERROR: Neither directory contains a build file meson.build.
> >
> > How do I generate a meson.build file?
>
> I build Meson from Windows command line (not Git Bash) as pip package:
>
> C:\src\meson> python setup.py install --user
>
> You need write permissions for C:\Python, so use elevated command prompt or
> an administrator account. To use the new version, make sure C:\Python\Scripts
> is in the beginning of your PATH (assuming C:\Python being your Python 3
> installation directory).
>
> Don't forget to apply the patch, it's not in upstream yet. You can instead
> clone the fork directly:
>
> git clone -b msvc-linker-arg-prefix https://github.com/PlushBeaver/meson.git
>
> --
Hi Dmitry,

Thanks! I now passed the issue of "'/OPT:REF"
now with "ninja -v", I got another error saying:
C:\dpdk-draft-windows>meson build9
C:\dpdk-draft-windows>cd build9
C:\dpdk-draft-windows\build9>ninja -v
[1/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_kvargs@sta/librte_kvargs_rte_kvargs.c.obj.rsp
[2/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_common_eal_common_errno.c.obj.rsp
[3/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_common_eal_common_launch.c.obj.rsp
[4/14] llvm-ar "csrD" lib/librte_kvargs.a @lib/librte_kvargs.a.rsp
[5/14] clang @lib/librte_kvargs-1.dll.rsp
clang.exe: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'
[-Wunused-command-line-argument]
LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/-no-as-needed'; ignored
   Creating library lib\librte_kvargs.dll.a and object lib\librte_kvargs.dll.exp
[6/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_windows_eal_eal_lcore.c.obj.rsp
[7/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_common_eal_common_log.c.obj.rsp
[8/14] "C:\Python38\Scripts\meson" --internal symbolextractor
lib/librte_kvargs-1.dll
lib/76b5a35@@rte_kvargs@sha/librte_kvargs-1.dll.symbols
[9/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_common_eal_common_lcore.c.obj.rsp
[10/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_windows_eal_eal.c.obj.rsp
[11/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_windows_eal_eal_debug.c.obj.rsp
[12/14] clang @lib/76b5a35@@rte_eal@sta/librte_eal_windows_eal_eal_thread.c.obj.rsp
[13/14] llvm-ar "csrD" lib/librte_eal.a @lib/librte_eal.a.rsp
[14/14] clang @lib/librte_eal-10.dll.rsp
clang.exe: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-pthread'
[-Wunused-command-line-argument]
LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/-no-as-needed'; ignored
   Creating library lib\librte_eal.dll.a and object lib\librte_eal.dll.exp

Do I mess up some linker's configurations?
I attached the meson log, thanks for your help!
William