[libvirt-dbus PATCH 8/9] meson: Install documentation

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:59:45PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> People who install the RPM packages already get this, but it's
> good practice so let's make it happen for those who install from
> source as well.

Do we really want this ?  I've not noticed apps doing this in
general - these files are usually non-installed with autotools
and meson AFAIK.

> 
> The process is straightforward, but we have to be a bit careful
> with AUTHORS because this specific file is found in different
> directories depending on whether we're building from git or from
> a release.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna at redhat.com>
> ---
>  meson.build | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> index 7518e94..9395bc4 100644
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ project(
>  prefix = get_option('prefix')
>  datadir = prefix / get_option('datadir')
>  sbindir = prefix / get_option('sbindir')
> +set_variable('docdir', datadir / 'doc/libvirt-dbus')
>  
>  opt_dirs = [
>      'dbus_interfaces',
> @@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ if git
>          configuration: { 'contributorslist': authors.stdout() },
>          input: 'AUTHORS.rst.in',
>          output: 'AUTHORS.rst',
> +        install_dir: docdir,
>      )
>  
>      foreach file : [ 'libvirt-dbus.spec', 'AUTHORS.rst' ]
> @@ -266,6 +268,22 @@ if git
>  endif
>  
>  
> +# Install documentation
> +
> +docs = [
> +    'COPYING',
> +    'NEWS.rst',
> +]
> +if not git
> +    docs += ['AUTHORS.rst']
> +endif
> +
> +install_data(
> +    docs,
> +    install_dir: docdir,
> +)
> +
> +
>  # Include sub-directories
>  
>  subdir('data')
> -- 
> 2.25.3
> 

Regards,
Daniel
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