Amend documentation to reflect that `meson install` is not run

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2/5
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1-3 hours
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65/100
Issue type
Documentation
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Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

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Inspect the project documentation describing installation and package building. Update it to explain that meson-python re-implements installation rather than running meson install, including that install_rpath and scripts registered with meson.add_install_script() have no effect. Done means both limitations are accurately documented.

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documentation

Amend the documentation to reflect the fact that we don't actually run meson install but just re-implement it. This affects two Meson features: install_rpath support, and running scripts registered with meson.add_install_script(). Both things have no effect when building a package with meson-python.

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