The backend does not require a mesonbuild module for every flavor. the `meson` command from the regular RPM package is sufficient. Index: meson_python-0.12.0/pyproject.toml =================================================================== --- meson_python-0.12.0.orig/pyproject.toml +++ meson_python-0.12.0/pyproject.toml @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ build-backend = 'mesonpy' backend-path = ['.'] requires = [ - 'meson>=0.63.3', 'pyproject-metadata>=0.6.1', 'tomli>=1.0.0; python_version<"3.11"', 'typing-extensions>=3.7.4; python_version<"3.10"', @@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ classifiers = [ dependencies = [ 'colorama; os_name == "nt"', - 'meson>=0.63.3', 'pyproject-metadata>=0.6.1', # not a hard dependency, only needed for projects that use PEP 621 metadata 'tomli>=1.0.0; python_version<"3.11"', 'typing-extensions>=3.7.4; python_version<"3.10"',