-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -xe
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson --user
+# need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run without it
+sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade 'meson==0.47.1'
+
+# skip hugepage settings if tests will not run
+if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "1" ]; then
+ # setup hugepages
+ cat /proc/meminfo
+ sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
+ cat /proc/meminfo
+fi