-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -xe
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson --user
+# Builds are run as root in containers, no need for sudo
+[ "$(id -u)" != '0' ] || alias sudo=
+
+# need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run without it
+sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade 'meson==0.49.2'
+
+# setup hugepages. error ignored because having hugepage is not mandatory.
+cat /proc/meminfo
+sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages' || true
+cat /proc/meminfo