[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] change legacy linuxapp/bsdapp names

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/13/2019 1:59 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 13/03/2019 14:41, Ferruh Yigit:
>> On 3/12/2019 10:13 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>>> Bruce Richardson (6):
>>>>   eal/bsdapp: rename to freebsd
>>>>   eal/linuxapp: rename to linux
>>>>   build/linux: rename macro from LINUXAPP to LINUX
>>>>   build/freebsd: rename macro from BSDPAPP to FREEBSD
>>>>   build/meson: change linuxapp to linux in meson cross files
>>>>   build: allow linux and freebsd in build configs
>>>
>>> Applied, thanks
>>
>> This has potential to break some automation/scripts since changes the names of
>> the config files:
>> 'make T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc config' becomes
>> 'make T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc config' etc...
>>
>> I suggest highlighting this change in release notes!
> 
> No, the old names should still work.
> Otherwise, it would be an API breakage, which is very bad!
> 

Ah, right config is working, how I hit this is:

$ make T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc cscope
Invalid config: x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc

'cscope' (and friends) also should be covered ...