[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/1] doc: add pkg-config requirement for applications

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 05:43:28PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> From: Gregory Etelson <getelson at nvidia.com>
> 
> DPDK relies on pkg-config(1) to provide correct parameters for
> compiler and linker used in application build.  Inaccurate build
> parameters, produced by pkg-config from DPDK .pc files could fail
> application build or cause unpredicted results during application
> runtime.
> 
> Update system requirements doc about a bug in pkg-config v0.27
> used in RHEL-7.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson at nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> ---
> v3: improve wording with Bruce's suggestions
> v2: make a more global note about the need for pkg-config in app build
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>