[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 2/2] devtools: use absolute path for the build directory

[Thomas Monjalon]

01/06/2021 03:56, Feifei Wang:
> From: Phil Yang <phil.yang at arm.com>
> 
> To make the code easier to maintain, use the absolute path for the
> default build_dir to avoid repeatedly calling of readlink.
[...]
> --- a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
> +++ b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
> -builds_dir=${DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR:-.}
> +builds_dir=$(readlink -f ${DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR:-.})

It means that all uses of builds_dir will get the absolute path.
It may have consequences on meson configuration,
and will make outputs and logs longer.

I'm not sure this change is desirable.