Grout dependencies missing

[Morten Brørup]

> From: Robin Jarry [mailto:rjarry at redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2026 16.32
> 
> Morten Brørup, Jul 21, 2026 at 14:24:
> > Hi Robin,
> >
> > For Grout, it seems the following dependencies are not mentioned or
> handled in the meson.build file:
> > libedit (for libecoli)
> 
> It is an indirect dependency which is indicated in the README:
> 
> https://github.com/DPDK/grout/blob/fd2304295a9571046824ac2675ba65dc6ebe
> f25e/README.md?plain=1#L264-L280

Sorry, I missed that it was already there.
I guess I couldn't see the tree for the forest.

> 
> > libjson-c (for the CLI)
> >
> > Furthermore, the README "Install build dependencies" should probably
> also mention:
> > libjson-c-dev
> >
> > PS: Not sure about this, but thought you might want to check.
> 
> This one is an FRR dependency. It has nothing to do with grout.
> 
> Although, now that FRR is always enabled when building from source, the
> dependencies section should probably be updated.
> 
> I'll see if I can cook some patch.

I thought it was for the CLI.
If it's only for FRR, you might want to mention that specifically, for developers building Grout without FRR.

> 
> --
> Robin
> 
> > Not recommended for children.