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

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Mar 13 14:59:08 CET 2019


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!




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