[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.11 01/19] examples: remove legacy sections of makefiles

[Power, Ciara]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
>Sent: Wednesday 12 August 2020 17:39
>To: Power, Ciara <ciara.power at intel.com>
>Cc: dev at dpdk.org; thomas at monjalon.net
>Subject: Re: [PATCH 20.11 01/19] examples: remove legacy sections of
>makefiles
>
>On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 01:29:51PM +0100, Ciara Power wrote:
>> The example app makefiles contained sections using the legacy method
>> of compiling with make. These are no longer needed, and are removed,
>> leaving only the section that uses pkg-config for the make build.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power at intel.com>
>> ---

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>>
>
>There are still references to the old build system in the examples makefiles.
>Running "find examples/ -name Makefile | xargs grep RTE_SDK"
>shows quite a few references to the old builds.
>
>/Bruce

Hi Bruce,

The Makefiles that still have references to the old build system after this patch are removed completely in the next patch. 
There is an open to convert these Makefiles to use pkg-config instead, any and all help is appreciated here.

Thanks,
Ciara