[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5] build: remove redundant libpcap link

[Thomas Monjalon]

09/04/2021 14:25, Thomas Monjalon:
> From: Gabriel Ganne <gabriel.ganne at 6wind.com>
> 
> The pcap PMD and the librte_port both declare their dependency to libpcap
> with a line "ext_deps += pcap_dep".
> Then meson automatically adds this dependency to the pkg-config file
> in the "Requires.private" section for static builds.
> 
> The additional update of dpdk_extra_ldflags was adding the dependency
> in the "Libs.private" section of the pkg-config, that is unnecessary.
> 
> Fixes: efd5d1a8d8dd ("drivers/net: build some vdev PMDs with meson")
> Fixes: 268fa581b1ff ("port: fix pcap support with meson")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Ganne <gabriel.ganne at 6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> ---
> I have a doubt whether this option is really always useless.
> In the case of an old pcap (<1.9) without pkg-config support,
> and with the minimum meson supported (0.47.1),
> are we sure the generated pkg-config file will include -lpcap?

Any volunteer to test please?