[PATCH 2/2] doc: add MSYS2 building guide

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Oct 7 20:08:11 CEST 2024


On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 21:15:20 +0800
Ric Li <ricmli at outlook.com> wrote:

> Introduce guide for using MSYS2 to build DPDK on Windows.
> MSYS2 provides a Unix-like environment on Windows and
> its package manager simplifies tool and dependency
> installation, aiding Linux program migration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ric Li <ricmli at outlook.com>

I don't think this ever got accepted, because adding a third way to
build on Windows, just adds complexity (never gets tested by CI),
without a lot of benefit to end users.

If it gets added to the documentation, it has to be continuously
tested or it will get broken.


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