[dpdk-users] Build on Windows not working: "ERROR: Program 'echo' not found"

[Dmitry Kozlyuk]

2021-06-22 15:39 (UTC+0000), Rob Scheepens:
> Hello All,
> 
> I’ve been trying to get the helloworld app built on Windows following instructions on https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/windows_gsg/build_dpdk.html, using option 1. It fails however and output ends with “doc\meson.build:14:0: ERROR: Program 'echo' not found”. Looking in the log I also see file not found errors for various header files under linux\*.h, for example:
> 
> Compiler stderr:
> C:\git\dpdk\build\meson-private\tmpdf9qrjqg\testfile.c:2:18: fatal error: 'linux/tc_act/tc_bpf.h' file not found
>         #include <linux/tc_act/tc_bpf.h>
>                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1 error generated.
> 
> I came across the thread on https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@dpdk.org/msg156490.html, but it’s not exactly the same as far as I can see. Full log is attached. What am I missing?
> 
> \Rob
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Hello, Rob!

Try using Meson 0.53.2.
There seems to be an issue with Meson 0.58.1 on Windows.