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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 14:23:43 +0100
From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 20.11 02/19] build: remove makefiles and mk
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On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 06:49:47PM +0530, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 6:15 PM Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 01:29:52PM +0100, Ciara Power wrote:
> > > It was decided [1] to no longer support Make in DPDK, this patch
> > > removes all Makefiles that do not make use of pkg-config, along with
> > > the mk directory previously used by make.
> > >
> > > [1] https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-April/162839.html
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  GNUmakefile                                   |  17 -
> > >  Makefile                                      |   4 -
> >
> > Open question from me:
> > Do we want to leave a dummy top-level makefile that prints instructions on
> > build with meson and ninja - or even runs a build using them if they are
> > installed?
> 
> Maybe we can keep "make tags" as well in top-level Makefile.

Is it better to point people directly to the script? My concern about
having a makefile is that it may confuse people as to how to build DPDK.
On the other side, there is a convenience aspect to having a makefile, so
I'm open to being convinced either way.