RE: [v1 1/3] meson: add a meson option to install examples

[Gagandeep Singh <G.Singh@nxp.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 7:28 PM
> To: Gagandeep Singh <G.Singh@nxp.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [v1 1/3] meson: add a meson option to install examples
> 
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 07:12:16PM +0530, Gagandeep Singh wrote:
> > Adding a meson option "enable_examples_bin_install"
> > to install the examples binaries in bin.
> >
> > Default value is false.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gagandeep Singh <g.singh@nxp.com>
> > ---
> >  examples/meson.build | 13 ++++++++++++-
> >  meson_options.txt    |  2 ++
> >  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> Is there a particular reason we might want to do this? Installing sample code
> binaries in bin seems rather strange to me.
> 
Currently, I can see only app binaries are getting installed in bin but not examples binaries. I am not able to
find the particular reason behind this.
The main reason to have the examples in installation directory is to provides a convenient
way for users to explore DPDK's examples without having to manually scan each example build directory and copy them in
their package.
The default behavior remains unchanged.

> /Bruce