Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] simplify doing 32-bit DPDK builds

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 10:38:12AM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 10:02 AM Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> > > I was then surprised to read the result:
> > > ...
> > > 2024-09-19T07:22:12.6485260Z Checking for size of "void *" : 8
> > > 2024-09-19T07:22:12.6485592Z Checking for size of "void *" : 8
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > *scratch* *scratch*
> > > So I retested the series locally on my f39 (the series seemed ok so
> > > far) but I downgraded meson to 0.53.2 (which is the version forced in
> > > GHA) and now I observe the same issue.
> > >
> > > I suspect something changed in the cross file handling in more recent
> > > meson versions.
> > > Likely, the c_args= or [build-in options] part is not read.
> > >
> > > Am I doing something wrong?
> > >
> > From the docs on cross-files [1], it appears that significant changes to
> > the cross-file handling was done in 0.56 release. That may be the cause.
> > I'll have to try some testing myself.
> >
> > Overall, I think we haven't increased our minimum meson version in some
> > time. Maybe it's time to consider doing so in this release or the next one?
> > Need to look through release notes to see how far forward to jump to see
> > what extra features might be useful for us to leverage.
> 
> Just a note that I think it is safer to wait for the upgrade to meson
> 0.57 before merging this series.
> If this upgrade does not happen in this release, I'll merge at least
> the first patches but keep the old way of testing 32 bits in the
> devtools script.
> 
> Ok for you?
>
Yes, that makes sense