[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: skip detecting libpcap via pcap-config

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

When compiling for a slightly different architecture, e.g. 32-bit on 64-bit
systems using CFLAGS rather than a cross-file, the pcap-config utility can
often return parameters that are unusable for the build in question, i.e.
providing the native 64-bit library paths rather than checking for 32-bit
equivalent.

Since many distros now include a version of libpcap with a
pkg-config file, and for those that don't find-library should work ok as a
fallback, we can explicitly just use pkg-config in the dependency search,
causing meson to skip trying to use pcap-config.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
---
 config/meson.build | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index 69f2aeb60..9fb903c9b 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -163,11 +163,9 @@ if libbsd.found()
 endif
 
 # check for pcap
-pcap_dep = dependency('pcap', required: false)
-if pcap_dep.found()
-	# pcap got a pkg-config file only in 1.9.0 and before that meson uses
-	# an internal pcap-config finder, which is not compatible with
-	# cross-compilation, so try to fallback to find_library
+pcap_dep = dependency('libpcap', required: false, method: 'pkg-config')
+if not pcap_dep.found()
+	# pcap got a pkg-config file only in 1.9.0
 	pcap_dep = cc.find_library('pcap', required: false)
 endif
 if pcap_dep.found() and cc.has_header('pcap.h', dependencies: pcap_dep)
-- 
2.25.1