From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F76AA09E0; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:33:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 007B8C8B4; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:33:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [63.128.21.124]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A765BC868 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:33:19 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1605281598; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=SoIIi/opG+GgJnUbCmmbm9ewNDckRGMdIJsQg+TYJSs=; b=Lik2NatzqbtS5+7eNDtj9AtJP0Zz3nLsun/U55ZRPDDNJsAKutWmtlNn0qw6h2WAH3w40U M6s+pmGRFOPvPEoPAt4aaMfKE21dfZ4RTTBOeijd8RXB5qAbH1T8I6LIUU9OhoPGQoDBwo S+YaRzrKV5WL2Tdkzrnhf+sW03Jua2I= Received: from mail-vk1-f199.google.com (mail-vk1-f199.google.com [209.85.221.199]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-344-hg8q0IyXND6ddx_Bh9SpTQ-1; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:33:16 -0500 X-MC-Unique: hg8q0IyXND6ddx_Bh9SpTQ-1 Received: by mail-vk1-f199.google.com with SMTP id x134so2758270vkd.17 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 07:33:16 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=SoIIi/opG+GgJnUbCmmbm9ewNDckRGMdIJsQg+TYJSs=; b=i+Pq2suDjOKGehaawdJ3PYoTXoQM3fxCVWDRVBNwak745VUa136R7Cah2gguIFYgMf r5iHABVPHn/YZBIo2FRqMyAI84+Cpsl0E14doCSW6d2XRKwpnG1KibcVMaS/v3ZnjDsW 2gBXZsER8JHuRwdi5JAWiW570B6uuV5gnqBqknXiKvKn4yRqjcbQWygYxpgS9Pytvbj7 EimH+xhFeIDQIliP8QFdZt4340S6BFwIovSCESDQvnfoU4G7bMKiT/O8fJq7kZh8a3X9 sOO+43fO2u/AR2WLxN3JDJQDXas3O7CxIW6Di1q7PXkWnJmgNRGFph5WGD+yOluD9Tc/ 7QgA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5322mTp48AGANPDWh6XN9f1QgIvvgXTDQQn5Ql7XuOU9i9ydP3GD ZaiZ8LUpqn/EjKEHrgU9EsXjgOYysAv9NtLm1rtCwehr4RUBZLr9CGG62YcH8k47umn7mal/qwc Bww6N1wQEmQgiuEmJhcM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:2362:: with SMTP id o2mr1690685vsa.5.1605281591451; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 07:33:11 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzpegbvhcQUXwH7FFdq9yGXhw0O97LQdaA1JilyvOzyFIpt+DbuIuU7/oh86KtGOQtiuiQfpPFGyyflKQ9sB3E= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:2362:: with SMTP id o2mr1690127vsa.5.1605281585649; Fri, 13 Nov 2020 07:33:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201029091638.26646-1-getelson@nvidia.com> <20201105123704.15791-1-getelson@nvidia.com> In-Reply-To: From: David Marchand Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:32:54 +0100 Message-ID: To: Gregory Etelson Cc: dev , Bruce Richardson , Luca Boccassi , Christian Ehrhardt , Kevin Traynor , Matan Azrad , Raslan Darawsheh , NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dmarchan@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] build: add pkg-config validation X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 4:16 PM Gregory Etelson wrote: > The patch notifies about invalid pkg-config. Application that uses such > pkg-config will receive wrong linker parameters. These parameters will not > fail link procedure, but may produce invalid output and as the result, > application will have unpredicted behavior. > Optimal notification would be during application build procedure, but > I cannot see how it's possible to interact with an external build. Me neither, so I don't see the point in adding a warning the final user won't catch. Documenting this known issue seems enough. -- David Marchand