Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] test: remove meson dependency on /proc file

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

10/04/2020 22:47, Lukasz Wojciechowski:
> W dniu 10.04.2020 o 16:41, Thomas Monjalon pisze:
> > 10/04/2020 15:25, Bruce Richardson:
> >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 02:27:30PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>> 10/04/2020 12:42, Bruce Richardson:
> >>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 12:29:50PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> >>>>> --- a/app/test/meson.build
> >>>>> +++ b/app/test/meson.build
> >>>>>   has_hugepage = true
> >>>>>   if is_linux
> >>>> Since you check for linux in the script, you can drop these two lines,
> >>> The issue is for Windows.
> >>> I am not sure how we will skip shell scripts
> >>> when adding Windows support for this application.
> >>> So there are two options now:
> >>> 	a) remove Linux check before calling the script and ignore Windows support for now
> >>> 	b) keep Linux check without knowing whether it will be useful for Windows support
> >>>
> >>> We vote a?
> >>>
> >> c) Write all such scripts in python, to allow them to run everywhere. :-)
> >>
> >> Given that windows is the problem, having the is_linux check in the
> >> meson.build file makes most sense - in which case I don't think we need the
> >> check for linux in the script.
> > Yes, let's make it simple for now.
> >
> 
> a) is ok as the current meson.build won't work in Windows environment at 
> all.
> c) would be best, but I guess it's a little bit to much for this patch 
> and the whole build system could be adjusted to windows in separate thread.
> 
> And I agree with Bruce, that the check for Linux in script is not needed.

I decide to go with initial Bruce's suggestion:
check OS in script and remove check from meson.
The reasons:
	- the script is standalone and can be extended for FreeBSD
	- if Windows support is required, converting to python is better
	  than a check in meson