[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] usertools: script to output version string

[Wiles, Keith]

> On Aug 7, 2017, at 6:35 AM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 06/07/2017 16:56, Keith Wiles:
>> +# Locate the rte_version.h file and parse out the version strings.
> 
> I think this script is not needed because we have already
> something in mk/rte.sdkconfig.mk.
> Example:
> 	% make showversion
> 	17.08.0-rc4

Executing make to find out a version seems to bit of over kill to me and a simple script would be much easier IMO. I do not really see harm in having this script that can output the version into different formats is helpful when running external scripts. Also in the future we are most like going to replace the build system and then we would need to add this support to that build system and having it in a standalone script is easier manage in the long run.

> 
> Do you need more?

Regards,
Keith