[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] build: rename pkgconfig to libdpdk.pc

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Sep 18 13:09:39 CEST 2017


On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 06:36:10PM +0100, luca.boccassi at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> 
> In Debian and Ubuntu we have been shipping a pkgconfig file for DPDK
> for more than a year now, and the filename is libdpdk.pc.
> A few downstream projects, like OVS and Collectd, have adopted the
> use of libdpdk.pc in their build systems as well.
> In order to maintain backward compatibility, rename the file from
> DPDK.pc to libdpdk.pc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
> ---
I find the 'lib' bit strange, but if that is what is already out there,
then we should keep it for compatibility.
In future, we might create two pkgconfig files to transition over to a
new name, but to start with lets use what is being looked for by our
dependencies.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>



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