[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] doc/examples: fix build on FreeBSD

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 11:20:17AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 01/10/2021 17:41, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 05:36:51PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 01/10/2021 17:15, Bruce Richardson:
> > > > On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 05:03:11PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > > 15/09/2021 19:36, Bruce Richardson:
> > > > > > On FreeBSD, "find" does not support the "printf" flag, so we
> > > > > > need to use "gfind" from the "findutils" package.
> > > > > 
> > > > > It is one more dependency.  Shouldn't we avoid it by rewritting
> > > > > the shell commands with loops?
> > > > >
> > > > Probably in the longer term, yes. If I get the chance, I'll try and
> > > > rewrite this script, but let's keep this patch in the queue in case
> > > > I don't get to in the 21.11 timeframe.
> > > 
> > > OK I can help with the shell tricks if needed.
> > > 
> > Well, I was actually considering a rewrite in python for two reasons: *
> > easy FS scans using the "walk()" function * portability across OS's
> > [which is the main reason for the work after all]
> 
> Applied this patch for 21.11.
>
Following up on this thread, implemented an alternative fix for this issue
which does not use the extra findutils dependency[1]. I didn't rewrite the
script in python as was my original intent, but used basic shell commands
to work around the lack of printf support in find, leading to a simpler
fix.

/Bruce

[1] http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20211222151855.803916-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com/