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[v2] doc: add meson build to contributing guide

Message ID 20181030141345.23725-1-vipin.varghese@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
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Series [v2] doc: add meson build to contributing guide |

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ci/checkpatch success coding style OK
ci/Intel-compilation success Compilation OK

Commit Message

Varghese, Vipin Oct. 30, 2018, 2:13 p.m. UTC 
  Patches has to be validated for meson builds. Updating documentation
for meson build steps in Checking Compilation category.

Signed-off-by: Vipin Varghese <vipin.varghese@intel.com>
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V2:
updated the meson build options - Bruce Richardson
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 doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a3d788024..df86c0e76 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -468,6 +468,12 @@  The recommended configurations and options to test compilation prior to submitti
    export DPDK_DEP_PCAP=y
    export DPDK_DEP_SSL=y
 
+Compliation of patches has to be tested using meson::
+
+    ./devtools/test-meson-builds.sh'
+
+This will test for shared and static builds. If gcc arm cross compiler is
+installed, cross build is tested too.
 
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