2021-10-25 17:11 (UTC-0400), yn h: > I downloaded dpdk version 21.08 from > http://static.dpdk.org/rel/. > > Extracted and ran meson build. > During ninja build, I ran into > > FAILED: drivers/rte_common_cpt.pmd.c > > /usr/bin/python3 ../buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.py > /home/ybuser/dpdk-21.05/build/buildtools ar > /home/ybuser/dpdk-21.05/build/drivers/libtmp_rte_common_cpt.a > drivers/rte_common_cpt.pmd.c /usr/bin/python3 ../buildtools/pmdinfogen.py > elf > > ar: `x' cannot be used on thin archives. > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "../buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.py", line 17, in <module> > > run_ar("x") > > File "../buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.py", line 12, in <lambda> > > run_ar = lambda command: subprocess.run( > > File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 516, in run > > raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args, > > subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['ar', 'x', > '/home/ybuser/dpdk-21.05/build/drivers/libtmp_rte_common_cpt.a']' returned > non-zero exit status 1. > > [508/2498] Compiling C object > lib/librte_pipeline.a.p/pipeline_rte_table_action.c.o > > ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. > > > > The issue was bypassed when I edited the run_ar("x") to run_ar("p"). > > Is this a known issue?
Yes, try using meson < 0.60: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836
