On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 09:30:00AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 03/03/2023 22:09, Tyler Retzlaff:
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 03:12:19PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > 02/03/2023 18:17, Tyler Retzlaff:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 02:21:48PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > > The DevX library path had to be provided through the variables
> > > > > DEVX_INC_PATH and DEVX_LIB_PATH.
> > > > > It was non-standard and triggers some issues with recent Meson.
> > > >
> > > > is it possible for meson to search the default install location that the
> > > > devx sdk installation is normally located on windows? then only if you
> > > > installed it to some silly non-default location you have to provide
> > > > CFLAGS/LDFLAGS?
> > >
> > > Meson will look into standard system directories I guess,
> > > but DevX is never installed in a system directory.
> > > Which path do you have in mind?
> >
> > i think when i install the sdk it goes here by default if i just mash
> > the next button. is it wrong to take a look at this path by default?
> >
> > C:\Program Files\Mellanox\MLNX_WinOF2_DevX_SDK\{inc,lib}
>
> If we have 2 versions in 2 directories,
> and we look at the default location, then we can miss the right one.
> I'm afraid such facility induce more complications at the end.
oh, didn't realize you can have multiple installations. suppose you
could "pick the newest" but maybe that's not terribly sensible.
