That sounds like a good way to go for now. As the OVS API and ABI stabilizes sufficiently, it will no longer be necessary, but it's going to take a while.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 07:53:47AM +0100, Tomáš Čejka wrote: > Hello Ben, > thank you for the answer. According to your advice, we have added parameter > to our configure script that allows users to specify path to OVS source > codes dir. > Tomas > > Dne 28. ledna 2015 17:16:56 Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> napsal: > > >On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 03:38:37PM +0100, Tomáš Čejka wrote: > >> I'm studying source codes of the OpenFlow implementation (in OVS) because > >> of > >> the OF-CONFIG project. I would like to discuss an issue that we've found. > >> > >> We've discovered that OVS installs static libraries without necessary > >> header > >> files. > >> I think that the reason is based on inappropriate Makefile or > >> lib/automake.mk that does not define include_HEADERS files that should be > >> installed into ${includedir}. > >> > >> Would you please confirm or reject my idea? Is there any reason of current > >> state? > > > >We're in the middle of a slow process of defining a public API. Until > >then, the best bet is to either build your software as a fork of the OVS > >repo (which is not a bad idea anyway if your ultimate goal is to get > >OF-CONFIG support into OVS) or to build with an include path that > >includes a full OVS source tree. > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev