CCing Vincenzo, one of the maintainer of Netmap.

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 07:00:19PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 2/20/19 6:45 PM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> > 
> > Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@redhat.com> writes:
> > 
> >> On 2/20/19 5:37 PM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> >>> Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> It looks like something in netmap has changed and compilation fails:
> >>>>
> >>>>    install -D libnetmap.a //usr/local/lib/libnetmap.a
> >>>>    install: cannot stat libnetmap.a: No such file or directory
> >>>>
> >>>> Add an explicit "make" step to fix it.
> >>>
> >>> I took an alternate approach as tracking another projects master seems
> >>> like a bad idea:
> >>>
> >>> tests/docker: peg netmap code to a specific version
> >>>
> >>> Tracking head is always going to be at the whims of the upstream.
> >>> Let's use a defined release so things don't magically change under us.
> >>
> >> Oh now I see your reply...
> >>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org>
> >>>
> >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>> tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker | 1 +
> >>>
> >>> modified   tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker
> >>> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
> >>>      apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
> >>>          linux-headers-amd64
> >>>  RUN git clone https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap.git /usr/src/netmap
> >>> +RUN cd /usr/src/netmap && git checkout v11.3
> >>
> >> ... and I notice I forgot to change directory in my previous suggestion.
> >>
> >> Why do you take v11.3 and not v11.4?
> >> I agree v11.3 was closer to what I tested when I introduced this
> >> dependency, but I'd rather use the latest release.
> > 
> > Hmm github hid the newer releases by default and has a Latest Release
> > button by v11.3.
> 
> I don't understand (this GitHub feature)...
> 
> I'm talking about this release:
> https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap/releases/tag/v11.4
> 
> The date is more recent that the v11.3. This looks like the latest
> release to me.
> 
> Anyway I'm fine if you prefer v11.3.
> Please send a formal patch because I don't want to confuse scripts
> adding my R-b in Paolo's patch.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phil.
> 

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Stefano Garzarella
Software Engineer @ Red Hat

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