Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: improve error message for missing dependency

2018-07-26 Thread Thomas Monjalon
20/07/2018 15:28, Bruce Richardson: > When building a driver or library and a required internal dependency > is missing, the error message printed was: > > Tried to get unknown variable "shared_rte_". > > However, a better way to handle this is to catch the missing variable > earlier and conv

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] build: improve error message for missing dependency

2018-07-20 Thread Bruce Richardson
When building a driver or library and a required internal dependency is missing, the error message printed was: Tried to get unknown variable "shared_rte_". However, a better way to handle this is to catch the missing variable earlier and convert it into a proper message, informing the user t