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Having a building system

Open AltraMayor opened this issue 6 years ago • 0 comments

As the repository of Gatekeeper grows, the need for a build system is growing as well. Right now, Gatekeeper has a makefile derived from DPDK that doesn't account for individual file changes (i.e. it requires make clean; make to compile after a single file change), side applications (e.g. generate_if_map.c and gkctl) do not have makefiles, and our makefile doesn't have an install target; this latter issue is currently mitigated with the Debian packages.

This issue should be solved in phases to avoid disrupting the development. The following is a general suggestion for the steps to follow:

  1. Fixing the bug in the makefile that makes it ignore dependencies during incremental compilation;
  2. Adding makefiles to side applications;
  3. Adding an install target and adjust the Debian packages to use it;
  4. Identifying immediate building problems that should be addressed at this point;
  5. Adopting a build system.

DPDK uses the meson build system, but one should look for alternatives before committing to a build system.

AltraMayor avatar May 09 '19 12:05 AltraMayor