netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: Remove zlib feature test from Makefile

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Date:   Wed, 06 Jul 2022 05:40:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
        kafai@...com, songliubraving@...com, yhs@...com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, kpsingh@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: Remove zlib feature test from Makefile

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>:

On Tue,  5 Jul 2022 21:04:56 +0100 you wrote:
> The feature test to detect the availability of zlib in bpftool's
> Makefile does not bring much. The library is not optional: it may or may
> not be required along libbfd for disassembling instructions, but in any
> case it is necessary to build feature.o or even libbpf, on which bpftool
> depends.
> 
> If we remove the feature test, we lose the nicely formatted error
> message, but we get a compiler error about "zlib.h: No such file or
> directory", which is equally informative. Let's get rid of the test.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next] bpftool: Remove zlib feature test from Makefile
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/450a8dcb8c7f

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