linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftest: alsa: check if user has alsa installed

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Message-ID: <87ikudk2f8.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:48:11 +0200
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To: Abdul Rahim <abdul.rahim@...ahoo.com>
Cc: perex@...ex.cz,
	tiwai@...e.com,
	broonie@...nel.org,
	shuah@...nel.org,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftest: alsa: check if user has alsa installed

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:58:18 +0200,
Abdul Rahim wrote:
> 
> Currently, if alsa development package is not installed on the user's
> system then the make command would print a `pagefull` of errors. In
> particular one error message is repeated 3 times. This error is returned
> by `pkg-config` and since it is not being handeled appropriately,
> repeated calls to `pkg-config` prints the same message again.
> 
> This patch adds check for alsa package installation. If alsa is not
> installed, a short and consize error is returned. Also, it does not
> affect the compilation of other tests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Abdul Rahim <abdul.rahim@...ahoo.com>

Sorry for the late reply, as I've been off in the last weeks.

Now applied to for-linus branch.  Thanks.


Takashi