netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: stop using feature-detection Makefiles

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Date:   Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:30:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, kernel-team@...com, acme@...hat.com,
        rdunlap@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: stop using feature-detection Makefiles

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:34:45 -0800 you wrote:
> Libbpf's Makefile relies on Linux tools infrastructure's feature detection
> framework, but libbpf's needs are very modest: it detects the presence of
> libelf and libz, both of which are mandatory. So it doesn't benefit much from
> the framework, but pays significant costs in terms of maintainability and
> debugging experience, when something goes wrong. The other feature detector,
> testing for the presernce of minimal BPF API in system headers is long
> obsolete as well, providing no value.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next] libbpf: stop using feature-detection Makefiles
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/5f10c1aac8b2

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