tree b6e2e237deb607df9306b33e56beaca53ae30049
parent ce522ba9ef7e2d9fb22a39eb3371c0c64e2a433e
author Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> 1651244098 +0200
committer Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> 1653592668 -0400

rtla/Makefile: Properly handle dependencies

Linus had a problem compiling RTLA, saying:

"[...] I wish the tracing tools would do a bit more package
checking and helpful error messages too, rather than just
fail with:

    fatal error: tracefs.h: No such file or directory"

Which is indeed not a helpful message. Update the Makefile, adding
proper checks for the dependencies, with useful information about
how to resolve possible problems.

For example, the previous error is now reported as:

    $ make
    ********************************************
    ** NOTICE: libtracefs version 1.3 or higher not found
    **
    ** Consider installing the latest libtracefs from your
    ** distribution, e.g., 'dnf install libtracefs' on Fedora,
    ** or from source:
    **
    **  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/
    **
    ********************************************

These messages are inspired by the ones used on trace-cmd, as suggested
by Stevel Rostedt.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=whxmA86E=csNv76DuxX_wYsg8mW15oUs3XTabu2Yc80yw@mail.gmail.com/

Changes from V1:
 - Moved the rst2man check to the install phase (when it is used).
 - Removed the procps-ng lib check [1] as it is being removed.

[1] a0f9f8c1030c66305c9b921057c3d483064d5529.1651220820.git.bristot@kernel.org

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3f1fac776c37e4b67c876a94e5a0e45ed022ff3d.1651238057.git.bristot@kernel.org

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>