Unable to build minimal example with Makefile about libbpf-bootstrap HOT 4 CLOSED

Check build instructions at https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf-bootstrap#c-examples, it suggests to run git submodule update --init --recursive which will check out nested submodules as well.

But answering you direct question, doesn't seem like bpftool's Makefile allows to override where libbpf sources are. Not sure if we actually want to allow that, but just in case cc @qmonnet for an opinion.

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doesn't seem like bpftool's Makefile allows to override where libbpf sources are. Not sure if we actually want to allow that

Something similar was raised on the bpftool repo some time ago. I'm not against providing a way to override the path for libbpf, but I fear this might lead to confusion if users attempt to use a libbpf version which is not recent enough, or if they try to use the version installed on their system but without having the sources (given that bpftool needs some libbpf headers that are not exported as part of the regular user API).

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Check build instructions at https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf-bootstrap#c-examples, it suggests to run git submodule update --init --recursive which will check out nested submodules as well.

Ah! I feel like a dummy. Thanks for the pointer.

I guess I just immediately got glued to the first commands in the README

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Makes sense to me. I'll close this issue since it's already solved by the documentation.

Thanks for the quick responses!

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