[Libguestfs] fedoostrap or deboostrap requirement

[Piavlo]

Since debootstrap is available on gentoo i've installed it now
the build process fails with:

Warning: You are running debirf as root.  There is a potential
for improperly written modules to damage your system.
Are you sure you wish to continue? [y|N]: y
Loading profile 'debian'...
debirf: creating debirf root...
E: No such script: /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/fedora-11
make[2]: *** [../initramfs/fakeroot.log] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/libguestfs-1.0.56/work/libguestfs-1.0.56/appliance'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/libguestfs-1.0.56/work/libguestfs-1.0.56'
make: *** [all] Error 2

 why is it still looking for fedora based script and not debian one?

Thanks
Alex

Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 11:57:01PM +0300, Piavlo wrote:
>   
>>  Hi,
>>
>> While trying to ./configure libguestfs on gentoo fails since it requires
>> feboostrap or deboostrap
>> Can this be made optional and not as necessary requirement, since there
>> are still many useful uses for libguestfs
>> besides bootstrapping, which can be used on distros like gentoo.
>>     
>
> You probably want to read this:
>
>   http://www.libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#state_machine_and_low_level_event_api
>
> and this:
>
>   http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-May/msg00003.html
>
> The choices are:
>
> (1) Port febootstrap + yum to Gentoo (not so hard).
>
> (2) Change libguestfs to use portage.  (This was already done for the
> Debian/debootstrap combo).
>
> (3) Use the binary blobs from another machine, but note that we no
> longer build full appliances in the Fedora RPMs.
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8391
>
> Rich.
>
>