[Libguestfs] libguestfs Windows Build Support

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 04:33:49PM +0300, Matan wrote:
> Hello Richard,
> 
> I've recently encountered with libguestfs while looking for a library
> that provides parsing capabilities for VMDK formats, as part of a
> utility I'm working on. I've read the documentation and and few of the
> source code but couldn't find an answer for my question.
> Then, I've seen your that you are active on the mailing list, so I'm
> reaching out to you.
> 
> Do you know of any way to build libguestfs on Windows? so that I'll
> have a compiled PE image that will be able to parse and mount VMDK
> files?

It used to build on Windows at some time in the very distant past, but
it doesn't now.  I would suggest using virtualization similar to run
up a Linux environment.

Rich.

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