[Libvir] [PATCH] Avoid compile failure when HAVE_AVAHI is not defined.

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Mon Dec 3 14:56:43 UTC 2007


On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:36:17PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Without this patch, building without HAVE_AVAHI fails due to an unguarded
> use of mdns_name.  Rather than adding yet another #ifdef..#endif (ugly
> and less maintainable), I've chosen to un-ifdef the declarations and
> a few uses.  The more code that we compile and use unconditionally,
> the fewer surprises we'll encounter down the road.

I disagree - adding  merely one extra HAVE_AVAHI in the cleanup code for
that function won't hurt maintainability.   

I find it more confusing/suprising when I find variables which are there
but not used in any code like  mdns_adv vars are with this patch.

Dan.
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