[Libvir] libvirt on OS X Leopard 10.5.1

Mon Jan 21 23:32:33 UTC 2008

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Okay, the autogen.sh fails right off the bat. To get it working you  
have to edit it so that it checks the ld version with a '-V' instead  
of '--version' (OS X specific). Once you do that and run:

./autogen.sh --without-xen --without-qemu

it trucks along nicely until:

./configure: line 35741: syntax error near unexpected token  
`libxml-2.0,LIBXML_FOUND=yes'
./configure: line 35741: `     
PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(libxml-2.0,LIBXML_FOUND=yes)'

Line 35721 of the generated configure script begins:

PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG

LIBXML_CONFIG="xml2-config"
LIBXML_CFLAGS=""
LIBXML_LIBS=""
LIBXML_FOUND="no"

# Check whether --with-libxml was given.
if test "${with_libxml+set}" = set; then
   withval=$with_libxml;
fi

if test "z$with_libxml" = "zno" ; then
     { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for libxml2 libraries >=  
$LIBXML_REQUIRED" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking for libxml2 libraries >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED...  
$ECHO_C" >&6; }
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: libxml2 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED is  
required for libvirt" >&5
echo "$as_me: error: libxml2 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED is required for  
libvirt" >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
elif test "z$with_libxml" = "z" -a "x$PKG_CONFIG" != "x" ; then
     PKG_CHECK_EXISTS(libxml-2.0,LIBXML_FOUND=yes)
     if test "$LIBXML_FOUND" != "no" ; then
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBXML, libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED)
     fi
fi

Looks like some stand-in values are not getting replaced when the  
configure script is generated. Ideas?

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On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Schley Andrew Kutz wrote:

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> Ah, I knew hyper was 64-bit, but it has no definition on OS X. I  
> thought that long on OS X 10.5.1 was 64 bits in width -- my mistake.
>
>> There wre two bugs in the remoteAuthenticate method in libvirt  
>> 0.4.0 which
>> can cause crashes. I'd recommend testing again with libvirt from  
>> the latest
>> CVS checkout - its pretty likely that'll fix your problem.
>
> The funny thing is that I have all auth mechanisms turned off in  
> libvirtd. But I can see how some of the library's init code may be  
> failing. I did try to build the package from HEAD, but that failed.  
> I will try again and report the errors.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 04:50:29PM -0600, Schley Andrew Kutz wrote:
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>>> I spent the weekend attempting to get libvirt working on OS X  
>>> Leopard
>>> 10.5.1. I was able to get it to compile, but not connect to libvirtd
>>> running on either my KVM or Xen servers. Here are the instructions  
>>> for
>>> getting it to compile:
>>>
>>> 1. Download libvirt-0.4.0 from the mirrors.
>>>
>>> 2. Use macports to install pkgconfig and gnutls
>>>
>>> 3. Configure your source:
>>>
>>> ./configure --without-xen --without-qemu
>>>
>>> 4. Replace instances of 'hyper' in qemu/remote_protocol.x with  
>>> 'long'
>>> and then follow the instructions on http://libvirt.org/ 
>>> windows.html to
>>> regen XDR structures.
>>
>> This is going to fail big time. 'hyper' is 64-bit in size, where
>> as long is 32-bit. Any RPC calls which user hyper will crash and
>> burn if you make this change.
>>
>> What errors do you get if you don't make this change ? There may
>> be better ways to provide compatability.
>>
>>> 10. The sources should now build and install.
>>>
>>> At this point any attempt to connect to a remote host results in the
>>> thread dying and OS X catching the exception with the following  
>>> report:
>>>
>>> <beginReport>
>>> Process:         Python [57356]
>>> Path:            /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ 
>>> Versions/
>>> 2.5/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python
>>> Identifier:      Python
>>> Version:         ??? (???)
>>> Code Type:       X86 (Native)
>>> Parent Process:  bash [59098]
>>>
>>> Date/Time:       2008-01-21 16:48:52.228 -0600
>>> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
>>> Report Version:  6
>>>
>>> Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
>>> Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000004
>>> Crashed Thread:  0
>>>
>>> Thread 0 Crashed:
>>> 0   libvirt.0.dylib               	0x00412911 remoteAuthenticate +
>>> 1345 (remote_internal.c:3062)
>>
>> There wre two bugs in the remoteAuthenticate method in libvirt  
>> 0.4.0 which
>> can cause crashes. I'd recommend testing again with libvirt from  
>> the latest
>> CVS checkout - its pretty likely that'll fix your problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dan.
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