[libvirt] [PATCH] tests: Handle networkxml2argvtest being configure --localstatedir dependant

[Matthias Bolte]

2011/6/25 Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>:
> On 06/25/2011 06:41 AM, Matthias Bolte wrote:
>> networkxml2argvtest indirectly calls networkDnsmasqLeaseFileName
>> that depends on configure --localstatedir. Therefore, the .argv
>> files used in the test have to be created with this localstatedir.
>>
>> Move the .argv to .argv.in files with a @localstatedir@ placeholder.
>
> Will this work in VPATH builds?  Previously, we have done hacks where
> the test directory can provide an override string; if the override is
> NULL (the default, for use in libvirtd), then use @localstatedir@, but
> if the override is provided (from the test case), then use that instead.

Where are we doing that in libvirtd, I can't find something like that.

Also how would you do that in general? Environment variable?
LD_PRELOAD to replace networkDnsmasqLeaseFileName for testing
(assuming that LD_PRELOAD works in this case)?

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