[libvirt] Compiling libvirt RPC client library for QNX

[Panday Ritesh Sharma (rpanday)]

On 25/02/14 9:18 PM, "Panday Ritesh Sharma (rpanday)" <rpanday at cisco.com>
wrote:

>Hi Roman,
>Sorry !!! I did not understand "Once again, please don't top-post on
>technical lists."
>
>I should not include 'libvirt-list at redhat.com' in my mail thread ?
>
>I have already used the option '--without-libvirtd' and hence the result.
>
>We are using a wrapper of make for compilation for QNX. So I need to know,
>when I am compiling this client library on linux with '--without-libvirtd'
>option, what all .c files and libraries are being used. Then I will take
>those .c files to my build environment and link that to the libraries
>needed. I will have to see whether those libraries are present in my QNX
>build environment. Please helpŠ
>
>
>Regards
>Ritesh Sharma
>
>
>On 25/02/14 8:57 PM, "Eric Blake" <eblake at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>>On 02/25/2014 08:10 AM, Panday Ritesh Sharma (rpanday) wrote:
>>
>>Once again, please don't top-post on technical lists.
>>
>>> Hi Eric,
>>> I used the option '--without-macvtap' and I was able to compile on my
>>> linux box. When I compiled, I see many libraries are getting built. But
>>>as
>>> I have explained my requirement earlier, I just need a RPC client
>>>library,
>>> essentially the option '--with-remote'.
>>
>>To build just the client library, use ./configure --without-libvirtd.
>>
>>> 
>>> If I check .c files I see only './src/libvirt.c' and './tools/virsh.c'
>>>are
>>> the two files where '# ifdef WITH_REMOTE' is present.
>>> 
>>> Does it mean that as per my requirement I only need to compile these
>>>files?
>>
>>No. You must unpack the ENTIRE tarball, and then use the configure
>>options to control which files are built.  Some of the logic on what to
>>build is in the makefiles, and another consideration is that there are a
>>LOT of library files that are used in both libvirt.so (your client
>>library) and in libvirtd (the daemon executable that you are not
>>building).
>>
>>> 
>>> My intent is to have a library with minimal files which suffice to my
>>> requirement. Because that way it will be easier for me to compile them
>>>on
>>> QNX.
>>
>>Using configure options to compile fewer files is reasonable.  Omitting
>>files from the tarball is not.
>>
>>> 
>>> You have mentioned on another thread that in a weeks time some new
>>>version
>>> of libvirt will come which we can compile for non-linux machines ? What
>>> change is coming in that  version ? The latest version of libvirt can
>>>not
>>> be compiled for QNX ?
>>
>>The latest version is currently 1.2.1, but 1.2.2-rc0 was just announced
>>and 1.2.2 is expected next week if all goes well.  If you could test
>>1.2.2-rc0 on QNX, we can still fix issues that you turn up before 1.2.2
>>goes stable.
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
>>Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

Adding [libvirt-list]

Hi Eric,
This time I am writing a the bottom of this thread, is this correct ?
Write way of mailing ? Could you please reply my query ?

Regards
Ritesh Sharma
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