[libvirt] [python PATCH] maint: document development against uninstalled libvirt

[Martin Kletzander]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 02:05:39PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 02:53:04PM +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:12:52AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>> >On 06/25/2014 10:59 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
>> >>On 06/25/14 18:53, Eric Blake wrote:
>> >>>Thanks to Dan's recent work in libvirt.git, it is much easier to
>> >>>develop against uninstalled libvirt.  Mention how.
>> >>>
>> >>>* README: More details.
>> >>>
>> >>>Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>
>> >>>---
>> >>> README | 15 +++++++++++++++
>> >>> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>ACK,
>> >
>> >Thanks; pushed.
>> >
>> >FYI: I'm also using this (but considered it hackish enough to not
>> >publish as a formal patch):
>> >
>> >$ echo /GNUmakefile >> .git/info/exclude
>> >$ cat GNUmakefile
>> ># My hidden wrapper to preset things that I like...
>> >include Makefile
>> >export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/eblake/libvirt/src/.libs/
>> >export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/home/eblake/libvirt/src/
>> >$
>> >
>>
>> For people like me, who use 'git clean -fxd'; it removes such
>> excludes. :(
>>
>> How about either adding similar GNUmakefile, of modifying the Makefile
>> you added into the repo liike this"
>>
>> The path used for the exports would be something like:
>> $(pwd | sed -e 's_/libvirt\(\.git\)\?/_/libvirt-python\1/')
>> but only if such path exists.  There would be nothing changed for
>> those who do not have such paths.  It could be also hidden under some
>> other make command (e.g. make devel).
>>
>> Does that make sense or is it not worth trying to do that at all?
>
>IMHO this GNUmakefile Eric suggests is just duplicating what the
>'run' script already does. eg if you have libvirt & libvirt-python
>checked out at the same place, you can just do '../libvirt/run make'
>or '../libvirt run python setup.py build'
>

Yep, you can, but if you don't (and have some subdirs for example),
than might help, someone.  I'm doing "~lv/run make", so that was not
for me anyway ;)

Martin

>Regards,
>Daniel
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