[libvirt] Problem compiling latest code from libvirt CVS

Fischer, Anna anna.fischer at hp.com
Fri Jun 5 15:03:16 UTC 2009


> Subject: Re: [libvirt] Problem compiling latest code from libvirt CVS
> 
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:41:25PM +0000, Fischer, Anna wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: [libvirt] Problem compiling latest code from libvirt
> CVS
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:01:59PM +0000, Fischer, Anna wrote:
> > > > I am trying to build the latest libvirt checked out from CVS this
> > > morning, but I get an error message. I ran ./autostart, ./configure
> and
> > > then make.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea what the problem here could be?
> > > >
> 
> > > > ../src/.libs/libvirt_driver_storage.a(storage_backend.o): In
> function
> > > `virStorageBackendWaitForDevices':
> > > > /home/af/vepa/libvirt/libvirt/src/storage_backend.c:262:
> undefined
> > > reference to `virNodeDeviceWaitForDevices'
> > > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > > make[3]: *** [libvirtd] Error 1
> 
> 
> This error is from the storage driver attempting toi link to stuff in
> the node device driver.
> 
> 
> > I am running ./configure without any options. Here the output:
> 
> > configure:
> > configure: Storage Drivers
> > configure:
> > configure:      Dir: yes
> > configure:       FS: yes
> > configure:    NetFS: yes
> > configure:      LVM: yes
> > configure:    iSCSI: yes
> > configure:     SCSI: yes
> > configure:     Disk: no
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > configure:      hal: no
> > configure:   devkit: no
> 
> which is failing because neither of the node device driver
> implementations
> are turned on.
> 
> This is a bug in the storage_backend.c file. This is a generic shared
> file
> and as such, it should not have any  dependancy on the node device
> driver
> code, since the latter is guarenteed to be available.

Thanks for your help. What can I do to get around this? Enable hal or devkit? I think I tried that once but I am missing further packages for that to work. A different solution would be better.

Cheers,
Anna




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