RE: [libvirt] Problem compiling latest code from libvirt CVS

["Fischer, Anna" <anna fischer hp com>]

> Subject: Re: [libvirt] Problem compiling latest code from libvirt CVS
> 
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 03:03:16PM +0000, Fischer, Anna wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: [libvirt] Problem compiling latest code from libvirt
> CVS
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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.
> 
> Install the HAL development package, eg  hal-devel  on Fedora/RHEL
> distros

Yes, works for now. Thanks.

Anna