Since a9fe620372144db, we are generating virkeymaps.h at build time; however, we are not including $(builddir)/util in the header search path, so when doing a VPATH build the compiler is unable to locate the file. make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jenkins/libvirt/systems/libvirt-fedora-20/build/src' GEN util/virkeymaps.h ... CC util/libvirt_util_la-virkeycode.lo CC util/libvirt_util_la-virkeyfile.lo CC util/libvirt_util_la-virlockspace.lo CC util/libvirt_util_la-virlog.lo ../../src/util/virkeycode.c:27:24: fatal error: virkeymaps.h: No such file or directory #include "virkeymaps.h" ^ compilation terminated. --- Tested by * running 'git clean -xdf' in the source directory * running './autogen.sh' * running 'make distclean' * making sure src/util/virkeymaps.h did not exist * moving to an empty build directory * running '../libvirt/configure' * running 'make check' * running 'make distcheck' This is another take on the problem Michal's trying to solve with https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-October/msg00254.html The commit message is "inspired" by his ;) src/Makefile.am | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am index e4660eb..01e816a 100644 --- a/src/Makefile.am +++ b/src/Makefile.am @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I../gnulib/lib \ -I../include \ -I$(top_srcdir)/include \ -I$(srcdir)/util \ + -I$(builddir)/util \ -DIN_LIBVIRT \ -Dabs_topbuilddir="\"$(abs_topbuilddir)\"" \ -Dabs_topsrcdir="\"$(abs_topsrcdir)\"" \ -- 2.4.3 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list