On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 12:37:12PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > Normally this shouldn't be needed, because 'git clean -xdf' is > executed after updating the git repository and before starting > the build; however, some RPM builds (notably libvirt's) > internally use git to apply patches, and if one of those fails > it will leave a git repository inside of build/ behind, which > 'git clean' dutifully refuses to remove and whose presence > will in turn cause 'mkdir build', and thus the entire build, > to fail. > > Solve the issue by forcefully removing build/ ourselves before > starting an autotools build. > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- Tested, works. Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx> -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list