2009/12/22 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:15:33PM +0100, Matthias Bolte wrote: >> 2009/12/22 Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 02:12:51AM +0100, Matthias Bolte wrote: >> >> --- >> >> configure.in | 3 ++- >> >> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in >> >> index 3be11f2..81548b8 100644 >> >> --- a/configure.in >> >> +++ b/configure.in >> >> @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ dnl If portablexdr is installed, prefer that. >> >> dnl Otherwise try -lrpc (Cygwin) -lxdr (some MinGW), -lnsl (Solaris) >> >> dnl or none (most Unix) >> >> AC_CHECK_LIB([portablexdr],[xdrmem_create],[],[ >> >> - AC_SEARCH_LIBS([xdrmem_create],[rpc xdr nsl]) >> >> + AC_SEARCH_LIBS([xdrmem_create],[rpc xdr nsl],[], >> >> + [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find a XDR library])]) >> >> ]) >> >> >> >> AC_CHECK_LIB([intl],[gettext],[]) >> > >> > Hmm, there is no xdr library required on Linux, so we don't want to >> > throw an error in case. Its just part of glibc >> > >> >> When trying to compile libvirt on Windows libportablexdr for example >> is necessary. On Linux I get this output in config log: >> >> configure:41995: checking for xdrmem_create in -lportablexdr >> configure:42030: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 conftest.c -lportablexdr >&5 >> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lportablexdr >> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >> [...] >> configure:42069: checking for library containing xdrmem_create >> configure:42110: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 conftest.c >&5 >> configure:42117: $? = 0 >> configure:42148: result: none required >> >> The first explicit check for libportablexdr fails, but the second test >> succeeds and finds xdrmem_create from glibc. > > Ok, so AC_SEARCH_LIBS() is doing a test with no library at all first, > before then trying librpc, libxdr and libnsl in turn. ACK > > > Daniel Okay, pushed the 8 patches. Matthias -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list