Per this thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.libvirt/19672 here's a patch that solves both problems: >From 1b330b3070f904dfc1c380151afa3aaf2a121cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:07:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] let "configure --disable-shared" work once again Without this change, ./autogen.sh --disable-shared && make would evoke a "can not build a shared library" failure for libvirtmod.la. However, without the -shared link option in python/Makefile.am, it was possible to install non-functional python support. Instead, make --disable-shared also disable building python. * configure.ac: Make --disable-shared imply --without-python and silently override --with-python. * python/Makefile.am (libvirtmod_la_LDFLAGS): Do not use -shared. This reverts 8838ee39ab1c2bb7fffe93bfda220692664e8be6. --- configure.in | 4 ++++ python/Makefile.am | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in index 3f2f8ff..3e98035 100644 --- a/configure.in +++ b/configure.in @@ -1813,6 +1813,10 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([qemu-group], AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([QEMU_USER], ["$QEMU_USER"], [QEMU user account]) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([QEMU_GROUP], ["$QEMU_GROUP"], [QEMU group account]) +if test "$enable_shared:$with_python" = no:yes; then + AC_MSG_WARN([you've used --disable-shared; so disabling python support]) + with_python=no +fi # Only COPYING.LIB is under version control, yet COPYING # is included as part of the distribution tarball. diff --git a/python/Makefile.am b/python/Makefile.am index 58c6729..04342b7 100644 --- a/python/Makefile.am +++ b/python/Makefile.am @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ libvirtmod_la_SOURCES = libvirt-override.c typewrappers.c libvirt.c libvirt.h # need extra flags here libvirtmod_la_CFLAGS = @WARN_PYTHON_CFLAGS@ -libvirtmod_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -shared -L$(top_builddir)/src/.libs \ +libvirtmod_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -L$(top_builddir)/src/.libs \ @CYGWIN_EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ libvirtmod_la_LIBADD = $(mylibs) \ @CYGWIN_EXTRA_LIBADD@ @CYGWIN_EXTRA_PYTHON_LIBADD@ -- 1.6.6.425.g4dc2d -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list