2011/5/14 Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxx>: >> 2011/5/14 Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxx>: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 09:36:17AM +0200, Matthias Bolte thus spake: >>>>2011/5/14 Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxx>: >>>>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 08:45:41AM +0200, Matthias Bolte thus spake: >>>>>> >>>>>> 2011/5/14 Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxx>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 08:25:13AM +0200, Matthias Bolte thus spake: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2011/5/14 Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 08:38:58AM +0200, Matthias Bolte thus >>>>>>>>> spake: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 2011/5/12 Jason Helfman <jhelfman@xxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I am interested in porting libvirt to FreeBSD, and am curious if >>>>>>>>>>> there >>>>>>>>>>> may >>>>>>>>>>> be anything that may not be possible at this point in respect to >>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>> libvirt >>>>>>>>>>> source code to be aware of. Here is the log of the build of the >>>>>>>>>>> software: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I know it has been ported to MacOSX, and thought it could then >>>>>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>>>> possible >>>>>>>>>>> with FreeBSD. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>> Jason >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> libvirt should be compilable on FreeBSD. At least it was in this >>>>>>>>>> state >>>>>>>>>> a while ago when I've fixed some compile errors. I just check it >>>>>>>>>> again. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You'll need to explicitly run >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ./configure --without-network --without-polkit >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> because libvirt's virtual networking code is specific to Linux >>>>>>>>>> bridges >>>>>>>>>> and libvirt doesn't polkit on FreeBSD yet. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You'll also need this patch on top of libvirt 0.9.1 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-May/msg00831.html >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Then it compiles for me. There are still several warnings about >>>>>>>>>> NULL >>>>>>>>>> format strings and devname shadowing a global symbol. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Maybe Eric knows if this warning is critical: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> util/sexpr.c: In function 'sexpr2string': >>>>>>>>>> util/sexpr.c:250: warning: null format string [-Wformat] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> virSexprError(VIR_ERR_SEXPR_SERIAL, NULL); >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So aside from possible simple compile errors you'll need to port >>>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>>> least the virtual networking to FreeBSD when you want to run QEMU >>>>>>>>>> using libvirt on FreeBSD. If you just want to support the libvirt >>>>>>>>>> client side to use libvirt to control a hypervisor running on a >>>>>>>>>> non-FreeBSD host then you're already there. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Matthias >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here is the port: http://jgh.devio.us/files/libvirt.shar.txt >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Anyone have any thoughts on it, or can report success on it? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> download the txt file >>>>>>>>> run sh ./libvirt.shar.txt >>>>>>>>> cd libvirt >>>>>>>>> make install >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>> Jason >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I downloaded libvirt.shar.txt to /usr/src/jason/ and running make >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> the libvirt subdirectory complains about libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz not >>>>>>>> being in /usr/src/jason/libvirt/distinfo. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm not really familiar with FreeBSD, did I miss something? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Matthias >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What happens if you run: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> make fetch >>>>>>> make install >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What commands did you run to get the error? I am not having that >>>>>>> issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Jason >>>>>> >>>>>> make fetch gives the same error >>>>>> >>>>>> Okay, so here's what I did: >>>>>> >>>>>> mkdir -p /usr/src/foobar/jason >>>>>> cd /usr/src/foobar/jason >>>>>> wget http://jgh.devio.us/files/libvirt.shar.txt >>>>>> sh libvirt.shar.txt >>>>>> >>>>>> This outputs: >>>>>> >>>>>> c - libvirt/ >>>>>> x - libvirt/Makefile >>>>>> x - libvirt/distinfo >>>>>> c - libvirt/files >>>>>> x - libvirt/files/patch-src__util__command.c >>>>>> x - libvirt/pkg-descr >>>>>> x - libvirt/pkg-plist >>>>>> >>>>>> Then: >>>>>> >>>>>> cd libvirt >>>>>> make fetch >>>>>> >>>>>> This outputs: >>>>>> >>>>>> ===> ÂVulnerability check disabled, database not found >>>>>> ===> ÂLicense accepted by the user >>>>>> => libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz is not in >>>>>> /usr/src/foobar/jason/libvirt/distinfo. >>>>>> => Either /usr/src/foobar/jason/libvirt/distinfo is out of date, or >>>>>> => libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly. >>>>>> *** Error code 1 >>>>>> Stop in /usr/src/foobar/jason/libvirt. >>>>>> >>>>>> Matthias >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Try and grab a fresh copy of the txt file again. I just re-uploaded >>>>> it. >>>>> If you get the same error, I would be suprised, but if you do run >>>>> this: >>>> >>>>I have ports installed under /usr/ports and even the new version fails >>>>with the same error as before: >>>> >>>>> make makesum >>>>> make install >>>> >>>>freebsd# make makesum >>>>===> ÂVulnerability check disabled, database not found >>>>===> ÂLicense accepted by the user >>>>=> libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. >>>>=> Attempting to fetch from http://libvirt.org/sources/. >>>>libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz             Â100% of  14 >>>> MB Â258 kBps 00m00s >>>> >>>>freebsd# less distinfo >>>>MD5 (libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz) = 4182dbe290cca4344a5387950dc06433 >>>>SHA256 (libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz) = >>>>02b3423bb188a4a904eac3ee5cb698a55f5172e4d0ac62cbbcb9245a121b7b2b >>>>SIZE (libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz) = 15216787 >>>> >>>>freebsd# make >>>>===> ÂVulnerability check disabled, database not found >>>>===> ÂLicense accepted by the user >>>>===> ÂExtracting for libvirt-0.9.1 >>>>=> MD5 Checksum OK for libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz. >>>>=> SHA256 Checksum OK for libvirt-0.9.1.tar.gz. >>>>===> ÂPatching for libvirt-0.9.1 >>>>... >>>> >>>>Now it start to configure and compile libgcrypt-1.4.5_1 but it's >>>>installed already due to gnutls and curl. In the end it fails: >>>> >>>>... >>>>===> ÂInstalling for libgcrypt-1.4.5_1 >>>>===>  Generating temporary packing list >>>>===> ÂChecking if security/libgcrypt already installed >>>>===>  libgcrypt-1.4.5_1 is already installed >>>>   ÂYou may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again >>>>   Âby ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. >>>>   ÂIf you really wish to overwrite the old port of >>>> security/libgcrypt >>>>   Âwithout deleting it first, set the variable >>>> "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" >>>>   Âin your environment or the "make install" command line. >>>>*** Error code 1 >>>>Stop in /usr/ports/security/libgcrypt. >>>>*** Error code 1 >>>>Stop in /usr/src/foobar/jason/libvirt. >>>> >>>>When I try to resolve that as suggested and try to run make for >>>>libvirt again it fails with a version mismatch as it seems: >>>> >>>>freebsd# make >>>>===>  libvirt-0.9.1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/python2.6 - found >>>>===>  libvirt-0.9.1 depends on executable: gmake - found >>>>===>  libvirt-0.9.1 depends on shared library: curl.6 - found >>>>===>  libvirt-0.9.1 depends on shared library: gcrypt.17 - not found >>>>===>  ÂVerifying install for gcrypt.17 in >>>> /usr/ports/security/libgcrypt >>>>===>  Returning to build of libvirt-0.9.1 >>>>Error: shared library "gcrypt.17" does not exist >>>>*** Error code 1 >>>>Stop in /usr/src/foobar/jason/libvirt. >>>> >>>>Maybe my ports tree is outdated? I installed this FreeBSD 8.1 virtual >>>>machine like half a year ago and didn't update it since then. >>>> >>>>Matthias >>>> >>> >>> Try altering the LIB_DEPENDS to this: >>> >>> LIB_DEPENDS+=  curl:${PORTSDIR}/ftp/curl \ >>>         gcrypt:${PORTSDIR}/security/libgcrypt \ >>>         xml2:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/libxml2 \ >>>         gnutls:${PORTSDIR}/security/gnutls >>> >>> >>> And rebuild. To test, you could run: >>> make lib-depends (this will just check if you meet the library >>> dependencies) >> >> Compiles fine now. >> >> Matthias >> >> > > does a make install work, and does it function as a library? > > Thanks! > Yes works. I can use virsh and connect to libvirtd on another box. The only problem I currently have is that virsh fails to enter interactive mode because sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX) fails, but we'll get that fixed. Matthias -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list