When libvirtd is run from a build directory without being installed, it should not depend on files from a libvirt package installed in the system. Currently, APIs defined in src/ don't know whether libvirtd is being run from the build dir or the installed dir. The following additions provide the functionality to do so: virSetUninstalledDir virGetUninstalledDir Example usage (utility = lxc|iohelper): char *path_tmp = virGetUninstalledDir(); if (path_tmp) /* do stuff with ("%s/../../src/libvirt_<utility>", path_tmp) */ else /* do stuff with (LIBEXECDIR "/libvirt_<utility>") */ v1: Refer: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-March/msg01427.html Nehal J Wani (6): Add utility functions for storing uninstalled location Use virGetUninstalledDir() in src/util/virfile.c Use virGetUninstalledDir() in src/lxc/lxc_conf.c Use virGetUninstalledDir() in src/storage/storage_backend_disk.c Use virGetUninstalledDir() in src/fdstream.c Remove obsolete function virFDStreamSetIOHelper() -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list