Re: [Libvir] Question about libvirt integration into RHEL-5

On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 11:27:52AM +0100, Philippe Berthault wrote: > Daniel Veillard a écrit : > >> it is 0.1.8 but with 12 patches which are backport of later bug fixes or >> important features like localization, shareable disk support, core dump >> support, >> etc ... >> I guess it's closer to 0.1.9 as a result than 0.1.8, >> >> > Hum ! :-( > Currently, the version of libvirt determines its unequivocal contents. > With a patched version of libvirt, it becomes impossible in an > application to known the functionalities level of libvirt if the version > number is identical to a non-patched libvirt. > > Could you explain how it's possible from an application to distinguish > between a patched libvirt and a non-patched libvirt or another patched > version of libvirt by using the virGetVersion() function ? > Can explain your problem instead ? What is the feature or behaviour you need to detect ?