Missing static libc doesn't really prevent the build to finish, but it
would cause errors when running qemu sandboxes. Checking in configure
will save time for new developers.
---
configure.ac | 2 ++
m4/virt-static.m4 | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 m4/virt-static.m4
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e49a0a..ba5247a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_COVERAGE
LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_RPCGEN
LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_SELINUX
+LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_STATIC_LIBC
+
GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK([$GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_REQUIRED])
dnl Should be in m4/virt-gettext.m4 but intltoolize is too
diff --git a/m4/virt-static.m4 b/m4/virt-static.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a40351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/virt-static.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_STATIC_LIB(NAME, CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, PROLOG, PROGRAM)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check if the program can be linked with static libraries only.
+#
+AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_STATIC_LIB], [
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for static $1])
+
+ SAVED_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
+ SAVED_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+ CFLAGS="$2"
+ LDFLAGS="-static $3"
+ AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+ [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([$4],
+ [$5])],
+ [],
+ [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([static $1 is required in order to build virt-sandbox-init-qemu])]
+ )
+ LDFLAGS=$SAVED_LDFLAGS
+ CFLAGS=$SAVED_CFLAGS
+
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_STATIC_LIBC], [
+ LIBVIRT_SANDBOX_STATIC_LIB(
+ [LIBC],
+ [],
+ [],
+ [#include <stdio.h>],
+ [printf("bar");])
+])
+
--
2.1.4