Ever since libvirt commit 78c09530, it's easier to just use the run script. * README: Mention run script. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com&gt; --- README | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index df1de59..96082f0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ A makefile shim is provided so that you can do rather than directly invoking setup.py. As of libvirt 1.2.6, it is possible to develop against an uninstalled -libvirt.git checkout, by setting some environment variables: +libvirt.git checkout, by setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH +environment variables to point into that libvirt tree; you can even +automate this by using libvirt's run script: - export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/libvirt/git/src/ - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/libvirt/git/src/.libs/ + /path/to/libvirt/run python setup.py build Patches for this code should be sent to the main libvirt development mailing list -- 1.9.3