Re: [libvirt-users] Fail to build upstream libvirt on rhel8

On 11/21/19 3:18 AM, Han Han wrote: > Hello, > A compilation failure happened when I tried building libvirt latest code > on rhel8 > > Version: > gcc-8.3.1-4.5.el8.x86_64 > libvirt v5.9.0-352-g5e939cea89 > > Steps: > 1. Clone libvirt source code > 2. Create build dir, and run autogen.sh > # cd libvirt > # mkdir build && cd build > # ../autogen.sh --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu > --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= > --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr > --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc > --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64 > --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/var/lib > --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info > --with-runstatedir=/run --with-qemu --without-openvz --without-lxc > --without-vbox --without-libxl --with-sasl --with-polkit --with-libvirtd > --without-phyp --with-esx --without-hyperv --without-vmware --without-vz > --without-bhyve --with-remote-default-mode=legacy --with-interface > --with-network --with-storage-fs --with-storage-lvm --with-storage-iscsi > --with-storage-iscsi-direct --with-storage-scsi --with-storage-disk > --with-storage-mpath --with-storage-rbd --without-storage-sheepdog > --with-storage-gluster --without-storage-zfs --without-storage-vstorage > --with-numactl --with-numad --with-capng --without-fuse --with-netcf > --with-selinux --with-selinux-mount=/sys/fs/selinux --without-apparmor > --without-hal --with-udev --with-yajl --with-sanlock --with-libpcap > --with-macvtap --with-audit --with-dtrace --with-driver-modules > --with-firewalld --with-firewalld-zone --without-wireshark-dissector > --without-pm-utils --with-nss-plugin --with-qemu-user=qemu > --with-qemu-group=qemu --with-tls-priority=@LIBVIRT,SYSTEM > --enable-werror --enable-expensive-tests --with-init-script=systemd > --without-login-shell > # make > > Then error appears: > make[2]: Entering directory '/root/libvirt/build/include/libvirt' > make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. > make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/libvirt/build/include/libvirt' > Making all in src > make[2]: Entering directory '/root/libvirt/build/src' >   GEN      access/org.libvirt.api.policy > /bin/sh: access/org.libvirt.api.policy: No such file or directory >   GEN      access/viraccessapicheck.h > /bin/sh: access/viraccessapicheck.h: No such file or directory > make[2]: *** [Makefile:15067: access/viraccessapicheck.h] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory '/root/libvirt/build/src' > make[1]: *** [Makefile:1957: all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/libvirt/build' > make: *** [Makefile:1850: all] Error 2 > I reproduced on Fedora too. I tracked it down to the --disable-dependency-tracking configure option: drop that and the build should work. I don't know enough about autotools to say if that's expected, or it's something broken on libvirt side