[Qemu-devel] Re: Build always fail on x86_32 host for i386_softmmu target

[Juan Quintela]

Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
> Juan Quintela wrote:
>> Bruce Majia <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When I built qemu on my x86_32 host with following configure line:
>>>
>> 
>> try to do first a:
>> make distclean
>> 
>>> $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/qemus/master \
>>>     --target-list=i386-softmmu
>>> $ make
>> 
>> there are several config.h & config.mak around (from old builds) you
>> need to remove then 1st.
>
> Doesn't the fact that this is required for a proper rebuild indicate
> some issue in the build system? I just recall a recent multi-hour
> debugging session of mine which turned out to be due to an inconsistent
> build after moving forward in the git history (in qemu-kvm, but the code
> change came from upstream). Or are there some fundamentally unresolvable
> scenarios so that a distclean is mandatory after every git update?

Humm, no, it should only happens if you update from a _very_ old qemu
(very old means something between qemu-0.11 - 0.12).

If you had need it after 0.12, it is a different bug and should be fixed.

Later, Juan.