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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Work around broken static pkg-config
From: |
Daniel P. Berrange |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] configure: Work around broken static pkg-config info for Ubuntu gnutls |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:35:30 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 06:28:08PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> Unfortunately Ubuntu's pkg-config information for gnutls is broken
> for the static linking case, and outputs --libs options which the
> compiler does not recognize. Work around this problem by testing
> that the --cflags/--libs output will at least allow compilation
> before enabling gnutls support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <address@hidden>
Looks like a reasonable approach to me.
> ---
> configure | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index cc0338d..704b34c 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -2116,10 +2116,26 @@ fi
> ##########################################
> # GNUTLS probe
>
> +gnutls_works() {
> + # Unfortunately some distros have bad pkg-config information for gnutls
> + # such that it claims to exist but you get a compiler error if you try
> + # to use the options returned by --libs. Specifically, Ubuntu for
> --static
> + # builds doesn't work:
> + # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/+bug/1478035
> + #
> + # So sanity check the cflags/libs before assuming gnutls can be used.
> + if ! $pkg_config --exists "gnutls"; then
> + return 1
> + fi
> +
> + write_c_skeleton
> + compile_prog "$($pkg_config --cflags gnutls)" "$($pkg_config --libs
> gnutls)"
> +}
> +
> gnutls_gcrypt=no
> gnutls_nettle=no
> if test "$gnutls" != "no"; then
> - if $pkg_config --exists "gnutls"; then
> + if gnutls_works; then
> gnutls_cflags=`$pkg_config --cflags gnutls`
> gnutls_libs=`$pkg_config --libs gnutls`
> libs_softmmu="$gnutls_libs $libs_softmmu"
Regards,
Daniel
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