Re: [Xen-API] build issue with xapi

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As a workaround, you could try:

$ opam switch 4.00.1 # or 4.01.0
$ opam install xapi

This topfind problem tends to only happen with the system compiler.

-anil

On 3 Mar 2014, at 05:45, Anirban Chakraborty <abchak@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to build xapi via opam install xapi, and getting following error:
> 
> ---=-=-= Installing xapi.1.0.0 =-=-=
> Building xapi.1.0.0:
>  ./configure --varpatchdir /contrail/opam/system/var/patch --optdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp --plugindir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp/plugins --hooksdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/etc/hook-scripts --xapiconf 
> /contrail/opam/system/etc/xapi.conf --libexecdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp/bin --scriptsdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp/scripts --sharedir 
> /contrail/opam/system/share/xcp --webdir /contrail/opam/system/share/xcp/web 
> --xhadir /contrail/opam/system/bin/xha --bindir /contrail/opam/system/bin 
> --sbindir /contrail/opam/system/bin --etcdir /contrail/opam/system/etc 
> --vardir /var/lib/xcp
>  make version
>  omake phase1
>  omake phase2
>  omake ocaml/xapi/xapi
>  install -m 0755 ocaml/xapi/xapi.opt /contrail/opam/system/bin/xapi
> [ERROR] The compilation of xapi.1.0.0 failed.
> Removing xapi.1.0.0.
>  rm /contrail/opam/system/bin/xapi
> 
> [ERROR] Failure while processing xapi.1.0.0
> 
> 
> ===== ERROR while installing xapi.1.0.0 =====
> # opam-version 1.1.1 (d2d459e390e869bf20f1889a5d2cf7933f2851ae)
> # os           linux
> # command      ./configure --varpatchdir /contrail/opam/system/var/patch 
> --optdir /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp --plugindir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp/plugins --hooksdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/etc/hook-scripts --xapiconf 
> /contrail/opam/system/etc/xapi.conf --libexecdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp/bin --scriptsdir 
> /contrail/opam/system/lib/xcp/scripts --sharedir 
> /contrail/opam/system/share/xcp --webdir /contrail/opam/system/share/xcp/web 
> --xhadir /contrail/opam/system/bin/xha --bindir /contrail/opam/system/bin 
> --sbindir /contrail/opam/system/bin --etcdir /contrail/opam/system/etc 
> --vardir /var/lib/xcp
> # path         /contrail/opam/system/build/xapi.1.0.0
> # compiler     system (4.01.0)
> # exit-code    2
> # env-file     /contrail/opam/system/build/xapi.1.0.0/xapi-22122-7afd23.env
> # stdout-file  /contrail/opam/system/build/xapi.1.0.0/xapi-22122-7afd23.out
> # stderr-file  /contrail/opam/system/build/xapi.1.0.0/xapi-22122-7afd23.err
> ### stdout ###
> # Cannot find file topfind.
> ### stderr ###
> # Unknown directive `require'.
> 
> ——
> 
> The configure script is not able to find topfind, as it looks from the 
> messages. However, I do have following set:
> 
> OCAML_TOPLEVEL_PATH=/contrail/opam/system/lib/toplevel
> 
> As a check, when I run utop and then in the cmd prompt issue, use “topfind”, 
> it doesn’t complain. So, as it appears that the configure script doesn’t find 
> “topfind" whereas utop can find it. Does it mean that findlib could not be 
> resolved properly?
> 
> I am pretty new to OCaml. Can some one shed some light on it?
> 
> My xapi code is at following change set:
> commit ffd3561cb05e828ffa8646fb9cc91e3c3e721b2f
> Merge: 1b6ff5f 8fa2e83
> Author: Dave Scott <djs55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Mon Nov 25 03:27:02 2013 -0800
> 
>    Merge pull request #6 from jonludlam/fusion-vbdfix
> 
>    Relax the rules about ISO vbds coming from ISO SRs
> ———
> and ocaml version is:
> 
> [root@localhost xapi.1.0.0]# ocaml 
>        OCaml version 4.01.0
> 
> Findlib has been successfully loaded. Additional directives:
>  #require "package";;      to load a package
>  #list;;                   to list the available packages
>  #camlp4o;;                to load camlp4 (standard syntax)
>  #camlp4r;;                to load camlp4 (revised syntax)
>  #predicates "p,q,...";;   to set these predicates
>  Topfind.reset();;         to force that packages will be reloaded
>  #thread;;                 to enable threads
> 
> -----
> 
> thanks much,
> Anirban
> 
> 
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