Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][TOOLS] allow the selection of blktap and firmware thru config files

[Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 10, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Julian Chesterfield wrote:

> On 10 Aug 2006, at 11:51, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
>
> > On Aug 10, 2006, at 6:08 AM, Julian Chesterfield wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Jim. I'll post the patch to the libaio folks also so we  
> > > can keep things in synch.
> > > On 10 Aug 2006, at 02:06, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Aug 9, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Keir Fraser wrote:
> > > > > On 9/8/06 1:34 pm, "Jimi Xenidis" <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > I may have missed this discussion, but why can't we just use  
> > > > > > the one
> > > > > > that comes with the Distro?
> > > > > That's a question for Julian (cc'ed).
> >
> > Thanks... but... you... never... said... why?
> Because libaio is often not included in the distro.
You mean there are distros that do not have a libaio devel package?

> In order to avoid breaking the build we either had to include  
> checks in the Makefile for the existence of the library and build  
> if necessary, or just statically build within the tree.
Assuming the libaio devel package is available, how is this different  
than the recent build break that required me to install openssl-devel  
packages?
> We chose the latter since it was the cleanest approach.
warning: maintaining and monitoring an external package that your  
system depends on is always fraught with issues, but it your makework :(
-JX



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