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Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] ts-libvirt-build: Do an out-of-tree build


  • To: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@xxxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] ts-libvirt-build: Do an out-of-tree build

On 11/12/19 9:10 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Hi.  Thanks for the information.
> 
> Jim Fehlig writes ("Re: [OSSTEST PATCH 2/2] ts-libvirt-build: Do an 
> out-of-tree build"):
>> I assumed libvirt's gradual move from autotools to meson would
>> affect OSSTEST, but later rather than sooner. Sorry for not
>> mentioning it earlier, but now you have been warned that libvirt is
>> moving to meson :-). Meson has a strict separation between source
>> and build directories and some preparatory patches were pushed that
>> force srcdir != builddir
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2019-October/msg01681.html
> 
> I read this and some of it is a bit concerning.  Does all of this
>    src: [stuff] generate source files into build directory
> mean that previously only in-tree builds were supported and that
> therefore there is no one set of build runes that will work both
> before and after these changes ?

VPATH builds were previously supported, as well as in-tree builds. But 
questions 
around this work are probably best answered by the author. Adding Pavel to cc.

Pavel, for context, see Ian's OSSTEST patches to accommodate recent changes to 
libvirt's build system

https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2019-11/msg00514.html

Regards,
Jim
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