Re: [Xen-users] Help me to understand building xen from sources, please

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:58:14PM -0600, Richard Bowser wrote:
> On Monday 13 July, Luis Fernando Pollo posted:
> 
> I'm attempting what should be a very vanilla Xen 3.4 build by doing a "make
> world" on a freshly downloaded source package containing both Xen and the
> 2.6.18 Linux kernel ("Latest Release" on the Downloads page). 

Try getting the latest xen-3.4-testing.hg from xenbits. That'll give you Xen
3.4.1-rc7 atm. IIRC it has fixes for "make world" and other build methods.

Or then wait for official Xen 3.4.1 release, which should happen any day now..

-- Pasi

> Interestingly,
> instead of just building the kernel included in the source release, the
> build script says it can't find the kernel sources locally and attempts to
> download one from a mirror site, only to stop again complaining it can't
> verify the PGP signature of the downloaded file.
> 
> Can someone please tell me how to fix this? It looks like a makefile bug,
> but I'm not sure.
> 
> I can help with SOME of this, but please let me start by mentioning I'm a
> Xen newbie who's have just gotten past a one month-long roadblock in trying
> to build 3.4.0 from the source under two differing but equally brand-new
> linux distributions.  I WAS stymied because gpg kept invalidating my kernel
> download with: "gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found"  I wrote
> this list several times asking about it, but learned nothing.  However, I
> EVENTUALLY grew smart enough to search the list archives for the phrase
> "gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found".  To make my long story
> short, eventually I discovered that on Wed, 27 May 2009 someone named Per
> Olav responded to another user facing the same problem "You could try this:
> gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x517D0F0E"  (I'd LOVE to know
> how Per Olav found this; but so far I have been unable to find relevant
> documentation.)
> 
> I tried it.  It worked.  I immediately encountered other difficulties, but I
> at least have some CLUES about how to resolve them, so I'm OK for now.  I'm
> writing this list because I wish this list could provide some guidance for
> those stuck in similar problem scenarios.  I was of the belief that
> downloading the sources was NORMAL behavior, so I can offer no advice
> there.  However I will remark that I got past gpg verification of the
> downloaded file by installing the Linux Kernel Archives Verification Key as
> Per Olav suggested.  I am still stuck on this seemingly simple task and am
> presently plauged by other obscure build failures.  (For example , what does
> "mv: cannot move `linux-2.6.18/..' to `../..': Device or resource busy"
> MEAN?)  At this moment I'm trying to locate which subfile in a 'make world"
> build attempt is involved.  Maybe then I can puzzle out what it's trying to
> do, and then hopefully discover what's actually wrong here.
> 
> As I mentioned, I've been beating my head against this particular stone wall
> for over a month now.  I have found virtually no relevant documentation.
> All I can say is: I wish you good luck, Louis!
> 
> -Rich B.

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