This is a follow-up to fbd6b2480a, adding a link to the latest libvirt
package for openSUSE.
Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
In the basic configuration with monolithic libvirtd users are required
to also start virtlogd. Add a general note with a specific example
hinting that this is needed.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
To prevent surprises when a build doesn't in fact contain the required
functionality suggest that users force-enable required modules.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Only the preparation of sources differs between a build from a git
checkout vs a build from tarball. Restructure the docs to outline the
difference and combine information on how to configure libvirt.
Most notably the suggestion to use '-Dsystem=true' was present only for
the steps to build a git checkout.
Suggest also running the testsuite as part of the build step.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Create a section for instructions on how to install the built binaries
rather than mentioning it multiple times.
Add a note that installing over your distro-provided packages will most
likely break your instalation.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathon Jongsma <jjongsma@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Running from build directory isn't strictly tied to the git-checkout
build so make a new section for it.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Users should be encouraged to install libvirt from the distro's repos in
the first place.
Also encourage distro-specific ways to get newer versions, rather than
building from source manually.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Give guidance on how to check minimum meson version for a given package.
Resolves: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/140
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
