35d76db2b7
The layout of my home directory is somewhat peculiar: I store
all git repositories in ~/src/upstream, but since I spend
almost all of my time hacking on libvirt, I also have a
convenience symlink ~/src/libvirt -> ~/src/upstream/libvirt
that I use to access that specific git repository.
The above setup has served me well for years; however, ever
since commit ca1471622dd9 dropped our own custom definitions
for abs_{,top_}{src,build}dir and started using the ones
provided by autotools, virstoragetest has started reliably
failing with errors such as
2) Storage backing chain 2 ...
Offset 0
Expect [chain member: 0
path:/home/abologna/src/upstream/libvirt/tests/virstoragedata/raw
backingStoreRaw: <null>
capacity: 0
encryption: 0
relPath:<null>
type:1
format:1
protocol:none
hostname:<null>
]
Actual [chain member: 0
path:/home/abologna/src/libvirt/tests/virstoragedata/raw
backingStoreRaw: <null>
capacity: 0
encryption: 0
relPath:<null>
type:1
format:1
protocol:none
hostname:<null>
]
... FAILED
Using abolute paths instead of canonical ones in the tests makes
the problem go away.
Note that all tests that are specifically designed to test path
canonicalization via TEST_PATH_CANONICALIZE() were passing even
before this patch and are not touched by it.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER
and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: