Ian Jackson 8915c9cb1f autogen.sh: Restore --no-git (avoid git submodule update)
Prior to 2621d48f005a "gnulib: delete all gnulib integration",
one could pass ./autogen.sh --no-git to prevent the libvirt build
system from running git submodule update.

This feature is needed by systems like the Xen Project CI which want
to explicitly control the revisions of every tree.  These will
typically arrange to initialise the submodules check out the right
version of everything, and then expect the build system not to mess
with it any more.

Despite to the old documentation comments referring only to gnulib,
the --no-git feature is required not only because of gnulib but also
because of the other submodule, src/keycodemapdb.

(And in any case, even if it were no longer required because all the
submodules were removed, it ought ideally to have been retained as a
no-op for compaibility reasons.)

So restore the --no-git feature.

Because of the way the argument parsing of autogen.sh works, it is
easiest to recognise this option only if it comes first.  This works
for the Xen Project CI, which has always passed this option first.

If something else is using this option (and hasn't introduced a
different workaround in the meantime), not in the first position,
then perhaps a more sophisticated approach will be needed.  But I
think this will do for now.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
2020-06-03 16:19:13 +02:00
2019-05-31 17:54:28 +02:00
2019-09-06 12:47:46 +02:00
2020-01-16 13:04:11 +00:00
2019-06-07 13:18:08 +02:00
2019-12-19 16:42:06 +01:00
2019-10-18 17:32:52 +02:00
2015-06-16 13:46:20 +02:00
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==============================
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:

https://libvirt.org


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
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Installation
============

Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:

https://libvirt.org/compiling.html

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
=======

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* libvirt-users@redhat.com (**for user discussions**)
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Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:

https://libvirt.org/contact.html
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