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The homebrew formula's ignored Python PEP-0394 recommendations and
changed the plain python binary in /usr/local/bin to point to Python 3
instead of Python 2. Python 2 is not even installed into a location that
is in $PATH by default anymore. The homebrew packages print a message
to stderr claiming to provide a way to fix this
[quote]
This formula installs a python2 executable to /usr/local/opt/python@2/bin
If you wish to have this formula's python executable in your PATH then add
the following to ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python@2/libexec/bin:$PATH"
[/quote]
When trying to update $PATH are suggested we find out this message is a
lie and /usr/local/opt/python@2 does not even exist, instead Python
seems to end up in /usr/local/Cellar/python@2/2.7.14_1
Rather than hardcoding this version specific directory in our travis
config, we change to run "brew link --force python@2", to make it create
symlinks in /usr/local/bin for the python2 binary.
The original change triggering this problem was
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/24604#issue-171653084
There are countless bug reports against homebrew-core that are closed
without fixes, so it seems they are determined to ignore the Python
PEP 0394 recommendations on this.
Reviewed-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@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: