Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix search pathes in python code

[Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 21 April 2009 18:01:53 Ian Jackson wrote:
> Christoph Egger writes ("[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix search pathes in python 
code"):
> > Attached patch gets rid of hardcoded search pathes in python code.
>
> This is an interesting and useful thing to do in principle.  What it
> actually does is have the build system write the installation paths
> into the python code.  I think this is much more correct than the
> existing arrangements.
>
> I haven't however tested this specific change :-).  What platforms did
> you test it on,

NetBSD and Linux.

> and with what build process ? 

in xen toplevel source directory run

   gmake dist-tools

or

  PREFIX="/usr/local" gmake dist-tools

Then have a look into dist/install, copy the files
to your test machine machine,
set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PYTHONPATH
and see if things work - i.e. if "xm console <domain>" finds the
xenconsole binary.

<side-note>
Once we use rpath, then setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH won't be
necessary anymore.
</side-note>

Christoph

P.S.: I'm really wondering why Linux distributors don't send such patches.
I think, they modify the xen build system to fit into their rpm's.


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