On Tuesday, 10 March 2020 16:05:19 CET Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > You have to use: > ../libguestfs/run ./configure > ../libguestfs/run make > > Use of the second ../libguestfs/run against make is unfortunate but I > believe it's unavoidable due to the way that ocamlfind works.
Or a simplier: $ /path/to/libguestfs/run bash -i $ ./configure $ make $ [etc] > --- > .gitignore | 1 + > ocaml/Makefile.am | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- > run.in | 2 ++ > 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore > index 1ebc5421f..cdc90453c 100644 > --- a/.gitignore > +++ b/.gitignore > @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ Makefile.in > /ocaml/examples/guestfs-ocaml.3 > /ocaml/examples/inspect_vm > /ocaml/examples/stamp-guestfs-ocaml.pod > +/ocaml/guestfs > /ocaml/guestfs-c-actions.c > /ocaml/guestfs-c-errnos.c > /ocaml/guestfs.ml > diff --git a/ocaml/Makefile.am b/ocaml/Makefile.am > index c85efee64..c02246270 100644 > --- a/ocaml/Makefile.am > +++ b/ocaml/Makefile.am > @@ -197,4 +197,21 @@ install-data-hook: > > CLEANFILES += $(noinst_DATA) $(check_DATA) > > -endif > +# This "tricks" ocamlfind into allowing us to compile other OCaml > +# programs against a locally compiled copy of the libguestfs sources. > +# ocamlfind needs to see a directory called ‘guestfs’ which contains > +# ‘META’. The current directory is called ‘ocaml’, but if we make > +# this symlink then we can create the required directory structure. > +# > +# Note if you just want to use this, make sure you use > +# ‘../libguestfs/run make’ in your other program and everything should > +# just work. > +CLEANFILES += guestfs > + > +all-local: guestfs > + > +guestfs: > + rm -f $@ > + ln -sf . $@ The '.' might be better replaced by $(srcdir) instead, although it will only matter when building libguestfs with builddir!=srcdir, and then anything against that uninstalled libguestfs. The rest LGTM. -- Pino Toscano
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