Similarly to commit a73e82ef912, test the library links correctly before considering it as usable.
This fixes using ./configure --static on Ubuntu 18.04: $ make subdir-aarch64-softmmu [...] LINK aarch64-softmmu/qemu-system-aarch64 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ludev collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Makefile:204: recipe for target 'qemu-system-aarch64' failed make[1]: *** [qemu-system-aarch64] Error 1 $ fgrep udev config-host.mak LIBUSB_LIBS=-lusb-1.0 -ludev -pthread $ lsb_release -cri Distributor ID: Ubuntu Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@redhat.com> --- configure | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure b/configure index fe0e2e1b75..2ebaa32746 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -4894,9 +4894,19 @@ fi # check for libusb if test "$libusb" != "no" ; then if $pkg_config --atleast-version=1.0.13 libusb-1.0; then - libusb="yes" libusb_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libusb-1.0) libusb_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libusb-1.0) + # Packaging for the static libraries is not always correct. + # At least ubuntu 18.04 ships only shared libraries. + write_c_skeleton + if ! compile_prog "$libusb_cflags" "$libusb_libs" ; then + if test "$libusb" = "yes" ; then + error_exit "libusb check failed." + fi + libusb="no" + else + libusb="yes" + fi else if test "$libusb" = "yes"; then feature_not_found "libusb" "Install libusb devel >= 1.0.13" -- 2.20.1