nbdkit >= 1.6 ships a VDDK plugin always built, so recommend that version instead of recommending to build nbdkit from sources. --- v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod | 28 ++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod index 2b6dbaeec..b3ebda182 100644 --- a/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod +++ b/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod @@ -197,32 +197,8 @@ library is permitted by the license. =item 2. -You must also compile nbdkit, enabling the VDDK plugin. nbdkit E<ge> -1.1.25 is recommended, but it is usually best to compile from the git -tree. - -=over 4 - -=item * - -L<https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit> - -=item * - -L<https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit/tree/master/plugins/vddk> - -=back - -Compile nbdkit as described in the sources (see link above). - -You do B<not> need to run C<make install> because you can run nbdkit -from its source directory. The source directory has a shell script -called F<nbdkit> which runs the locally built copy of nbdkit and its -plugins. So set C<$PATH> to point to the nbdkit top build directory -(that is, the directory containing the shell script called F<nbdkit>), -eg: - - export PATH=/path/to/nbdkit-1.1.x:$PATH +nbdkit E<ge> 1.6 is recommended, as it ships with the VDDK plugin +enabled unconditionally. =item 3. -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
