Re: [libvirt] Building libvirt under Windows
Hello! > I haven't done much testing of the resulting project, but > the ./autobuild.sh script is able to cross-build for mingw when run on > a Fedora system, if you have enough of the mingw-* packages installed > on Fedora. This includes mingw64-portablexdr (I have no idea if the > mingw project will be shifting to a different xdr package any time > soon). So, we need portablexdr on Windows. Can we convince the author to add the necessary fixes, or take over the maintainership ? Below is a snip from his original reply to me: --- cut --- I'm unlikely to fix any bugs in portableXDR now. The original reason for having it was because XDR was under a non-free license, but that has been resolved, so you can use XDR code on Windows. Anyway, you might want to send your observations to libvir-list@redhat.com since that's where the libvirt developers hang out. --- cut --- I also have here the necessary patches which allow me to build libvirt natively under MinGW using portablexdr and its rpcgen. But, first we need fixed portablexdr version. Its rpcgen is currently broken twice (i found the second bug after sending that email). Kind regards, Pavel Fedin Expert Engineer Samsung Electronics Research center Russia > -Original Message- > From: Eric Blake [mailto:ebl...@redhat.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 3:43 PM > To: Pavel Fedin; libvir-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: [libvirt] Building libvirt under Windows > > On 04/16/2015 03:52 AM, Pavel Fedin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I am currently building libvirt under Windows64, and i would like to > > ask for correct way to do it. > > The first thing to resolve is absence of RPC XDR library. From > > configure source i figured out that portablexdr library may help. I > > have downloaded it, but it comes with a different RPC code generator > named portable-rpcgen. > > I managed to use it, but i had to patch both libvirt (in order to > > recognize this generator and handle it properly) and portable-rpcgen > > (in order to correctly work under Windows, as well as get rid of some > crashes). > > Initially i wanted to upstream portablexdr fixes and emailed the > author. > > But the author replied that he is not going to fix portablexdr > because > > it's now deprecated, since original XDR code comes under free license > > now. So, i have all necessary fixes in my own fork. He suggested me > to > > come here to ask about these things. > > So, guys, how do you do it ? I cannot find any rpcgen package usable > > under Windows (MinGW, not Cygwin). > > > -- > Eric Blake eblake redhat com+1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
Re: [libvirt] Building libvirt under Windows
On 04/16/2015 03:52 AM, Pavel Fedin wrote: > Hello! > > I am currently building libvirt under Windows64, and i would like to ask > for correct way to do it. > The first thing to resolve is absence of RPC XDR library. From configure > source i figured out that portablexdr library may help. I have downloaded > it, but it comes with a different RPC code generator named portable-rpcgen. > I managed to use it, but i had to patch both libvirt (in order to recognize > this generator and handle it properly) and portable-rpcgen (in order to > correctly work under Windows, as well as get rid of some crashes). > Initially i wanted to upstream portablexdr fixes and emailed the author. > But the author replied that he is not going to fix portablexdr because it's > now deprecated, since original XDR code comes under free license now. So, i > have all necessary fixes in my own fork. He suggested me to come here to ask > about these things. > So, guys, how do you do it ? I cannot find any rpcgen package usable under > Windows (MinGW, not Cygwin). I haven't done much testing of the resulting project, but the ./autobuild.sh script is able to cross-build for mingw when run on a Fedora system, if you have enough of the mingw-* packages installed on Fedora. This includes mingw64-portablexdr (I have no idea if the mingw project will be shifting to a different xdr package any time soon). -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com+1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
Re: [libvirt] Building libvirt under Windows
2015-04-16 11:52 GMT+02:00 Pavel Fedin : > Hello! > > I am currently building libvirt under Windows64, and i would like to ask > for correct way to do it. > The first thing to resolve is absence of RPC XDR library. From configure > source i figured out that portablexdr library may help. I have downloaded > it, but it comes with a different RPC code generator named portable-rpcgen. > I managed to use it, but i had to patch both libvirt (in order to recognize > this generator and handle it properly) and portable-rpcgen (in order to > correctly work under Windows, as well as get rid of some crashes). > Initially i wanted to upstream portablexdr fixes and emailed the author. > But the author replied that he is not going to fix portablexdr because it's > now deprecated, since original XDR code comes under free license now. So, i > have all necessary fixes in my own fork. He suggested me to come here to ask > about these things. > So, guys, how do you do it ? I cannot find any rpcgen package usable under > Windows (MinGW, not Cygwin). Hi, In 2010 I wrote a set of scripts to build libvirt on Windows using MinGW. Sou can find them here: https://github.com/photron/msys_setup I haven't update them in the last two years, so they might not work out-of-the-box anymore. But it might still be helpful to look at them and see how I did things. Regarding XDR: I used portablexdr. It worked for me, I can't remember if I had to patch it or not. -- Matthias Bolte http://photron.blogspot.com -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
[libvirt] Building libvirt under Windows
Hello! I am currently building libvirt under Windows64, and i would like to ask for correct way to do it. The first thing to resolve is absence of RPC XDR library. From configure source i figured out that portablexdr library may help. I have downloaded it, but it comes with a different RPC code generator named portable-rpcgen. I managed to use it, but i had to patch both libvirt (in order to recognize this generator and handle it properly) and portable-rpcgen (in order to correctly work under Windows, as well as get rid of some crashes). Initially i wanted to upstream portablexdr fixes and emailed the author. But the author replied that he is not going to fix portablexdr because it's now deprecated, since original XDR code comes under free license now. So, i have all necessary fixes in my own fork. He suggested me to come here to ask about these things. So, guys, how do you do it ? I cannot find any rpcgen package usable under Windows (MinGW, not Cygwin). Kind regards, Pavel Fedin Expert Engineer Samsung Electronics Research center Russia -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
