Re: [Qemu-devel] don't look for libuuid on Darwin

[C.W. Betts]

On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:46:13AM -0700, C.W. Betts wrote:
> > Does this work?
> >
> > diff --git a/configure b/configure
> > index aa2cc43..00e04e9 100755
> > --- a/configure
> > +++ b/configure
> > @@ -1060,7 +1060,11 @@ fi
> > ##########################################
> > # uuid_generate() probe, used for vdi block driver
> > if test "$uuid" != "no" ; then
> > -  uuid_libs="-luuid"
> > +  if test "$darwin" == "yes"; then
> > +    uuid_libs=""
> > +  else
> > +    uuid_libs="-luuid"
> > +  fi
>
> It might work, but does Darwin really provide no libuuid at all?  I
> thought it was just the static one that is missing?
The uuid definitions are in the libSystem library, which everything  
links against.  LibSystem also includes libc, libm, pthreads, etc.
> If it really is the case a comment above the test would help.
>
> Also I think you should try to keep the mailinglist on Cc - it  
> includes
> people that can provide valueable feedback, and also people that  
> unlike
> me can actually apply the patch to the qemu repository.
heh, sorry. I replied to the wrong message.
>