Re: [gentoo-user] libvirt needs VirtualBox XPCOMC

[App Deb]

You should fill a bug then, if you are sure.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Crístian Viana <cristiandeives@×××××.com>wrote:

> Do you want to use libvirt with virtualbox?
>
>
> well, I wanted to make some tests with libvirt and VirtualBox, but I guess
> I'll leave it for some other time. I removed the "virtualbox" USE flag.
>
> Else try emerging virtualbox-ose or virtualbox-bin befire libvirt.
>
>
> nothing's changed.
>
> But this is probably a bug?
>
>
> I believe so. emerge should never fail, in my opinion. if the ebuild lacks
> a dependency, it should be pulled; if the code doesn't compile, use patches;
> if it has more than one conflicting USE flags, warn the user and use a
> default flag; anyway, it should never fail, specially like that.
>
> :-)
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:11 PM, App Deb <appdebgr@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you want to use libvirt with virtualbox? If not (say you want to use it
>> with kvm or something else) try emerging libvirt without the virtualbox flag
>> using package.use .
>>
>> Else try emerging virtualbox-ose or virtualbox-bin befire libvirt.
>>
>> But this is probably a bug? libvirt should have virtualbox as a dependency
>> if the use flag is enabled, I think.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Crístian Viana <cristiandeives@×××××.com>wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> when I was trying to emerge the newest libvirt ebuild, the following
>>> error appeared on configure:
>>>
>>> checking for VirtualBox XPCOMC location... not found
>>> configure: error: VirtualBox XPCOMC is required for the VirtualBox driver
>>>
>>> what do I need to install to make it work? I'm emerging with the USE
>>> flags:
>>>
>>> [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/libvirt-0.8.2 [0.8.1-r1] USE="libvirtd lxc
>>> network nls python qemu virtualbox -avahi -caps -iscsi -lvm -macvtap% -nfs
>>> -numa -openvz -parted -pcap% -phyp -policykit -sasl (-selinux) -udev -uml
>>> -xen"
>>>
>>
>>
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