Libguestfs - Feb 2014 - OT: nbdkit packaging in debian (was: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nbdkit: Work around what seems like an bug in automake 1.14)

"AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign) dnl ..." seems to trigger Debian bug#738716
---
 configure.ac | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ee9d377..df31014 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign) dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
+dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign)
 LT_INIT
 
 dnl Check for basic C environment.
-- 
1.9.0.rc3

perl -MConfig -e 'print $Config{ldflags}' gave me

    -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt

with Perl 5.18 as configured on Debian/unstable.
---
 configure.ac             | 15 +++++----------
 plugins/perl/Makefile.am |  4 +---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index df31014..d129d5a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$PERL" != "xno" &&
test "x$enable_perl" != "xno"],[
 
     dnl Check for Perl CFLAGS.
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed CFLAGS])
-    PERL_CFLAGS="$($PERL -MConfig -e 'print
$Config{ccflags}')"
+    PERL_CFLAGS="$($PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e 'ccflags')"
     AS_IF([ test -n "$PERL_CFLAGS" ],[
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$PERL_CFLAGS])
     ],[
@@ -140,21 +140,16 @@ AS_IF([test "x$PERL" != "xno"
&& test "x$enable_perl" != "xno"],[
         enable_perl=no
     ])
 
-    dnl Check for Perl LIBS.
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed LIBS])
-    PERL_LIBS="$($PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{libs}')"
-
-    dnl Check for Perl LDFLAGS.
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed LDFLAGS])
-    PERL_LDFLAGS="$($PERL -MConfig -e 'print
$Config{ldflags}')"
+    dnl Check for Perl LDOPTS.
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed LDOPTS])
+    PERL_LDOPTS="$($PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e 'ldopts')"
 
     dnl XXX Could check these actually work.
 ])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PERL],[test "x$enable_perl" != "xno"
&& test "x$PERL" != "xno"])
 AC_SUBST([PERL_ARCHLIB])
 AC_SUBST([PERL_CFLAGS])
-AC_SUBST([PERL_LIBS])
-AC_SUBST([PERL_LDFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([PERL_LDOPTS])
 
 dnl Check for libvirt (only if you want to compile the libvirt plugin).
 AC_ARG_WITH([libvirt],[
diff --git a/plugins/perl/Makefile.am b/plugins/perl/Makefile.am
index a68db5d..70a7683 100644
--- a/plugins/perl/Makefile.am
+++ b/plugins/perl/Makefile.am
@@ -50,11 +50,9 @@ nbdkit_perl_plugin_la_CFLAGS = \
 	$(WARNINGS_CFLAGS) \
 	$(PERL_CFLAGS) \
 	-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)/CORE
-nbdkit_perl_plugin_la_LIBADD = \
-	-lperl $(PERL_LIBS)
 nbdkit_perl_plugin_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-module -avoid-version -shared \
-	$(PERL_LDFLAGS)
+	$(PERL_LDOPTS)
 
 if HAVE_POD2MAN
 
-- 
1.9.0.rc3

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 06:56:38PM +0100, Hilko Bengen
wrote:
> "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign) dnl ..." seems to trigger Debian
bug#738716
> ---
>  configure.ac | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index ee9d377..df31014 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
>  AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
>  AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
>  
> -AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign) dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
> +dnl NB: Do not [quote] this parameter.
> +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign)
>  LT_INIT
>  
>  dnl Check for basic C environment.
> -- 
> 1.9.0.rc3
ACK.

I have added you to the ACL for nbdkit, so you should be able to push this.

Thanks, Rich.

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 06:56:39PM +0100, Hilko Bengen
wrote:
> perl -MConfig -e 'print $Config{ldflags}' gave me
> 
>     -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
> 
> with Perl 5.18 as configured on Debian/unstable.
> ---
>  configure.ac             | 15 +++++----------
>  plugins/perl/Makefile.am |  4 +---
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index df31014..d129d5a 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$PERL" != "xno"
&& test "x$enable_perl" != "xno"],[
>  
>      dnl Check for Perl CFLAGS.
>      AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed CFLAGS])
> -    PERL_CFLAGS="$($PERL -MConfig -e 'print
$Config{ccflags}')"
> +    PERL_CFLAGS="$($PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e
'ccflags')"
>      AS_IF([ test -n "$PERL_CFLAGS" ],[
>          AC_MSG_RESULT([$PERL_CFLAGS])
>      ],[
> @@ -140,21 +140,16 @@ AS_IF([test "x$PERL" != "xno"
&& test "x$enable_perl" != "xno"],[
>          enable_perl=no
>      ])
>  
> -    dnl Check for Perl LIBS.
> -    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed LIBS])
> -    PERL_LIBS="$($PERL -MConfig -e 'print
$Config{libs}')"
> -
> -    dnl Check for Perl LDFLAGS.
> -    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed LDFLAGS])
> -    PERL_LDFLAGS="$($PERL -MConfig -e 'print
$Config{ldflags}')"
> +    dnl Check for Perl LDOPTS.
> +    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Perl embed LDOPTS])
> +    PERL_LDOPTS="$($PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e 'ldopts')"
>  
>      dnl XXX Could check these actually work.
>  ])
>  AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PERL],[test "x$enable_perl" !=
"xno" && test "x$PERL" != "xno"])
>  AC_SUBST([PERL_ARCHLIB])
>  AC_SUBST([PERL_CFLAGS])
> -AC_SUBST([PERL_LIBS])
> -AC_SUBST([PERL_LDFLAGS])
> +AC_SUBST([PERL_LDOPTS])
>  
>  dnl Check for libvirt (only if you want to compile the libvirt plugin).
>  AC_ARG_WITH([libvirt],[
> diff --git a/plugins/perl/Makefile.am b/plugins/perl/Makefile.am
> index a68db5d..70a7683 100644
> --- a/plugins/perl/Makefile.am
> +++ b/plugins/perl/Makefile.am
> @@ -50,11 +50,9 @@ nbdkit_perl_plugin_la_CFLAGS = \
>  	$(WARNINGS_CFLAGS) \
>  	$(PERL_CFLAGS) \
>  	-I$(PERL_ARCHLIB)/CORE
> -nbdkit_perl_plugin_la_LIBADD = \
> -	-lperl $(PERL_LIBS)
>  nbdkit_perl_plugin_la_LDFLAGS = \
>  	-module -avoid-version -shared \
> -	$(PERL_LDFLAGS)
> +	$(PERL_LDOPTS)
I checked the equivalent settings on Fedora, and it all seems
sensible, so ACK.

Thanks, Rich.

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Hilko,

I was looking at this bug:

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725504

There's a related issue with the Debian packaging, which is that the
package as a whole requires big dependencies (eg. libguestfs0).
However these are not needed by the base package, just by plugins.

In Fedora we package the plugins as sub-packages, so if you install
the base package you don't require the extra dependencies.  If you
install any plugin, it pulls in the base package.

Here is the Fedora spec file:

  http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/nbdkit.git/tree/nbdkit.spec

and how that translates to packages:

  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=498452

(If you click "info" next to each RPM you can see the runtime
Requires).

Rich.

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* Richard W.M. Jones:
> I was looking at this bug:
>
>   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725504
>
> There's a related issue with the Debian packaging, which is that the
> package as a whole requires big dependencies (eg. libguestfs0).
> However these are not needed by the base package, just by plugins.
That bug resulted in most of the plugins not being built at all.
> In Fedora we package the plugins as sub-packages, so if you install
> the base package you don't require the extra dependencies.  If you
> install any plugin, it pulls in the base package.
That's a good idea. I think I am going to split the package up.

Cheers,
-Hilko