libvirt users - Oct 2013 - Changing test_driver.c file

Hi All,

For some testing purpose I've changed some content in
src/test/test_driver.c and then used "make" command to compile and
build
the code. Then I copied the "libvirt.so.0.9.10.so" file to the target
machine and restart the libvirtd daemon, but the changes I made in
test_driver.c is nothing reflected. I'm not sure whether I'm missing
something. Is it moving only the "libvirt.so.0.9.10.so" is enough or I
need
to move some .a files ? , but I'm not seeing any ".a" in the kvm
host
related to libvirt to replace. Please provide me sufficient info to proceed
further.

Thanks In Advance,
Arun V

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On 10/04/2013 12:08 PM, Arun Viswanath wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> For some testing purpose I've changed some content in
> src/test/test_driver.c and then used "make" command to compile
and build
> the code. Then I copied the "libvirt.so.0.9.10.so" file to the
target
Huh?  Why are you building 0.9.10 instead of the latest 1.1.3?
> machine and restart the libvirtd daemon, but the changes I made in
> test_driver.c is nothing reflected. I'm not sure whether I'm
missing
> something. Is it moving only the "libvirt.so.0.9.10.so" is enough
or I need
> to move some .a files ? , but I'm not seeing any ".a" in the
kvm host
> related to libvirt to replace. Please provide me sufficient info to proceed
> further.
What configure options did you use when you built libvirt?  Manually
copying single files onto a target machine is almost always wrong; much
better is to 'make install' (perhaps with an appropriate
DESTDIR=/staging setting), then place that entire installed tree into
place on the destination.  If you are using a Fedora-based distro, 'make
rpm' will even turn your self-built binary into an rpm that you can
install using your package manager, for much easier control over getting
everything right.

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