configure path name of ebtables executable

Michael Ströder
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 21:52:44 -0000

On 11/17/21 20:28, Laine Stump wrote:
> On 11/17/21 1:39 PM, Michael Str?der wrote:
>> Is it possible to configure the full path name of the ebtables
>> executable used somewhere in libvirt's config?
>
> That's done in meson.build when you're building from source. Look
for
> "optional_programs".

Noted. Thanks.

>> Background: I'd like to avoid automatic alternatives implementation
to
>> mess up libvirt installation.
>>
>> See also:
>> https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192799
>
> I don't think the problem is what is being suggested in that bug.

Yes, it is.

> follow the symlink from /sbin/ebtables to (probably)
> /etc/alternatives/ebtables > [..]
> This sounds more like SUSE has some sort of special off-brand
> alternative that doesn't understand all valid ebtables commands
openSUSE Tumbleweed now uses libalternatives for ebtables (see my
comment#2) and thus
/sbin/ebtables was linked to /usr/bin/alts. Yes, something's broken
there and I was looking for a work-around.

> Anyway, I think you'd be better off fixing the problem at the source
> rather than trying to make some special local build of libvirt to
> work around the problem.
IMHO a libvirtd.conf option would be great to avoid relying on this
alternatives stuff.

Ciao, Michael.