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Commit b5e8db8f14 tuned the SPEC file so that libvirt daemons restart
on package upgrade. In order to do that it added a bunch of
parametrized macros using the %global directive. This caused a problem
when running RPM builds on CentOS Stream 8 resulting in:
error: Too many levels of recursion in macro expansion. It is likely
caused by recursive macro declaration.
error: Macro %libvirt_daemon_perform_restart failed to expand
error: line 1275: %global libvirt_daemon_perform_restart() \
if test %libvirt_daemon_needs_restart %1 \
then \
/bin/systemctl try-restart %1.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || : \
fi \
%libvirt_daemon_finish_restart %1
There are 2 important differences between %global and %define
directives:
1) %define is local-only and does have scope - in reality though, its
scope is apparently not really enforced because it behaves exactly
the same way as %global
2) %define is evaluated at the time of use while %global is evaluated
at the time of definition
The latter and the fact the macro is parametrized is the reason why the
RPM builds fails on CentOS. Strangely enough this only happens on
CentOS Stream, but not Fedora (which is also the main proponent of
replacing %define with %global). Anyhow, replacing %global with %define
makes the rpmbuild to pass on both and along with package upgrades.
Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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==============================
Libvirt API for virtualization
==============================
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the
virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It
includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware
vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER
Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management
daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the
API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other
languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as
mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the
website:
https://libvirt.org
License
=======
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files ``COPYING.LESSER``
and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
============
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components
the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development
mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
=======
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
* libvirt-users@redhat.com (**for user discussions**)
* libvir-list@redhat.com (**for development only**)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html