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The colors are not based on the semantics of the message but rather
on the message itself. This means that the default human-perceived
semantics (red = bad, green = good) don't really apply and spotting a
color does not mean anythting.
This is amplified by the sheer amount of output which configure produces
and the fact that some of the messages have negative semantics or
additional output.
In case of any problem the user will have to go through everything
anyways as spotting a red or yellow line has 0 information value.
Here are a few examples:
1) some 'no' messages are not a problem:
checking minix/config.h presence... no
2) some 'no' messages are actually positive:
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
3) in some cases a 'yes' would mean that something is broken or needs
workaround
checking whether stat file-mode macros are broken... no
checking whether wint_t is too small... no
checking whether stdint.h predates C++11... no
checking whether the inttypes.h PRIxNN macros are broken... no
checking whether clang gives bogus warnings for -Wdouble-promotion... no
checking whether gettimeofday clobbers localtime buffer... no
4) due to string match based colors extra text makes messages yellow
checking for a traditional french locale... none
checking for working nanosleep... no (mishandles large arguments)
checking for library containing gethostbyname... none required
checking whether mbrtowc handles incomplete characters... (cached) guessing yes
5) in some cases the yes/no is very context dependant
checking whether pthread_rwlock_rdlock prefers a writer to a reader... no
checking whether this build is done by a static analysis tool... no
6) detected paths to binaries and libs are yellow despite being present
checking for objdump... objdump
checking for atomic ops implementation... gcc
As of the reasons above I don't think the colorization of the configure
output helps users or developers to debug the build process and
thus is not worth the extra code or output clutter.
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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:
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
Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built and installed with the usual commands. For example, to build in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
$ make
$ sudo make install
While to build & install as an unprivileged user
$ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
$ make
$ make install
The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
be detected during execution of the configure script and a summary printed
which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
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: