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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951637 Newer gnutls uses nettle, rather than gcrypt, which is a lot nicer regarding initialization. Yet we were unconditionally initializing gcrypt even when gnutls wouldn't be using it, and having two crypto libraries linked into libvirt.so is pointless, but mostly harmless (it doesn't crash, but does interfere with certification efforts). There are three distinct version ranges to worry about when determining which crypto lib gnutls uses, per these gnutls mails: 2.12: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2011-03/msg00034.html 3.0: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2011-07/msg00035.html If pkg-config can prove version numbers and/or list the crypto library used for static linking, we have our proof; if not, it is safer (even if pointless) to continue to use gcrypt ourselves. * configure.ac (WITH_GNUTLS): Probe whether to add -lgcrypt, and define a witness WITH_GNUTLS_GCRYPT. * src/libvirt.c (virTLSMutexInit, virTLSMutexDestroy) (virTLSMutexLock, virTLSMutexUnlock, virTLSThreadImpl) (virGlobalInit): Honor the witness. * libvirt.spec.in (BuildRequires): Make gcrypt usage conditional, no longer needed in Fedora 19. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
libvirt library code README
===========================
The directory provides the bulk of the libvirt codebase. Everything
except for the libvirtd daemon and client tools. The build uses a
large number of libtool convenience libraries - one for each child
directory, and then links them together for the final libvirt.so,
although some bits get linked directly to libvirtd daemon instead.
The files directly in this directory are supporting the public API
entry points & data structures.
There are two core shared modules to be aware of:
* util/ - a collection of shared APIs that can be used by any
code. This directory is always in the include path
for all things built
* conf/ - APIs for parsing / manipulating all the official XML
files used by the public API. This directory is only
in the include path for driver implementation modules
* vmx/ - VMware VMX config handling (used by esx/ and vmware/)
Then there are the hypervisor implementations:
* esx/ - VMware ESX and GSX support using vSphere API over SOAP
* hyperv/ - Microsoft Hyper-V support using WinRM
* lxc/ - Linux Native Containers
* openvz/ - OpenVZ containers using cli tools
* phyp/ - IBM Power Hypervisor using CLI tools over SSH
* qemu/ - QEMU / KVM using qemu CLI/monitor
* remote/ - Generic libvirt native RPC client
* test/ - A "mock" driver for testing
* uml/ - User Mode Linux
* vbox/ - Virtual Box using native API
* vmware/ - VMware Workstation and Player using the vmrun tool
* xen/ - Xen using hypercalls, XenD SEXPR & XenStore
* xenapi/ - Xen using libxenserver
Finally some secondary drivers that are shared for several HVs.
Currently these are used by LXC, OpenVZ, QEMU, UML and Xen drivers.
The ESX, Hyper-V, Power Hypervisor, Remote, Test & VirtualBox drivers all
implement the secondary drivers directly
* cpu/ - CPU feature management
* interface/ - Host network interface management
* network/ - Virtual NAT networking
* nwfilter/ - Network traffic filtering rules
* node_device/ - Host device enumeration
* secret/ - Secret management
* security/ - Mandatory access control drivers
* storage/ - Storage management drivers
Since both the hypervisor and secondary drivers can be built as
dlopen()able modules, it is *FORBIDDEN* to have build dependencies
between these directories. Drivers are only allowed to depend on
the public API, and the internal APIs in the util/ and conf/
directories