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author | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2014-06-25 10:52:53 -0600 |
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committer | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2014-06-25 10:52:53 -0600 |
commit | 724df7f11b515507dce0f91dfa5b2e37db21d3c0 (patch) | |
tree | c5db00073de98228b2f836d4dc9f38ebb75b7190 /README | |
parent | e272f51b362cc008c3234c5c9862f7f51c0d01dd (diff) | |
download | libvirt-python-724df7f11b515507dce0f91dfa5b2e37db21d3c0.tar.gz |
maint: document development against uninstalled libvirt
Thanks to Dan's recent work in libvirt.git, it is much easier to
develop against uninstalled libvirt. Mention how.
* README: More details.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ or to install as non-root python setup.py build python setup.py install --user +If python-nose is installed, you can test the package with + + python setup.py test + +A makefile shim is provided so that you can do + + make && make check + +rather than directly invoking setup.py. + +As of libvirt 1.2.6, it is possible to develop against an uninstalled +libvirt.git checkout, by setting some environment variables: + + export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/libvirt/git/src/ + export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/libvirt/git/src/.libs/ Patches for this code should be sent to the main libvirt development mailing list |