From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1f95n6-0004Hp-7F for mharc-qemu-trivial@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:23:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f95n2-0004G5-SM for qemu-trivial@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:23:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f95n1-0005En-PQ for qemu-trivial@nongnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:23:40 -0400 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:34908 helo=mx1.redhat.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f95mw-00059R-I5; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:23:34 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F33B28D76C; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.33.36.22]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65FA52166BAE; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:23:22 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:23:20 +0100 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: Peter Maydell , Olaf Hering , Markus Armbruster , Cornelia Huck , Fam Zheng , QEMU Trivial , Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , "open list:All patches CC here" , Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: <20180419092320.GJ10259@redhat.com> Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= References: <20180418123838.3511-1-olaf@aepfle.de> <20180418144538.4aa2f492.cohuck@redhat.com> <20180418125545.GN27579@redhat.com> <87sh7rvf27.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> <20180419093024.27c77433.olaf@aepfle.de> <20180419075958.GD10259@redhat.com> <20180419092017.olujzxzlwvjlt6en@sirius.home.kraxel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180419092017.olujzxzlwvjlt6en@sirius.home.kraxel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.6 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:23:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:23:24 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'10.11.54.6' DOMAIN:'int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com' HELO:'smtp.corp.redhat.com' FROM:'berrange@redhat.com' RCPT:'' X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 66.187.233.73 Subject: Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1] configure: require glib-2.24 X-BeenThere: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:23:42 -0000 On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:20:17AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > Well, it depends. You might be stuck with an old distro because > > some software you want to run depends on it, but also want to run > > newer versions of some programs like QEMU. If you're in that > > boat you can probably live with having to also compile a newer > > version of glib to go with your newer QEMU, though. > > Core libraries like glib might not be that easy, I've seen updating glib > breaking apps in the past. You would likely just have to build it all into /opt/qemu so it is isolated from whatever the distro included. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|