[Slackbuilds-users] qemu updates roadmap

[Lockywolf]

I cannot build qemu from SBo on a clean Slackware64.


../meson.build:1745:0: ERROR: Feature virtfs cannot be enabled: virtio-9p (virtfs) on Linux requires libcap-ng-devel and libattr-devel

building like  AUDIODRIVERS=pa VNC_ENABLE=no TARGETS=x86_64-linux-user bash qemu.SlackBuild

KB_SBo <sbo at linuxgalaxy.org> writes:

> On 5/16/23 06:57, Matteo Bernardini wrote:
>> Hi Edward,
>> 
>> here I'm building qemu 8.0.0 and virtiofsd like this (actually I see no 
>> issue in using the bundled meson)
>> 
>> https://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/virtiofsd/ 
>> <https://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/virtiofsd/>
>> https://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/qemu/ 
>> <https://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/qemu/>
>> 
>> if you don't want it I'll submit virtiofsd to SBo.
>> 
>> Matteo
>> 
>> 
>> Il giorno lun 24 apr 2023 alle ore 02:13 KB_SBo <sbo at linuxgalaxy.org 
>> <mailto:sbo at linuxgalaxy.org>> ha scritto:
>> 
>>     All,
>> 
>>     I'm going to hold off on qemu-8.0 for a bit and just bump to qemu-7.2.1
>> 
>> 
>>     1.  For 8.0, virtiofsd is now an external dependency. This built with
>>     rust, of which I know absolutely nothing about. Since this may take me
>>     awhile to do (wtf is a 'cargo'?), if anyone has a burning desire to add
>>     virtiofsd to SBo, have at it!
>> 
>>     2. Slackware 15.0 meson-0.59.4 is too old.  qemu has an internal
>>     meson-0.61.5 that is currently used for 7.2.x, but I think using the
>>     system meson is better for consistency.
>> 
>>     3. libslirp and a few others will be made hard dependencies to have
>>     those handy features available by default. Also, libslirp could use bump
>>     to version 4.7.0 (maintainer cc:'ed)
>> 
>> 
>>     -Ed
>
>
>
> Matteo,
>
> I'll take virtiofsd for SBo, and get gemu-8 script ready for next week's 
> update.
>
> Thanks
> Ed
>
>
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-- 
Your sincerely,
Vladimir Nikishkin (MiEr, lockywolf)
(Laptop)