Re: Configure errors under yocto

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2017-03-27 at 16:12 +0100, Colin Helliwell wrote:
> > On 27 March 2017 at 14:25 Colin Helliwell <colin.helliwell@ln-syste
> > ms.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think it was missing [under yocto/bitbake] the autogen.sh step.
> > I've corrected that (as a 'pre-configure' step), but still have
> > subsequent errors which seem to have been due to output directories
> > not having been created e.g. libnm-core, introspection.
> > I can get it to limp a little further by creating the directories
> > in the pre-configure, but not totally.
> > Something perhaps not hooked in right to cater for the build
> > directory being different to the source directory...?
>
> Subsequent to creating those directories, I can't make out the actual
> failing command line, but the error summary has:
> > to generate clients/cli/settings-docs.c, configure with --enable-
> > introspection
> > alternatively, build --without-nmcli
> > make[2]: *** [clients/cli/settings-docs.c] Error 1
>
> Neither of which I want to do!
>
> My configure options are:
> "   --disable-ifcfg-rh \
>     --disable-ifnet \
>     --disable-ifcfg-suse \
>     --disable-more-warnings \
>     --with-iptables=${sbindir}/iptables \
>     --with-tests \
>     --with-nmtui=no \
>     --enable-introspection=no \
>     --disable-gtk-doc  --disable-gtk-doc-html \
>     --enable-polkit=disabled  --disable-polkit-agent "
>
> I'm pulling the nm-1-6 branch from anongit.freedesktop.org, by the
> way. (1.6.3 I think?)

The build process takes Introspection data from the NM objects
(NMDevice, NMConnection, etc) and generates files that nmcli uses to
provide help text, properties, etc, rather than hardcoding things
twice.  So unfortunately, if you want nmcli you also need --enable-
introspection.

Do you have gobject-introspection devel packages for Yocto you can
install?

Dan