Bug 1599219

Summary:	configure fails complaining absence of libxml2-devel
Product:	[Community] GlusterFS	Reporter:	Sachidananda Urs <surs>
Component:	build	Assignee:	Niels de Vos <ndevos>
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Description Sachidananda Urs 2018-07-09 08:58:37 UTC

Description of problem:

If libxml2-devel is installed after generating the configure script (for any reason whatsoever), autogen.sh has to be run again. Else, the configure script fails saying libxml2-devel is not installed, 
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configure: error: libxml2 devel libraries not found
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which is quite confusing and  misleading. 

However this is not the caes for other packages. We should add it in
a FAQ if fixing this is not possible for any reason. 

Ref: https://lists.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/2018-January/033302.html

Comment 1 Worker Ant 2018-07-30 15:19:51 UTC

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/20589 (build: use standard PKG_CHECK_MODULES for libxml2 availability) posted (#1) for review on master by Niels de Vos

Comment 2 Worker Ant 2018-08-16 06:55:53 UTC

COMMIT: https://review.gluster.org/20589 committed in master by "Amar Tumballi" <amarts> with a commit message- build: use standard PKG_CHECK_MODULES for libxml2 availability

In case the development parts of libxml2 are not installed, it was
required to re-run ./autogen.sh to cleanup the cached values for the
check. This is not nice towards users. By using the standard
PKG_CHECK_MODULES for libxml-2.0 the results of the check are not cached
and will be probed again when running ./configure.

Change-Id: I3c4586e5555a521be5d4fb61bdb873ae0317311a
Fixes: bz#1599219
Reported-by: Sachidananda Urs <surs>
Signed-off-by: Niels de Vos <ndevos>

Comment 3 Shyamsundar 2018-10-23 15:13:48 UTC

This bug is getting closed because a release has been made available that should address the reported issue. In case the problem is still not fixed with glusterfs-5.0, please open a new bug report.

glusterfs-5.0 has been announced on the Gluster mailinglists [1], packages for several distributions should become available in the near future. Keep an eye on the Gluster Users mailinglist [2] and the update infrastructure for your distribution.

[1] https://lists.gluster.org/pipermail/announce/2018-October/000115.html
[2] https://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/