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Description of problem:
Currently libvirt has code to initialize libgcrypt, as a pre-requisite to using gnutls. As a result libvirt also explicitly links to -lgcrypt.

In gnutls 3.x libgcrypt is replaced by libnettle. Libvirt's explicit initialization of libgcrypt is thus bogus and is causing libvirt to link to two crypto libraries (gcrypt + nettle).

Libvirt's libgcrypt init code should be made conditional so we don't use it when gnutls is linked to nettle.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libvirt-1.0.4-1.el7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. $ ldd /lib64/libvirt.so.0 | grep gcrypt
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
	libgcrypt.so.11 => /lib64/libgcrypt.so.11 (0x0000003441800000)

Expected results:
Does not link to gcrypt

Additional info:

Upstream patch proposed:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-July/msg01687.html

v3 of upstream patch; missed 1.1.1 so it will need a backport
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-July/msg01952.html

In POST:
http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhvirt-patches/2013-August/msg00544.html

Reproduce this bug with 
libvirt.x86_64 0:1.1.1-2.el7 

# ldd /lib64/libvirt.so.0 | grep gcrypt 
	libgcrypt.so.11 => /lib64/libgcrypt.so.11 (0x00007fde15f48000)


Verify this bug with 
libvirt.x86_64 0:1.1.1-3.el7 


[root@localhost 111-3]# ldd /lib64/libvirt.so.0 | grep gcrypt 
[root@localhost 111-3]#

This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.

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