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author Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>2013-11-23 16:05:41 +0100
committer Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2013-11-23 19:27:58 -0600
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libraries/libvirt: Cleanups, added a note about netcat-openbsd.
Signed-off-by: Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ libvirt - The virtualization API
libvirt is a toolkit to interact with the virtualization
capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
-Most dependencies are autodetected and having the required
+Most optional dependencies are autodetected and having the required
libs in place will build the respective features automatically.
The group can be specified at build time like this:
@@ -12,9 +12,19 @@ VIRTGROUP=somegroup ./libvirt.SlackBuild (default: users)
If you want to start the libvirt daemon at boot, add this
to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-# Start libvirt:
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt ]; then
- /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt start
-fi
+ # Start libvirt:
+ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt ]; then
+ /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt start
+ fi
+and if you want it to stop at shutdown add this to
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown
+
+ # Stop libvirt:
+ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt ]; then
+ /etc/rc.d/rc.libvirt stop
+ fi
Have a look at the commented part of rc.libvirt for some gotchas.
+
+netcat-openbsd is an optional dependency (needed if you want
+to connect from a remote host using virt-manager).