When building from git, you need OCaml to compile the generator to build the generated files. Previously configure didn't detect that situation, resulting in failed builds. This commit causes the configure script to error out if the generated files are not present and OCaml is not installed. Note that you can still build without OCaml, if you get the generated files from somewhere else. The source tarballs distributed on the website contain the generated files. --- configure.ac | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 8ff6ce5..31cabc2 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1117,6 +1117,15 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OCAMLOPT], AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OCAMLDOC], [test "x$OCAMLDOC" != "xno"]) +dnl OCaml is required if we need to run the generator. +AS_IF([test "x$OCAMLC" = "xno"],[ + AS_IF([! test -f $srcdir/src/guestfs_protocol.x],[ + AC_MSG_FAILURE([OCaml compiler is required to build from git. +If you don't have OCaml available, you should build from a +tarball from http://libguestfs.org/download]) + ]) +]) + AS_IF([test "x$OCAMLC" != "xno"],[ dnl Check for <caml/unixsupport.h> header. old_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" -- 2.5.0