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Re: [Xen-devel] xl: Enable 'xl console' in 'x86_64'

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, Yu Zhiguo <yuzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xl: Enable 'xl console' in 'x86_64'
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:40:30 -0700
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On 29/04/2010 10:54, "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Hm, I think just installing xenconsole (and the other executables) in a
>> consistent (architecture-independent) place is a better long-term fix.
>> That said, hard-coding paths like this seems like it would be awkward
>> for anyone packaging this stuff (I think distros would prefer to put
>> this kind of thing in /usr/libexec?).
> 
> The build system knows where it is installing stuff. The answer here is to
> push the paths from the build system into a header file, then we will also
> work with non-standard install prefixes and the like. Kind of like what xend
> does with util/auxbin.py, but we don't need something as complex as that. I
> will pick up this work item myself, since it is very simple. ;-)

Now applied as xen-unstable:21237:a167ea374f26

 -- Keir



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