[meta-virtualization][PATCH] libvirt: disable netcf backend by default

Markus Volk <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:15:52 +0100
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.meta-virtualization
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I see a failure in netcf:
| ./bootstrap: .gnulib/gnulib-tool  --import --no-changelog --aux-dir build-aux --doc-base doc --lib libgnu --m4-base gnulib/m4/ --source-base gnulib/lib/ --tests-base gnulib/tests --local-dir gl  --lgpl=2 --with-tests --makefile-name=gnulib.mk --libtool --import ...
| python3: can't open file '/home/flk/bitbake-builds/poky/build/tmp/work/corei7-64-oe-linux/netcf/0.2.8+git/sources/netcf-0.2.8+git/.gnulib/.gnulib-tool.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
| ./bootstrap: gnulib-tool failed

Since the code hasn't been updated in over seven years, and after reading this discussion, perhaps the best solution would be to disable netcf support by default?

https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/755CCFUFUW6OTN7CAHB77H7YXQNE5WGG/

Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <[email protected]>
---
 recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
index 63f882ee..db600b92 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libvirt/libvirt_git.bb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN}-libvirtd = " \
 
 # full config
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "gnutls qemu openvz vmware vbox esx lxc test remote \
-                   libvirtd netcf udev python fuse firewalld libpcap \
+                   libvirtd udev python fuse firewalld libpcap \
                    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'selinux', 'selinux audit libcap-ng', '', d)} \
                    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', 'libxl', '', d)} \
                    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'polkit', 'polkit', '', d)} \
-- 
2.53.0