On Mon, 2015-10-19 at 09:44 -0500, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 10/19/15 9:17 AM, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> > qemu-native can use SDL backend for graphical output. Currently it is
> > expected to use libsdl provided by the host. However this can lead to
> > library incompatibilities between host and target. Make libsdl recipe
> > support native compilation.
> 
> I don't object to the patch.. but we did have multiple problems in the past
> where libsdl (native) did not work with the host systems X11 or what-ever.
> 
> Various failure conditions about not linking, linking to the wrong libsdl, or
> execution failing are what made us prefer the host system's libsdl -- or 
> simply
> disabling libsdl altogether.

This is my big worry too. I remember a lot of problems trying to build a
libsdl that worked on all of the different linux distros someone might
run on. Previously we found that assuming a working libsdl or disabling
it was much easier.

How wide has the testing if this patch series been?

Cheers,

Richard

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