On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:20:17AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > Well, it depends. You might be stuck with an old distro because > > some software you want to run depends on it, but also want to run > > newer versions of some programs like QEMU. If you're in that > > boat you can probably live with having to also compile a newer > > version of glib to go with your newer QEMU, though. > > Core libraries like glib might not be that easy, I've seen updating glib > breaking apps in the past.
You would likely just have to build it all into /opt/qemu so it is isolated from whatever the distro included. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
