Tip: Old supermin, new libguestfs and v.v.

Problem:

You want to compile libguestfs ≥ 1.25.38, but your distro only has old supermin 4.

Solution:

Compile supermin from source. Note do not install it!

git clone https://github.com/libguestfs/supermin supermin5
cd supermin5
./autogen.sh
make

Create a file called localenv in the libguestfs build directory with the following content:

export SUPERMIN=/path/to/supermin5/src/supermin

and a file localconfigure containing:

source localenv
./configure "$@"

chmod +x localconfigure

Rebuild libguestfs as normal, except you use ./localconfigure instead of ./configure

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Problem:

You want to compile libguestfs ≤ 1.24, but you’ve installed new supermin 5.

Solution:

Compile supermin 4 from source. Note do not install it!

git clone -b supermin-4.x \
    https://github.com/libguestfs/supermin supermin4
cd supermin4
./autogen.sh
make

Create a file called localenv in the libguestfs build directory with the following content:

export SUPERMIN=/path/to/supermin4/src/supermin
export SUPERMIN_HELPER=/path/to/supermin4/helper/supermin-helper

and a file localconfigure containing:

source localenv
./configure "$@"

chmod +x localconfigure

Rebuild libguestfs as normal, except you use ./localconfigure instead of ./configure