Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1] configure: require glib-2.24

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

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
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