305N/A# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
305N/AAC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
305N/AAM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror -Wno-portability])
305N/A# Detect the distribution. This is used for the default configuration and
305N/A# for some distro-specific build options.
305N/AAC_MSG_CHECKING([host distribution])
305N/AAC_ARG_WITH(distro, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-distro=DISTRO], [Specify the Linux distribution to target: One of redhat, oracle, fedora, suse, gentoo, debian, arch, slackware, paldo, mandriva or pardus.]))
305N/Aif test "z$with_distro" = "z"; then
305N/A with_distro=`lsb_release -is`
305N/Aif test "z$with_distro" = "z"; then
305N/Awith_distro=`echo ${with_distro} | tr '[[:upper:]]' '[[:lower:]]'`
305N/Aif test "z$with_distro" = "z"; then
305N/A redhat|fedora|oracle|oracleserver)
305N/AAC_MSG_RESULT([$with_distro])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DEBIAN], [test x"$with_distro" = "xdebian" -o x"$with_distro" = "xubuntu"])
305N/A [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-rpath], [do not set rpath in executables])],
305N/A [], [enable_rpath=yes])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_RPATH], [test "x$enable_rpath" = "xyes"])
305N/A# Documentation (manpages)
305N/A [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-doc], [make mans (require docbook2x-man installed) [default=auto]])],
305N/Aif test "x$enable_doc" = "xyes" -o "x$enable_doc" = "xauto"; then
305N/A AC_MSG_CHECKING(for docbook2x-man)
305N/A for name in docbook2x-man db2x_docbook2man; do
305N/A if test -n "${db2xman}"; then
305N/A AC_MSG_RESULT([${db2xman}])
305N/A if test "x$enable_doc" = "xyes"; then
305N/A AC_MSG_ERROR([docbook2x-man required by man request, but not found])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_DOCBOOK], [test "x$db2xman" != "x"])
305N/AAC_ARG_ENABLE([apparmor],
305N/A [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-apparmor], [enable apparmor])],
305N/A [], [enable_apparmor=check])
305N/Aif test "$enable_apparmor" = "check" ; then
305N/A AC_CHECK_LIB([apparmor],[aa_change_profile],[enable_apparmor=yes], [enable_apparmor=no])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_APPARMOR], [test "x$enable_apparmor" = "xyes"])
305N/AAM_COND_IF([ENABLE_APPARMOR],
371N/A [AC_CHECK_HEADER([
sys/apparmor.h],[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install the AppArmor development package in order to compile lxc])])
371N/A AC_CHECK_LIB([apparmor], [aa_change_profile],[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install the AppArmor development package in order to compile lxc])])
371N/A AC_SUBST([APPARMOR_LIBS], [-lapparmor])])
371N/A# Seccomp syscall filter
371N/AAC_ARG_ENABLE([seccomp],
371N/A [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-seccomp], [enable seccomp])],
371N/A [], [enable_seccomp=check])
371N/Aif test "$enable_seccomp" = "check" ; then
305N/A AC_CHECK_LIB([seccomp],[seccomp_init],[enable_seccomp=yes],[enable_seccomp=no])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_SECCOMP], [test "x$enable_seccomp" = "xyes"])
371N/AAM_COND_IF([ENABLE_SECCOMP],
371N/A [AC_CHECK_HEADER([
seccomp.h],[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install the seccomp development package in order to compile lxc])])
371N/A AC_CHECK_LIB([seccomp], [seccomp_init],[],[AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install the seccomp development package in order to compile lxc])])
371N/A AC_SUBST([SECCOMP_LIBS], [-lseccomp])])
371N/A# HAVE_SCMP_FILTER_CTX=1 will tell us we have libseccomp api >= 1.0.0
371N/A# Configuration examples
371N/AAC_ARG_ENABLE([examples],
371N/A [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-examples], [do not install configuration examples])],
371N/A [], [enable_examples=yes])
371N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_EXAMPLES], [test "x$enable_examples" = "xyes"])
305N/A# Python3 module and scripts
305N/A [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-python], [enable python binding])],
305N/A [enable_python=yes], [enable_python=no])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_PYTHON], [test "x$enable_python" = "xyes"])
305N/AAM_COND_IF([ENABLE_PYTHON],
305N/A [AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.2], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install python3])])
305N/A AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([ENABLE_PYTHON], 1, [Python3 is available])])
305N/A# Optional test binaries
305N/A [enable_tests=yes], [enable_tests=no])
305N/AAM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_TESTS], [test "x$enable_tests" = "xyes"])
305N/A# LXC container path, where the containers are actually stored
305N/AAC_ARG_WITH([config-path],
305N/A [--with-config-path=dir],
305N/A [lxc configuration repository path]
305N/A# Rootfs path, where the container mount structure is assembled
305N/AAC_ARG_WITH([rootfs-path],
305N/A [--with-rootfs-path=dir],
305N/A [lxc rootfs mount point]
# Expand some useful variables
AS_AC_EXPAND(PREFIX, "$prefix")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBDIR, "$libdir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(BINDIR, "$bindir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LIBEXECDIR, "$libexecdir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(INCLUDEDIR, "$includedir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(SYSCONFDIR, "$sysconfdir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(DATADIR, "$datadir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LOCALSTATEDIR, "$localstatedir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(DOCDIR, "$docdir")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_CONFFILE, "$conffile")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_GENERATE_DATE, "$(date)")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCPATH, "$with_config_path")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCROOTFSMOUNT, "$with_rootfs_path")
AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCINITDIR, "$libexecdir")
# Check for some standard kernel headers
AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install the Linux kernel headers.]),
# Allow disabling libcap support
AC_ARG_ENABLE([capabilities],
[AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-capabilities], [disable kernel capabilities])],
[], [enable_capabilities=yes])
# Check for libcap support
if test "x$enable_capabilities" = "xyes"; then
AC_CHECK_LIB(cap,cap_set_proc,caplib=yes,caplib=no)
AC_MSG_CHECKING([linux capabilities])
if test "x$caplib" = "xyes" ; then
AC_MSG_RESULT([$CAP_LIBS])
AC_MSG_ERROR([You are missing libcap support. If you really want to build without kernel capabilities, use --disable-capabilities])
# Check for alternate C libraries
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for bionic libc)
AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
if test "x$is_bionic" = "xyes"; then
AC_DEFINE([IS_BIONIC], 1, [bionic libc])
AM_CONDITIONAL([IS_BIONIC], [test "x$is_bionic" = "xyes"])
# Some systems lack PR_CAPBSET_DROP definition => HAVE_DECL_PR_CAPBSET_DROP
AC_CHECK_DECLS([PR_CAPBSET_DROP], [], [], [#include <
sys/prctl.h>])
# Check for some syscalls functions
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([setns pivot_root sethostname unshare])
# Check for some functions
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([openpty])
AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getline],
AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GETLINE, true)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETLINE,1,[Have getline]),
AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GETLINE, false))
AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_FGETLN, true)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FGETLN,1,[Have fgetln]),
AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_FGETLN, false))
# Check for some standard binaries
if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wall -Werror"
# Files requiring some variable expansion
AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([default],[[]],[[]])
# Detect missing setcap binary
if test "x$SETCAP" = "xno"; then
The setcap binary was not found. This means the tools to set the
privilege for the lxc commands are not available, that's ok, but you
will need to run these commands as root or install libcap-2.
If you wish to have a non root user to use the lxc tools,
you can add the needed capabilities to the tools by invoking
the 'lxc-setcap' script. To remove the capabilities, use