Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/4] configure: Avoid using libssh deprecated API

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>]

On 8/14/19 4:51 PM, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-08-14 at 16:15 +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> On 8/14/19 3:27 PM, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2019-08-14 at 14:15 +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>>> The libssh packaged by a distribution can predate version 0.8,
>>>> but still provides the newer API introduced after version 0.7.
>>>>
>>>> Using the deprecated API leads to build failure, as on Ubuntu 18.04:
>>>>
>>>>     CC      block/ssh.o
>>>>   block/ssh.c: In function 'check_host_key_hash':
>>>>   block/ssh.c:444:5: error: 'ssh_get_publickey' is deprecated [-Werror=deprecated-declarations]
>>>>        r = ssh_get_publickey(s->session, &pubkey);
>>>>        ^
>>>>   In file included from block/ssh.c:27:0:
>>>>   /usr/include/libssh/libssh.h:489:31: note: declared here
>>>>    SSH_DEPRECATED LIBSSH_API int ssh_get_publickey(ssh_session session, ssh_key *key);
>>>>                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>   rules.mak:69: recipe for target 'block/ssh.o' failed
>>>>   make: *** [block/ssh.o] Error 1
>>>>
>>>> Fix by using the newer API if available.
>>>>
>>>> Suggested-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  block/ssh.c | 2 +-
>>>>  configure   | 7 +++++++
>>>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> Did I really suggest this? I have no recollection of doing so, or
>>> even getting involved with libssh support in QEMU at all for that
>>> matter.
>>
>> I took this suggestion from
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-May/msg00597.html
> 
> I see :)
> 
> I feel like adding a Suggested-by because of something that was
> posted on an unrelated project's mailing list is stretching the
> definition of the tag a bit, so if you end up having to respin I
> think it would be reasonable to drop it, but honestly it's not a
> big deal either way: I was just curious.

Understood, sorry.