[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Fix: can not pass configure by default kmod build option

[Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 01:28:26PM +0800, Chengwei Yang wrote:
> The situation is: by default, we get a "auto" value for kmod compiling
> option, so if we found required kmod files, then we build it with kmod
> enabled, otherwise, just build without kmod and do not complain to user.
> 
> However, currently, if kmod version < 15 available in machine, and build
> with default option, say no explicitly with "--enable/disable-kmod",
> then the configure will fail with
> 
> ...
> checking for KMOD... no
> configure: error: *** kmod version >= 15 not found
> ...
This is on purpose.

commit c4955740969d7ba8ba43b024bca1a0a5b56eb8e8
Author: Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no>
Date:   Tue Jul 9 00:12:35 2013 +0200

    configure: fail if out-of-date kmod found and kmod not disabled
    
    Almost everyone wants kmod support, so don't fail silently if the libs are
    out-of-date.
    
    kmod can still be explicitly disabled and if it is not found at all, we still
    default to disabling it.

Zbyszek