id = 2492
title = "Unable to disable gvnc dependency during build"
state = "opened"
created_at = "2024-08-10T07:20:26.029Z"
closed_at = "n/a"
labels = ["Tests"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2492"
host-os = "n/a"
host-arch = "n/a"
qemu-version = "n/a"
guest-os = "n/a"
guest-arch = "n/a"
description = """The qtest tests will pick up a copy of gvnc if it happens to be installed and there does not appear
to be any way of disabling the dependency to ensure a reproducible build. We tripped over this in
bulk builds on OpenBSD."""
reproduce = """1. Install gvnc
2. Build QEMU"""
additional = """From tests/qtest/meson.build

```
if vnc.found()
  gvnc = dependency('gvnc-1.0', method: 'pkg-config', required: false)
  if gvnc.found()
    qtests += {'vnc-display-test': [gvnc]}
    qtests_generic += [ 'vnc-display-test' ]
  endif
endif
```"""