[Qemu-discuss] Undefined reference to `minor', qga/commands-posix.c: error when building qemu

[Kevin Wilson]

HI all,
I am trying to build qemu-2.3.0 on Fedora 29 machine (X86_64) with gcc-8.2.1-5.
I need this version for an existing legacy setup.
I am getting the following error:

...
./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu
....
make
.....
...
  CC    stubs/qmp_pc_dimm_device_list.o
  AR    libqemustub.a
  LINK  qemu-ga
/usr/bin/ld: qga/commands-posix.o: in function `dev_major_minor':
/work/src/qemu-2.3.0/qga/commands-posix.c:633: undefined reference to `major'
/usr/bin/ld: /work/src/qemu-2.3.0/qga/commands-posix.c:634: undefined
reference to `minor'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:288: qemu-ga] Error 1
address@hidden qemu-2.3.0]# [

BTW, I got the same error when trying with QEMU 2.4.0.

Any suggestions/workarounds/ideas?

Regards,
Kevin Wilson