I didn’t mention it but im building qemu out of the source tree(running the configure in a different directory). I tried to find the missing dependency but no luck. The build error keeps happening Here is the end of the log(please note that I don’t see here "CC trace/generated-events.o"):. lt CC trace/generated-events.lo GEN qemu-doc.html GEN qemu.1 GEN qemu-img.1 CC qapi-types.o CC qapi-visit.o CC qga/commands.o CPP optionrom/multiboot.asm CPP optionrom/linuxboot.asm CC qga/guest-agent-command-state.o CC qga/main.o CC qga/commands-posix.o CPP optionrom/kvmvapic.asm AS optionrom/multiboot.o AS optionrom/linuxboot.o CC qga/channel-posix.o CC qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.o AS optionrom/kvmvapic.o Building optionrom/multiboot.img Building optionrom/linuxboot.img Building optionrom/multiboot.raw Building optionrom/linuxboot.raw Building optionrom/kvmvapic.img CC qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.o Signing optionrom/multiboot.bin Signing optionrom/linuxboot.bin CC qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-marshal.o CC qemu-img.o CC qmp-marshal.o LINK qemu-bridge-helper install -c -m 0644 /home/talz/workspace/tools/qemu/qemu/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf "/home/talz/workspace/ /tools/qemu/install/linux_x86_64/etc/qemu" Building optionrom/kvmvapic.raw Signing optionrom/kvmvapic.bin lt CC trace/generated-tracers.lo lt LINK libcacard.la AR libqemustub.a CC trace/generated-tracers.o ar: .libs/libcacard.a: Error reading trace/generated-events.o: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [libcacard.la] Error 1 -----Original Message----- From: