// tried using the qemu-8.0.4 source from Debian
https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20230812T090501Z/pool/main/q/qemu/qemu_8.0.4%2Bdfsg.orig.tar.xz


// got the exact same error I get with the source from qemu-xen-staging (8.0.4)
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib/xen/libexec \
    --firmwarepath=/usr/lib/xen/share/qemu-firmware \
    --disable-kvm \
    --disable-docs \
    --disable-guest-agent \
    --enable-linux-io-uring --enable-modules --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-docs --enable-kvm --enable-tcg --enable-linux-aio --audio-drv-list=alsa,oss --enab>
    --cpu=x86_64 \
     \
    $virtfs; \
/usr/bin/make all

ERROR: --python requires using QEMU's embedded Meson distribution, but it was not found.

make[1]: Entering directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/xen-4.18~rc0/tools/qemu-xen-build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'all'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/xen-4.18~rc0/tools/qemu-xen-build'
make: *** [Makefile:215: subdir-all-qemu-xen-dir] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/xen-4.18~rc0/tools'
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.OImnwI (%build)


RPM build errors:
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.OImnwI (%build)