Re: Xen - Source?
On 06/09/2009 02:59 PM, David Claughton wrote:
> Michael Shuler wrote:
>> On 06/09/2009 11:49 AM, Andreas wrote:
>>> Installing it (make), it downloads the binary of the hypervisor!
>>> "Cloning http://xenbits.xensource.com/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg " # (downloading)
>> This is an incorrect understanding of that download step - it is a
>> *source* download from the upstream mercurial repository:
>
> Are you saying the source package does not actually contain the source
> code, but is just a framework for downloading the actual source?
>
> If so, this seems unusual to me. AIUI it's normal practice for a source
> package to contain a local copy of the source tree because Debian cannot
> make the assumption that xenbits.xensource.com will always be there.
You're right. Ben pointed to the xen patch directory in the linux-2.6
source package in his reply - the package build should not fetch the
repo. I just spoke up (probably incorrectly, without asking for more
info) to help with what I thought he was seeing.
Kind Regards,
Michael
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