Re: OpenVZ - deb-packages
Hi,
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Dmitry E. Oboukhov wrote:
> I need OpenVZ 2.6.27 with ppp-features available. I was on the
> point of building the package, but I am not very good in building
> of kernels and the current openvz is built somehow strange:
> apt-get source linux-image-2.6.26-2-openvz-686 gets an src-package
> with no mentions of openvz in debian/control in it.
Kernel packages are special:
http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage
> 1. Have I understood correctly that openvz doesn't have its own Source
> in Debian now and it is simply added/removed from linux-source as the
> need arises? How should I act and with whom should I communicate if I
> want to add something to the package?
The main source is the linux-2.6 source package. You should talk to its
maintainers (people reachable on debian-kernel@lists.debian.org).
> 2. May be somebody has already built openvz 2.6.27 (with ppp-features).
> Could You share the link on repository?
I have built a 2.6.26 openvz kernel with the ppp support (a single
supplementary patch):
The patch on the source package:
https://svn.ac-grenoble.fr/svn/slis/slis/sources/trunk/backports/patches/linux-2.6_2.6.26-15~slis41+1.patch
The source package:
http://ftp.slis.fr/slis/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.26-15~slis41+1.dsc
The binary package:
http://ftp.slis.fr/slis/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.26-slis.1-openvz-686_2.6.26-15~slis41+1_i386.deb
I would like this patch to be added in a point release update given it's
only a supplementary feature in the -openvz kernel and should not disturb
anything else. But it's not in line with the traditional stable update
policy so I did not bother to propose it up to now.
Dann, what's your stance on this ?
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog
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