Bug#608253: [Pkg-xen-devel] Release notes addition for Xen support in Debian
- To: debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org
- Cc: 608253@bugs.debian.org, Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>, Thomas Goirand <thomas@goirand.fr>, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi>, Debian Xen Team <pkg-xen-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>, debian-doc@lists.debian.org, GRUB Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#608253: [Pkg-xen-devel] Release notes addition for Xen support in Debian
- From: Justin B Rye <jbr@edlug.org.uk>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:00:21 +0000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20110129170021.GA29716@xibalba.demon.co.uk>
- Mail-followup-to: debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org, 608253@bugs.debian.org, Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>, Thomas Goirand <thomas@goirand.fr>, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi>, Debian Xen Team <pkg-xen-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>, debian-doc@lists.debian.org, GRUB Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
- Reply-to: Justin B Rye <jbr@edlug.org.uk>, 608253@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20110129154107.GP10244@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr>
- References: <4D1AE323.7050908@goirand.fr> <20101229085126.GB17231@ftbfs.de> <20101229114011.GA2198@xibalba.demon.co.uk> <4D1B6480.8090103@debian.org> <20101231104719.GX2754@reaktio.net> <1293797103.5576.6.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> <[🔎] 1294148311.3831.197.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> <[🔎] 20110125100129.GY30701@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr> <[🔎] 20110125153423.GA25353@xibalba.demon.co.uk> <[🔎] 20110129154107.GP10244@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr>
Julien Cristau wrote:
>> # Upgrades from Lenny will not automatically install Xen version 4.0. Instead
>> # you need to install Xen 4.0 and a corresponding dom0 kernel explicitly. See
>> # the wiki page for instructions on how to set up the Xen hypervisor and dom0
>> # kernel under Squeeze.
>
> Is this actually true? Don't the xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-*
> metapackages take care of this upgrade?
I Am Not A Xenologist, but see
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xen
There's no such package in Lenny; its equivalent was the old
xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-* metapackage (pulling in an old-style
hypervisor and a xenlinux kernel). That doesn't turn into a dummy
dependency package in Squeeze - it just disappears from the listings
and leaves users scratching their heads.
Mind you, how does this interact with the requirement in the generic
upgrade procedure for a kernel change to handle udev? Might that fix
it, if xen users are going to need a 2.6.32 xen kernel with extra
metapackaginess before they can upgrade the rest of the system?
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and PROBABLY NO CLUE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE
Reply to: