Re: Bug#608253: [Pkg-xen-devel] Release notes addition for Xen support in Debian

[Justin B Rye <jbr@edlug.org.uk>]

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