Re: osinfo-query os missing debian Bullseye

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 12/20/2021 12:44 AM, David wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 04:36, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> > john doe wrote:
>
> > > As far as I can tell, the command 'osinfo-query os' does not
> > > support/list 'debian11'.
>
> > > I need to fire up a Bullseye VM what is the best way forward?
>
> > What does osinfo-query have to do with installing a VM?
>
> I expect it will be something like seen here:
>    https://wiki.debian.org/KVM?highlight=%28os-variant%29
>
> 'virt-install' takes an '--os-variant' argument. The known
> values of that argument are queried by an 'osinfo-query'
> command.
>
> $ osinfo-query os | awk -e '/debian/ {print $1}'
> debian1.1
> debian1.2
> debian1.3
> debian10
> debian2.0
> debian2.1
> debian2.2
> debian3
> debian3.1
> debian4
> debian5
> debian6
> debian7
> debian8
> debian9
> debiantesting
>
> $ cat /etc/debian_version
> 11.2
>
> $ dpkg -S osinfo-query
> libosinfo-bin: /usr/bin/osinfo-query
> libosinfo-bin: /usr/share/man/man1/osinfo-query.1.gz
>
> $ apt list --installed libosinfo-bin
> Listing... Done
> libosinfo-bin/stable,now 1.8.0-1 amd64 [installed]
>
> I just use '--os-variant debiantesting' until someone
> gives better advice.

According to (1), the better advice would be to use 'debian10'!!! :)

In short, the issue has been fixed upstream and will make it's way in
the Debian package in the next little while.

1)
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2021-December/msg00057.html

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John Doe