[Libvir] Preliminary packages for libvirt on Debian

These are preliminary packages for libvirt 0.3.3 on Debian. The libvirt package is derived from the one in Ubuntu, originally packaged by Andrew Mitchell. Xen --- Unfortunately a patch is needed to the base Xen package in Debian, so that it includes the header files needed by libvirt. Doubly unfortunately because of the strange way that Xen is packaged in Debian it isn't possible to modify the changelog (therefore the version or release number) without some voodoo which I don't understand[1]. So the version here has the same version/release as the one currently in Debian testing. As a result you'll have to manually install it using dpkg. Binary for i386: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/xen-docs-3.1_3.1.1-1_all.deb http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/xen-hypervisor-3.1-1-i386_3.1.1-... http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/xen-hypervisor-3.1-1-i386-nonpae... http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/xen-utils-3.1-1_3.1.1-1_i386.deb Patch required to get the right header files: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/debian-xen-includes.patch libvirt ------- Source: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt_0.3.3-1.diff.gz http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt_0.3.3-1.dsc http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt_0.3.3-1_i386.changes http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt_0.3.3.orig.tar.gz Binary for i386: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt0_0.3.3-1_i386.deb http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt-bin_0.3.3-1_i386.deb http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/libvirt-dev_0.3.3-1_i386.deb http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/debian-libvirt/python-libvirt_0.3.3-1_i386.deb virt-install & virt-manager --------------------------- I'm working on these, although I managed to "brick" my Debian install because of some stupidity in pycentral ... Rich. [1] See this thread for the full details: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-xen-devel/2007-November/001506.... -- Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903

Hello Richard, On Nov 13, 2007 8:04 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:
These are preliminary packages for libvirt 0.3.3 on Debian. The libvirt package is derived from the one in Ubuntu, originally packaged by Andrew Mitchell.
Very nice! The libvirt is in debian sid/unstable repository, but it is without xen support yet. I'm helping Guido with libvirt debian package and we are working to correct it. It's necessary to include your patch at #402249 to continue working in package. I've tested your patch and it is working fine.
Unfortunately a patch is needed to the base Xen package in Debian, so that it includes the header files needed by libvirt. Doubly unfortunately because of the strange way that Xen is packaged in Debian it isn't possible to modify the changelog (therefore the version or release number) without some voodoo which I don't understand[1]. So the
You can install devscripts package and use the /usr/bin/dch to do it. Regards, -- Marco Sinhoreli
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