Hi Lars, On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:37:49AM +0100, Luca Capello wrote: > Package: libvirt-bin > Version: 0.9.12-6~bpo60+1 > Severity: normal > Usertags: pca.it-virtualization > > Hi there! > > During today's upgrade I was surprised to read about the new qemu-kvm > required by libvirt-bin and discovering that I was still using the old > one:
Do you remember what exactly broke with old QEMU from Squeeze? Cheers, -- Guido > ===== > $ zcat /usr/share/doc/libvirt-bin/changelog.Debian.gz | head -n 6 > libvirt (0.9.12-6~bpo60+1) squeeze-backports; urgency=low > > * Rebuild for squeeze-backports. > * [141e575] Depend on newer qemu-kvm > available via backports too since the one in Squeeze has some interop > issues. > $ dpkg-query -W libvirt-bin > libvirt-bin 0.9.12-6~bpo60+1 > $ dpkg-query -s libvirt-bin | grep qemu-kvm > Recommends: netcat-openbsd, bridge-utils, dnsmasq-base (>= 2.46-1), \ > iptables (>= 1.4.10), qemu-kvm (>= 1.1.2) | qemu (>= 0.9.1), \ > libxml2-utils, gawk, ebtables, dmidecode, iproute, parted > Enhances: qemu, qemu-kvm, xen > $ dpkg-query -W qemu-kvm > qemu-kvm 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze10 > $ apt-cache policy qemu-kvm > qemu-kvm: > Installed: 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze10 > Candidate: 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze10 > Version table: > 1.1.2+dfsg-5~bpo60+1 0 > 100 http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/ > squeeze-backports/main amd64 Packages > *** 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze10 0 > 500 http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze9 0 > 500 http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages > $ > ===== > > There is no notice of any possible problems in the libvirt logs and > indeed libvirt-bin seems to work fine with the old qemu-kvm. Which > means that, if you do not have apt-listchanges installed and you do not > read the changelog.Debian before upgrading, you end up not noticing such > new requirement. FYI, after having installed the new qemu-kvm > libvirt-bin still works fine ;-) > > Given that I do not think there is a way to have the Recommends: > satisfied, I would announce such requirement more prominently, e.g. in > NEWS.Debian. > > Thx, bye, > Gismo / Luca > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 6.0.6 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin depends on: > ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups > ii gettext-base 0.18.1.1-3 GNU Internationalization > utilities > ii libavahi-client3 0.6.27-2+squeeze1 Avahi client library > ii libavahi-common3 0.6.27-2+squeeze1 Avahi common library > ii libblkid1 2.17.2-9 block device id library > ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared > lib > ii libcap-ng0 0.6.4-1 An alternate posix capabilities > li > ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-4+squeeze1 simple interprocess messaging > syst > ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper > use > ii libgcrypt11 1.4.5-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime > libr > ii libgnutls26 2.8.6-1+squeeze2 the GNU TLS library - runtime > libr > ii libnl1 1.1-6 library for dealing with netlink > s > ii libnuma1 2.0.5-1 Libraries for controlling NUMA > pol > ii libparted0debian1 2.3-5 The GNU Parted disk partitioning > s > ii libpcap0.8 1.1.1-2+squeeze1 system interface for user-level > pa > ii libpciaccess0 0.12.0-1 Generic PCI access library for X > ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history > libraries > ii libsasl2-2 2.1.23.dfsg1-7 Cyrus SASL - authentication > abstra > ii libudev0 164-3 libudev shared library > ii libuuid1 2.17.2-9 Universally Unique ID library > ii libvirt0 0.9.12-6~bpo60+1 library for interfacing with > diffe > ii libxenstore3.0 4.0.1-5.5 Xenstore communications library > fo > ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze6 GNOME XML library > ii libyajl1 1.0.8-1 Yet Another JSON Library > ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin recommends: > ii bridge-utils 1.4-5 Utilities for configuring the > Linu > ii dmidecode 2.9-1.2 Dump Desktop Management > Interface > ii dnsmasq-base 2.55-2 A small caching DNS proxy and > DHCP > ii ebtables 2.0.9.2-2 Ethernet bridge frame table > admini > pn gawk <none> (no description available) > ii iproute 20100519-3 networking and traffic control > too > ii iptables 1.4.8-3 administration tools for packet > fi > pn libxml2-utils <none> (no description available) > ii netcat-openbsd 1.89-4 TCP/IP swiss army knife > pn parted <none> (no description available) > ii qemu-kvm 0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze10 Full virtualization on x86 > hardwar > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin suggests: > pn policykit-1 <none> (no description available) > pn radvd <none> (no description available) > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml changed [not included] > > -- no debconf information > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.0 > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.7-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin depends on: > ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 > ii gettext-base 0.18.1.1-10 > ii libavahi-client3 0.6.31-1 > ii libavahi-common3 0.6.31-1 > ii libblkid1 2.20.1-5.3 > ii libc6 2.13-38 > ii libcap-ng0 0.7.3-1 > ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1 > ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.74-6 > ii libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3 > ii libgnutls26 2.12.20-4 > ii libnetcf1 1:0.2.0-5 > ii libnl1 1.1-7 > ii libnuma1 2.0.8-1 > ii libparted0debian1 2.3-12 > ii libpcap0.8 1.3.0-1 > ii libpciaccess0 0.13.1-2 > ii libreadline6 6.2+dfsg-0.1 > ii libsasl2-2 2.1.25.dfsg1-6 > ii libudev0 175-7.1 > ii libvirt0 0.9.12-6 > ii libxenstore3.0 4.1.4-2 > ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-7 > ii libyajl2 2.0.4-2 > ii logrotate 3.8.3-3 > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin recommends: > ii bridge-utils 1.5-6 > ii dmidecode 2.11+20120326-2 > ii dnsmasq-base 2.65-1 > ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-1 > ii gawk 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2 > ii iproute 20120521-3 > ii iptables 1.4.16.3-4 > pn libxml2-utils <none> > ii netcat-openbsd 1.105-7 > ii parted 2.3-12 > ii qemu 1.1.2+dfsg-5 > ii qemu-kvm 1.1.2+dfsg-5 > > Versions of packages libvirt-bin suggests: > ii policykit-1 0.105-3 > pn radvd <none> > > -- no debconf information > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-libvirt-maintainers mailing list > pkg-libvirt-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-libvirt-maintainers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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