Hi, Quoting Benjamin Drung (2026-06-05 21:48:57) > Package: mmdebstrap > Version: 1.5.7-3 > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Dear Maintainer, > > It would be nice if mmdebstrap-autopkgtest-build-qemu could create qcow2 > images in addition to raw images, e.g. by calling > > qemu-img convert "$raw_image" -O qcow2 "$IMAGE"
mmdebstrap-autopkgtest-virt-qemu got added because back then, debvm was not yet able to create images which are directly bootable by qemu as is required for the qemu backend of autopkgtest. Some history about that is here: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/-/work_items/11 https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/-/work_items/16 But since last year, debvm now also ships the debefivm utilities which are able to create images bootable by qemu without debefivm-run. For details, consult the man page of debefivm-create, in the EXAMPLES section: https://manpages.debian.org/debefivm-create To reduce duplicated code, I'd like to either: * change mmdebstrap-autopkgtest-build-qemu such that it becomes a wrapper for debefivm-create (adding debvm to Suggests) or * remove mmdebstrap-autopkgtest-build-qemu because it's doing something which debefivm-create is able to do but worse I'm wondering whether people still use/need mmdebstrap-autopkgtest-virt-qemu or whether they could switch to debefivm-create for their use-case. Thanks! cheers, josch
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