Hi Daniel, Dameon, On 1/22/19 8:26 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 20/01/2019 19:01, Hans van Kranenburg wrote: >> reassign 783346 src:xen 4.1.4-3+deb7u4 >> severity 783346 normal >> thanks >> >> Hi Daniel, >> >> This is about the bug report that you filed before about pygrub in the >> Debian bug tracker against the Xen packages. >> >> Your bug report was targeted at a Xen package in a Debian distribution >> older than the current stable (Stretch), and I'm trying to clean up our >> open bug report list a bit. >> >> In the bug history, I see that already was suggested to use the grub2 >> based way of booting the virtual machines instead of pygrub. This is >> still recommended. >> >> Addtionally, the grub-xen-* packages in Debian Buster will now also be >> able to boot a Xen domU using the new PVH virtualization mode, if you >> use the Debian Linux 4.19 kernel package inside. >> >> Am I right to understand that we can close this bug report now? >> > > If you are still distributing the script with the bug, then I would > recommend: > > a) check if the patch is now included upstream, if yes, close the bug, or
Yes, this is in since 4.5 upstream: https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commit;h=d1b93ea2615bd789ee28901f1f1c05ffb319cb61 It's also in 4.4.2, but Jessie packages are stuck at 4.4.1. > b) include the patch in the Debian package, or > > c) stop installing the pygrub script in the package so that users have > to use pygrub2 or something else. In general it's really recommended to stop using pygrub and use the grub2 based alternatives. > However, I migrated from Xen to KVM so I'm not using the package > personally any more. Ok, closing now. Thanks for your response. Hans
