On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:25:43 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 21:20:15 +0200 Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues > wrote: > > [...] > > Quoting Francesco Poli (2023-06-26 20:20:47) > > > If I may share my thoughts (daydreams?!?) about this issue, I was hoping > > > to > > > see a (relatively) simple command able to create a QEMU/KVM image for > > > autopkgtest without requiring superuser privileges. An image that could be > > > easily upgraded after creation (without the need to re-create it from > > > scratch). Bonus, if the image can then be used also for interactive > > > testing > > > of packages and for package building. > > > > > > Basically, I was hoping to see [sbuild-qemu-create] drop the requirement > > > of superuser privileges (thus dropping the behind-the-scenes use of > > > vmdb2 and switching to some other backend)... > > > > > > [sbuild-qemu-create]: <https://anarc.at/blog/2022-04-27-sbuild-qemu/> > > > > > > I am not sure I clearly understand whether this may happen or whether > > > this is actually going to happen soon... > > > > this is not a daydream and I think we have nearly all building blocks in > > place > > to make all of this happen very soon! > [...] > > Of course once either MR !236 or !237 get merged > [...] > > So I don't think it's a daydream. > [...] > > So stay tuned! :D > > > Hello! :-) > > I stayed tuned and I saw that mmdebstrap/1.4.0-1 ships a > mmdebstrap-autopkgtest-build-qemu that does not require superuser > privileges (according to its man page). > > Do I understand correctly that this new script is one of the building > blocks that can make the above-summarized "daydream" come true? > > Could you please give me a status update on the "daydream"? > > Looking forward to hearing back from you. > Thanks for all the good stuff!
Hello again, a gentle ping about the above-quoted daydream. Has anyone received my message? Could someone please reply? Thanks a lot for your time and patience. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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