Hi, Am Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:09:28AM -0600 schrieb Khalid Aziz: > On 12/19/25 2:59 AM, Frank wrote: > > Source: kexec-tools > > Version: 1:2.0.29-2 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: d-i > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], > > [email protected] > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: amd64 > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: amd64 > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > The kexec binary in the kexec-tools-udeb udeb package > > depends on libxenctrl.so.4.20 which is not available in the > > Debian installer. The binary should be compiled > > without xen support for the udeb. > > > Do we need kexec-tools package for debian installer? I am not seeing the > installer > use kexec during installation. If installer does not use kexec, should we just > not build kexec-toools-udeb?
kexec is quite handy when installing servers during short maintenance windows. I'm using it in a late script to directly start the target system. Adding a simple command (I have a early script download a pre-compiled kexec) saves me up to 5 minutes per installation by skipping POST. Cheers, Frank
