pe, 2009-07-24 kello 10:44 -0500, Manoj Srivastava kirjoitti: > On Fri, Jul 24 2009, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > > * Failed tests may _optionally_ also write dumps of the virtual > > environment (chroot, eventually maybe kvm images) so things may > > be debugged. > > This is somewhat off topic, but is there a way to run piuparts > in a kvm instance? I already run my builds in a minimal virtual > machine, so it is OK for piuparts to install/remove/purge the package > in question. It would be nice to be able to tell piuparts not to bother > creating it's own chroot, but to assume it is running already in the > minimal test env.
piuparts runs outside the virtual environment, so re-using an existing kvm instance is not really an option. However, KVM support does need to happen some day. > > How does this sound? It is important that those who might use piuparts > > be able to understand the output. > > It would be nice, if, like lintian, one could pass in a -v > switch to get multi-line explanations/details to aid in understanding > the output. The added bits may be static. Sure, that's a good idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
