2016-03-05 6:44 GMT+01:00 stan <stanl-fedorau...@vfemail.net>: > So it shouldn't be a problem to use the fedora packages directly. And > they would have the patches already. >
Nope, the patches are not currently upstream and we don't have any release date. > > > I wonder if the qemu at virt-preview is a master package, that only > installs other packages. I'm not a packager, but I think there are > packages that are sort of like virtual functions. > > what exactly is a master package? i googled it and didn't find any explanation > > So, because you already have 2.5.0, you don't actually need to update > in order to patch? > Yes that's exactly this. > > I think at this point you've exhausted me as a resource, and need > someone more knowledgeable. Because, what I would do would be to > download the fedora packages to the local machine (they're at 2.5.0-8), > and install them using the dnf -C upgrade command. That way, you get > the patches without any need to mess around with source packages. It > might mess up the virt-preview repo if you need it in future. But if > your system is running without the qemu package from virt-preview, you > don't need it, and can get back in sync with fedora. As a precaution, > you could get the binary packages for the qemu stuff you have installed > from virt-preview. And if you have to downgrade because the fedora > packages don't work, you could just do a dnf -C downgrade with those > packages. > > But it is possible I don't really understand your issue, and that might > be the wrong thing to do. > Finding someone with specific knowledge would be hard, i tried the vfio mailing list 4days ago but didn't get any answer and they're pretty much the only ones who will know this. Actually i could remove everything from virt-preview if i knew what's needed for libvirt to run, will probably end up doing this anyway but i hoped for more insight, was a bit worry to break my system.
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