Also : No source RPM found for 2:qemu-2.5.0-8.fc23.x86_64 How is this possible that even with fedora-virt-preview-source i cannot get qemu srpm with yumdownloader?
2016-03-05 7:53 GMT+01:00 thibaut noah <thibaut.n...@gmail.com>: > > 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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