Pkg xen devel - Oct 2012 - Bug#691738: Bug#691738: xen-utils-4.0: xen-utils python

Hi Bastian,

 
> > These libraries should be separated from the main xen-utils packages
so that they can be installed on a xen domU without pulling in dom0 xen
functionality (i.e. the remainder of xen-utils and xen-utils-common).

 
> Why? You can install the xen-utils package without problems.
 

Absolutely true in dom0, see other bug (which I'm reproducing in a test
environment) for why this isn't true in domU.

 

Even when you can install xen-utils without problems you do end up pulling
in the entire xen environment, binaries, init scripts etc.  If you have no
intention of running xen dom0 this seems excessive and an unnecessary
dependency.

 

Cheers,

Stuart

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