CentOS virt - Jan 2015 - Xen4CentOS python-virtinst version issue, blktap2 problem

Hello,

It seems currently when you "yum update" CentOS 6.6 Xen host you end
up getting python-virtinst from c6 base repo:
python-virtinst-0.600.0-24.el6.noarch

and not from Xen4CentOS repo, because the version there is "older":
0.600.0-19.

.. which means the centos/xen-specific patch in python-virtinst is
"lost". (default to tap2 instead of tap1, to make blktap2 work
out-of-the-box with virt-install and virt-manager when using file based images
as disks for VMs).

So.. who can build a new version of python-virtinst, with the blktap2 patch
applied?


-- Pasi

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Pasi K?rkk?inen <pasik at iki.fi>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It seems currently when you "yum update" CentOS 6.6 Xen host you
end up getting python-virtinst from c6 base repo:
> python-virtinst-0.600.0-24.el6.noarch
>
> and not from Xen4CentOS repo, because the version there is
"older": 0.600.0-19.
>
> .. which means the centos/xen-specific patch in python-virtinst is
"lost". (default to tap2 instead of tap1, to make blktap2 work
out-of-the-box with virt-install and virt-manager when using file based images
as disks for VMs).
>
> So.. who can build a new version of python-virtinst, with the blktap2 patch
applied?
Looks like Johnny's built an updated version and placed it here:

http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen4-test/

Maybe we can leave it there for a day or so for people to test it, and
push it to the main xen4 repo at EOD tomorrow?

 -George

On 01/06/2015 08:38 AM, Philippe-A. Lemelin wrote:
> 
> 
> On 15-01-06 09:21 AM, George Dunlap wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Pasi K?rkk?inen <pasik at
iki.fi> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> It seems currently when you "yum update" CentOS 6.6 Xen
host you end
>>> up getting python-virtinst from c6 base repo:
>>> python-virtinst-0.600.0-24.el6.noarch
>>>
>>> and not from Xen4CentOS repo, because the version there is
"older":
>>> 0.600.0-19.
>>>
>>> .. which means the centos/xen-specific patch in python-virtinst is
>>> "lost". (default to tap2 instead of tap1, to make blktap2
work
>>> out-of-the-box with virt-install and virt-manager when using file
>>> based images as disks for VMs).
>>>
>>> So.. who can build a new version of python-virtinst, with the
blktap2
>>> patch applied?
>>
>> Looks like Johnny's built an updated version and placed it here:
>>
>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen4-test/
>>
>> Maybe we can leave it there for a day or so for people to test it, and
>> push it to the main xen4 repo at EOD tomorrow?
>>
>>   -George
>>
> 
> I just successfully completed the installation of a CentOS guest with
> this version of python-virtinst.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Philippe-A. Lemelin
> 

I am doing a newer:

1. kernel from kernel.org (3.10.63), also the e1000e kernel module for that.

2. libvirt rolling in the last patch in this tree:
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/v0.10.2-maint

3. newer xen-4.2.5 with all released XSAs > 108 (including 116 .. but
not 115 as it is not released)

and that python-virtinstall

I have already modified the the source code and I am building, I'll post
when they are reading for testing.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes

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On 01/06/2015 09:09 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 01/06/2015 08:38 AM, Philippe-A. Lemelin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 15-01-06 09:21 AM, George Dunlap wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Pasi K?rkk?inen <pasik at
iki.fi> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> It seems currently when you "yum update" CentOS 6.6
Xen host you end
>>>> up getting python-virtinst from c6 base repo:
>>>> python-virtinst-0.600.0-24.el6.noarch
>>>>
>>>> and not from Xen4CentOS repo, because the version there is
"older":
>>>> 0.600.0-19.
>>>>
>>>> .. which means the centos/xen-specific patch in python-virtinst
is
>>>> "lost". (default to tap2 instead of tap1, to make
blktap2 work
>>>> out-of-the-box with virt-install and virt-manager when using
file
>>>> based images as disks for VMs).
>>>>
>>>> So.. who can build a new version of python-virtinst, with the
blktap2
>>>> patch applied?
>>>
>>> Looks like Johnny's built an updated version and placed it
here:
>>>
>>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen4-test/
>>>
>>> Maybe we can leave it there for a day or so for people to test it,
and
>>> push it to the main xen4 repo at EOD tomorrow?
>>>
>>>   -George
>>>
>>
>> I just successfully completed the installation of a CentOS guest with
>> this version of python-virtinst.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Philippe-A. Lemelin
>>
> 
> 
> I am doing a newer:
> 
> 1. kernel from kernel.org (3.10.63), also the e1000e kernel module for
that.
> 
> 2. libvirt rolling in the last patch in this tree:
> http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/v0.10.2-maint
> 
> 3. newer xen-4.2.5 with all released XSAs > 108 (including 116 .. but
> not 115 as it is not released)
> 
> and that python-virtinstall
> 
> I have already modified the the source code and I am building, I'll
post
> when they are reading for testing.
> 
OK, the RPMS I am going to release are now in:

http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen4-test/

I am going to roll those into the main xen4 repo after some testing ..
provide any feedback to this thread.

With no negative feedback, this will likely go live tomorrow or Thursday
if it works for the people who test it.


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On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 09:38:53AM -0500, Philippe-A. Lemelin
wrote:
> 
> 
> On 15-01-06 09:21 AM, George Dunlap wrote:
> >On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Pasi K?rkk?inen <pasik at
iki.fi> wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>It seems currently when you "yum update" CentOS 6.6 Xen
host you end up getting python-virtinst from c6 base repo:
> >>python-virtinst-0.600.0-24.el6.noarch
> >>
> >>and not from Xen4CentOS repo, because the version there is
"older": 0.600.0-19.
> >>
> >>.. which means the centos/xen-specific patch in python-virtinst is
"lost". (default to tap2 instead of tap1, to make blktap2 work
out-of-the-box with virt-install and virt-manager when using file based images
as disks for VMs).
> >>
> >>So.. who can build a new version of python-virtinst, with the
blktap2 patch applied?
> >
> >Looks like Johnny's built an updated version and placed it here:
> >
> >http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/xen4-test/
> >
> >Maybe we can leave it there for a day or so for people to test it, and
> >push it to the main xen4 repo at EOD tomorrow?
> >
> >  -George
> >
> 
> I just successfully completed the installation of a CentOS guest
> with this version of python-virtinst.
> 
Yep, it works for me too!


-- Pasi

> Thank you,
> 
> Philippe-A. Lemelin