CentOS virt - May 2015 - Linux kernel 3.18.12 and libvirt 1.2.15 for Xen4CentOS in virt6-testing

Thanks to work from Johnny, linux 3.18.12 with all the x4c blktap
goodness have been built and are now in the virt6-testing repo.  I've
also uploaded libvirt 1.2.15.  As you may have seen earlier today,
virt6-testing also includes an updated 4.4.2 package with the latest
security update (XSA-133).

The kernel has had some basic testing (by myself, Johnny, and another
community member), but libvirt is at the moment untested, so caveat
emptor.

With such a large change, I want to leave both up for a few weeks
before pushing them into the main repo.  Please test them and report
any errors you find.

As a reminder, you can use the virt6-testing repo by putting the
following file into /etc/yum.repos.d:

[virt-testing]
name=VirtSIG-\$releasever - Xen Testing
baseurl=http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-testing/\$basearch/os/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0

For the adventurous, there are (as yet untested) kernel and xen
packages in virt7-xen-44-candidate as well.  I'll be pushing those to
testing once I've actually had a chance to do set up my testing
environment.

Peace,
 -George

Hi,

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 07:14:22PM +0100, George Dunlap
wrote:
> Thanks to work from Johnny, linux 3.18.12 with all the x4c blktap
> goodness have been built and are now in the virt6-testing repo.  I've
> also uploaded libvirt 1.2.15.  As you may have seen earlier today,
> virt6-testing also includes an updated 4.4.2 package with the latest
> security update (XSA-133).
> 
> The kernel has had some basic testing (by myself, Johnny, and another
> community member), but libvirt is at the moment untested, so caveat
> emptor.
> 
> With such a large change, I want to leave both up for a few weeks
> before pushing them into the main repo.  Please test them and report
> any errors you find.
> 
Great!
> As a reminder, you can use the virt6-testing repo by putting the
> following file into /etc/yum.repos.d:
> 
> [virt-testing]
> name=VirtSIG-\$releasever - Xen Testing
> baseurl=http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-testing/\$basearch/os/
> gpgcheck=0
> enabled=0
> 
> For the adventurous, there are (as yet untested) kernel and xen
> packages in virt7-xen-44-candidate as well.  I'll be pushing those to
> testing once I've actually had a chance to do set up my testing
> environment.
> 
Nice. I'll test these in the near future for sure :)

> Peace,
>  -George
>

Thanks a lot,

-- Pasi

On 05/13/2015 01:14 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
> Thanks to work from Johnny, linux 3.18.12 with all the x4c blktap
> goodness have been built and are now in the virt6-testing repo.  I've
> also uploaded libvirt 1.2.15.  As you may have seen earlier today,
> virt6-testing also includes an updated 4.4.2 package with the latest
> security update (XSA-133).
> 
> The kernel has had some basic testing (by myself, Johnny, and another
> community member), but libvirt is at the moment untested, so caveat
> emptor.
> 
> With such a large change, I want to leave both up for a few weeks
> before pushing them into the main repo.  Please test them and report
> any errors you find.
> 
> As a reminder, you can use the virt6-testing repo by putting the
> following file into /etc/yum.repos.d:
> 
> [virt-testing]
> name=VirtSIG-\$releasever - Xen Testing
> baseurl=http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-testing/\$basearch/os/
> gpgcheck=0
> enabled=0
> 
> For the adventurous, there are (as yet untested) kernel and xen
> packages in virt7-xen-44-candidate as well.  I'll be pushing those to
> testing once I've actually had a chance to do set up my testing
> environment.

George,

The new kernel works for me and the xen-4.4.2-2 packages

I think you forgot to turn on with_xen and with_libxl in the libvirt
package builds though .. that does not install as an update.  At least
for me.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes


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On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>
wrote:
> On 05/13/2015 01:14 PM, George Dunlap wrote:
>> Thanks to work from Johnny, linux 3.18.12 with all the x4c blktap
>> goodness have been built and are now in the virt6-testing repo. 
I've
>> also uploaded libvirt 1.2.15.  As you may have seen earlier today,
>> virt6-testing also includes an updated 4.4.2 package with the latest
>> security update (XSA-133).
>>
>> The kernel has had some basic testing (by myself, Johnny, and another
>> community member), but libvirt is at the moment untested, so caveat
>> emptor.
>>
>> With such a large change, I want to leave both up for a few weeks
>> before pushing them into the main repo.  Please test them and report
>> any errors you find.
>>
>> As a reminder, you can use the virt6-testing repo by putting the
>> following file into /etc/yum.repos.d:
>>
>> [virt-testing]
>> name=VirtSIG-\$releasever - Xen Testing
>> baseurl=http://cbs.centos.org/repos/virt6-testing/\$basearch/os/
>> gpgcheck=0
>> enabled=0
>>
>> For the adventurous, there are (as yet untested) kernel and xen
>> packages in virt7-xen-44-candidate as well.  I'll be pushing those
to
>> testing once I've actually had a chance to do set up my testing
>> environment.
>
>
> George,
>
> The new kernel works for me and the xen-4.4.2-2 packages
>
> I think you forgot to turn on with_xen and with_libxl in the libvirt
> package builds though .. that does not install as an update.  At least
> for me.
Oh right -- I got with_xen, but I think the last version I build
didn't have with_libxl, so I missed it.  Uploading a new one now...

 -George