Pkg xen devel - Jan 2019 - Bug#863198: Xen compiling with XSM on

Package: xen

Version: 4.8.1

OS : Debian Jessie 8.8 (stable), testing repository enabled in 
sources.list to download xen-4.8.1



I'm trying to install xen with XSM Flask module on.

Following, the instructions I did :

     1. apt-get build-dep xen
     2. apt-get source xen
     3. cd xen-4.8.1
     4. vim.tiny Configure.mk (and added XSM_ENABLE ?=y and FLASK_ENABLE
        ?=y)
     5. make clean
     6. ./configure --enable-xen --enable-tools --enable-xsm
     7. make
     8. make install
     9. update grub
    10. reboot

After the reboot, debian with hypervisor starts but I'm unable to launch 
xl command and xenstore-ls gives no answer.

Am I missing something ?

Regards,

Herv?


/uname -a /: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) 
x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Have you tried building the package instead? I find that ?make install? often
doesn?t do what you expect when a project is engineered to work as a package.

Try the following:

- run apt-get source and apt-get build-sep as you did
- Edit rules.real in the debian directory, you can add configure settings in
there as well
- run debuild  or dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc to get .deb packages with your
changes

you then end up with ?normal? debian packages you can install using dpkg -i.

John
> On 23 May 2017, at 12:32, Herv? Moris <herve.moris at loyaltek.com>
wrote:
> 
> Package: xen
> 
> Version: 4.8.1
> OS : Debian Jessie 8.8 (stable), testing repository enabled in sources.list
to download xen-4.8.1
> 
> 
> I'm trying to install xen with XSM Flask module on.
> Following, the instructions I did :
> 
> apt-get build-dep xen
> apt-get source xen
> cd xen-4.8.1
> vim.tiny Configure.mk (and added XSM_ENABLE ?=y and FLASK_ENABLE ?=y)
> make clean
> ./configure --enable-xen --enable-tools --enable-xsm
> make
> make install
> update grub
> reboot
> After the reboot, debian with hypervisor starts but I'm unable to
launch xl command and xenstore-ls gives no answer.
> Am I missing something ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Herv?
> 
> uname -a : Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) x86_64
GNU/Linux
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tags 863198 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Hervé,

I'm hunting down old bug reports in the Xen packages, and also ran into
this one:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863198

Like John Keates already answered in there, when dealing with the source
of a debian package, you're also expected to use the debian packaging
way of building it. When just issuing make commands, you're dealing with
the upstream source in a way that we cannot support in Debian.

Since there has been no more activity on the report, I might close it in
a while if there's no response, since it's not something we can act on.

Have fun,
Hans

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Bug #863198 [xen] Xen compiling with XSM on
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Hi Hans,

As far as I remember Mark Pryor managed to compile it and made a debian
package with XSM enabled.

So I think you can indeed close this bug :)

Fun fact, I just compiled compiled the new stable version (4.11.1)
yesterday successfully.

If anyone crossing these reports wants to know the process (build in a
Docker container, default flask policy):

    /# In an updated Debian 9 docker /

    /echo "deb-src http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/ testing main"
>>
    /etc/apt/sources.list//
    //apt update && apt upgrade -y/

    ///# install testing apt sources//
    //apt-get source xen//
    //
    //# or just use ://
    //apt-get build-dep xen//
    //
    //apt install checkpolicy texinfo fakeroot libpci-dev pandoc
    libsystemd-dev fig2dev markdown devscripts rdfind//
    //
    //cd $(find $(pwd) -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "xen-*")//
    //
    //cat <<EOF >> //
    //
    //# Enableling and configuring XSM and FLASK//
    //XSM_ENABLE=y//
    //FLASK_ENABLE=y//
    //CONFIG_XSM=y//
    //CONFIG_FLASK=y//
    //CONFIG_FLASK_AVC_STATS=y//
    //CONFIG_XSM_POLICY=y//
    //
    //EOF//
    //
    //cd ..//
    //
    //dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b//
    //
    //mkdir ../deb_files//
    //mv ../*.deb /../deb_files//
    //
    //# Copy what is under ./deb_files to the server (docker cp ... &&
    scp -r ...)//
    //
    //
    //## Installation notes//
    //# Install the deb files//
    //dpkg -i *.deb//
    //
    //# set GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT="flask=permissive" and
    GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN=""//
    //# in /etc/default/grub.d/xen.cfg//
    //
    //update-grub//
    //
    //# if grub doesn't want to start XEN kernel because of xenpolicy
    multiboot header bla bla - Li'l Bug with Grub integration//
    //# change //
    //# for i in /boo/xen*; do ...    to    for i in /boo/xen-*; do
    ...          (line 180)//
    //# in vim /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen//
    //
    //update-grub/


Best Regards,

Hervé


*Hervé Moris*
System Administrator / Backend developer

*Loyaltek*
Cantersteen 47
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Tel : +32 2 808.07.58
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www.loyaltek.com <http://www.loyaltek.com>
On 1/23/19 11:41 PM, Hans van Kranenburg wrote:
> tags 863198 + moreinfo
> thanks
>
> Hi Hervé,
>
> I'm hunting down old bug reports in the Xen packages, and also ran into
> this one:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863198
>
> Like John Keates already answered in there, when dealing with the source
> of a debian package, you're also expected to use the debian packaging
> way of building it. When just issuing make commands, you're dealing
with
> the upstream source in a way that we cannot support in Debian.
>
> Since there has been no more activity on the report, I might close it in
> a while if there's no response, since it's not something we can act
on.
>
> Have fun,
> Hans
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