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...ecurity updates that address XSA-270 [2] have been released that need to be included in the kernel packaging. Linux version 4.7 and onwards are affected by this. [0] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-273.html [1] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/ [2] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-270.html -- Wolodja <debian at babilen5.org> 4096R/CAF14EFC 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC

Hi Ian, On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 10:58 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > Wolodja Wentland writes ("Bug#851654: Prerm maintainer script unconditionally > stops xend/xenconsoled"): > We triggered a xen stop by removing obsolete > xen-utils-4.1 packages while already using xen-utils-4.4. > I think a xenconsoled restart should be harmless, so I think it is &g...

Package: xen-utils-4.4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, the xen-utils-4.4 and xen-utils-4.1 prerm maintainer scripts contain the following code snippet: remove|upgrade) update-alternatives --remove xen-default /usr/lib/xen-4.4 if [ -x "/etc/init.d/xen" ]; then invoke-rc.d xen stop || exit $? fi ;; which, in conjunction with the postinst

...involves more a thorough understanding of the gdr branch format than merely using the tool on an existing branch does. If you would like to try it then you're welcome to, but maybe it would be better for me to do it. How about I do this today, and push it to a wip branch on salsa for you and Wolodja to take a look at. (FTR: I think that git-merge to bring in upstream, plus git-debrebase convert-from-gbp, might do the right thing, so I will try that first.) > I actually already have some questions about the git-debrebase behavior > to start with: Of course. This is quite new tool and...

...some snippets from irc: 17:17 <babilen> My take on this is, is that I'm more than confident to deal with any security issue that arises in the future with the packaging style used for 4.8 in the stretch-security uploads Likewise. (I'd like to take this chance to publicly thank Wolodja for his work on the stretch security updates.) 17:27 <Knorrie> also, a relevant question is whether we want to have a patch-burden-heavy workflow in debian stable, or if we could just follow the upstream stable branch, like the kernel team does with stable kernel releases I don't...

...dentify_disk_image(file) File "/usr/lib/xen-4.4/bin/pygrub", line 48, in identify_disk_image fd = os.open(file, os.O_RDONLY) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'foo1' -- snip -- when we try to boot a guest with /usr/lib/xen-4.4/bin/pygrub as bootloader. -- Wolodja <debian at babilen5.org> 4096R/CAF14EFC 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <http://lists.alioth.de...

To: Debian xen and kernel team list, Ian Jackson Cc: Stefan Bader, maintainer of xen packages in Ubuntu Hi all, Short version: Hi! I'd like to help with the Xen packaging in Debian. Long version: Q: Who are you? How are you related to Debian an the Xen project? A: Hi, I'm Hans van Kranenburg, nickname Knorrie, I live in the Netherlands. I'm a Debian user since 2002, and have been