Re: Bug#1123647: kexec-tools: Bogus dependencies in kexec-tools-udeb

2026-03-10 Thread Khalid Aziz 

On 3/10/26 2:31 PM, Frank Burkhardt wrote:

Hi,

Am Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:09:28AM -0600 schrieb Khalid Aziz:

On 12/19/25 2:59 AM, Frank wrote:

Source: kexec-tools
Version: 1:2.0.29-2
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], 
[email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64

Dear Maintainer,

The kexec binary in the kexec-tools-udeb udeb package
depends on libxenctrl.so.4.20 which is not available in the
Debian installer. The binary should be compiled
without xen support for the udeb.


Do we need kexec-tools package for debian installer? I am not seeing the 
installer
use kexec during installation. If installer does not use kexec, should we just
not build kexec-toools-udeb?


kexec is quite handy when installing servers during short maintenance
windows. I'm using it in a late script to directly start the target
system. Adding a simple command (I have a early script download a pre-compiled
kexec) saves me up to 5 minutes per installation by skipping POST.

Cheers,

Frank


Good to know you have a use case. Dependency on libxen-dev was added to resolve
. I will look
into what I can do for udeb.

Thanks,
Khalid

Re: Bug#1123647: kexec-tools: Bogus dependencies in kexec-tools-udeb

2026-03-10 Thread Frank Burkhardt 
Hi,

Am Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:09:28AM -0600 schrieb Khalid Aziz:
> On 12/19/25 2:59 AM, Frank wrote:
> > Source: kexec-tools
> > Version: 1:2.0.29-2
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: d-i
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], 
> > [email protected]
> > User: [email protected]
> > Usertags: amd64
> > User: [email protected]
> > Usertags: amd64
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> > The kexec binary in the kexec-tools-udeb udeb package
> > depends on libxenctrl.so.4.20 which is not available in the
> > Debian installer. The binary should be compiled
> > without xen support for the udeb.
> > 
> Do we need kexec-tools package for debian installer? I am not seeing the 
> installer
> use kexec during installation. If installer does not use kexec, should we just
> not build kexec-toools-udeb?

kexec is quite handy when installing servers during short maintenance
windows. I'm using it in a late script to directly start the target
system. Adding a simple command (I have a early script download a pre-compiled
kexec) saves me up to 5 minutes per installation by skipping POST.

Cheers,

Frank

Re: Bug#1123647: kexec-tools: Bogus dependencies in kexec-tools-udeb

2026-03-10 Thread Khalid Aziz 

On 12/19/25 2:59 AM, Frank wrote:

Source: kexec-tools
Version: 1:2.0.29-2
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], 
[email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64

Dear Maintainer,

The kexec binary in the kexec-tools-udeb udeb package
depends on libxenctrl.so.4.20 which is not available in the
Debian installer. The binary should be compiled
without xen support for the udeb.


Do we need kexec-tools package for debian installer? I am not seeing the 
installer
use kexec during installation. If installer does not use kexec, should we just
not build kexec-toools-udeb?

Thanks,
Khalid

Bug#1123647: kexec-tools: Bogus dependencies in kexec-tools-udeb

2025-12-19 Thread Frank 
Source: kexec-tools
Version: 1:2.0.29-2
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], 
[email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64

Dear Maintainer,

The kexec binary in the kexec-tools-udeb udeb package
depends on libxenctrl.so.4.20 which is not available in the
Debian installer. The binary should be compiled
without xen support for the udeb.

Best regards,

Frank

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