Re: [Xen-devel] Is it possible to Xenify a stock Redhat/Fedora kernel.

[Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Ian Pratt wrote:
> > 
> > Should we be adding a bunch of .deb targets to our top-level
> > Makefiles, or is it more gory than that? Can the existing
> > buildconfigs stuff be adapted for building custom debian kernels?
> 
> Currently there are a lot modification between genuine Xen-2.0.1's
> Makefile and debiaized version of Makefile.
> But I believe we can modify it for both .deb and .rpm nightly build.

Perhaps you and Brian could post some suggested patches? 
 
> > I presume we'd need a Debian box to actually build the .deb's, or
> > are there some simple tools we can just add to our FC2 box that
> > does the nightly build?
> 
> I believe we need a debian box to generate debiaized packages nightly.

It would certainly be easier if the tools could be made to run
standalone, but I guess we could setup a Debian box if need be --
it'll just be harder to integrate into the nightly build.

> > I'd like to see us building .deb's and .rpm's nightly -- the
> > current install.sh stuff is far from ideal (though actually seems
> > to work remarkably well on all modern distros).
> 
> Yes, agreed definitely.
> 
> If official Xen project to offer deb's repo, I am very happy to upload
> Xen 2.0.1 debianized packages to the repo and maintain them til Xen-2.0
> official debian packages to be released.

I'd certainly like to see .deb's and .rpm's available for
download from the main site. I'd prefer to have them generated
automatically from the nightly build, otherwise it'll be a hassle
whenever we do a point release (every few weeks).

In the mean time, to get them wider testing, if we need to link
to them from our downloads page or host them, so be it.

Ian


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