Re: what builds and what doesn't - worse than I expected

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=> On 14/05/14 12:56, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
=>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 09:51:42AM -0700, John Nemeth wrote:
=>>>
=>>> On May 14, 10:25am, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
=>>> } On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 07:17:59PM -0700, John Nemeth wrote:
=>>> } > On May 13,  3:58pm, Greg Troxel wrote:
=>>> } > }
=>>> } > } The HOWTO is out of date, and I wanted to make sure the right
=>>> thing was
=>>> } > } recommended.   My take is that the right recommendation now is
=>>> } > }
=>>> } > }    xen: 4.1
=>>> } > }    dom0: NetBSD 6 stable, amd64
=>>> } > }
=>>> } > } except that maybe it should be 4.2.   I looked at package
=>>> building
=>>> } >
=>>> } >      Unless there is a very good reason to specify otherwise, I
=>>> } > would go with 4.2.  There were a number of positive reports about
=>>> } > it after I imported it.
=>>> }
=>>> } I'm still using features from the xm toolstack which are not in xl in
=>>> 4.2 ...
=>>>
=>>>      And, what features are those?
=>>
=>> for example, options to xm shutdown (I don't remember right now if it's
=>> -a
=>> or -w, I do use both)
=>
=> This was added in 4.3 and backported to 4.2 at least:
=>
=> http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-10/msg01103.html
=>
=> Roger.

   While it may have been backported, I don't see it in the 4.2 git branch
anywhere.

   FWIW, I'm using 4.2 from pkgsrc successfully, if in a limited capacity.
I have a NetBSD-6 branch DOM0, with a NetBSD 6.99.24 DOMU for building
and a Linux Arch DOMU for testing. Both are running PV.

                                     Gary Duzan