[Pkg-uml-devel] Finally uploaded file on CVS-pkg-uml

[Stefano Melchior]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 09:28:06PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote:
Hi guys,
> 
> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:01:49PM +0100, Stefano Melchior wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I started to upload some files in the pkg-uml repository, so that my
> > efford is now available for all who would like to share it with me.
> > 
> > I think that I shall need a help to make it a good work for Debian,
> > suitable to be integrated in the official repository.
> > 
> > Any comments or suggestion are welcomed.

first of all: Andreas started to work on uml and we all can join the
strenght to reach for the same target: UML on Etch.
> 
> I'm still trying to regain some confidence with uml so I'm just throwing
> in some ideas, BTW I'm using uml with 2.6.15 on x86:

a brain storming is a good starting point
> 
> 1- since uml is into the mainline kernel and the Debian kernel build
>    system already splits per-ARCH and per-FLAVOUR configs, wouldn't be
>    possible to integrate UML there?

2.6.12-1um started this process: please have a look at the
user-mode-linux-1um to understand that in the debian/rules: 
- ask to compile (with ARCH=um) option the u-m-l kernel;
- in debian/control you can manage the dependency and the conflicts;

>    (there are big differences between what files are needed and where to
>    install them but maybe it's workaroundable^Wsolvable).
what do you mean?
> 
> 2- need for scripts to create Debian root filesystems, currently
>    rootstrap, I didn't tested it yet
yes, I have already found this realease of rootstrap is unusable!
> 
> 3- uml-utilities: are they really that outdated(?), no CVS upstream
>    activity? (I' trying to look at sourceforge CVS but no luck right
>    now...)
it may be that the tools are good enough.
I am going to see if there is the real need to `dch -i`-ing just to fix
bugs or to add also am enhancement.

At the moment I am blind about `umlrun`, I have never tried it out.
So what the pkgs to take care for debian are:

- user-mode-linux;
- user-mode-linux-doc;
- uml-utilities;
- umlrun;
- rootstrap.

Let's start to work.

SteX
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