[Users] Ubuntu/Debian ovirt-guest-agent

[Zhou Zheng Sheng]

Hi René,

You are correct. I add python-apt as a recommend dependency package and
upload the package again for Ubuntu and Debian. I didn't notice the
problem because I have other packages in my test machine which depend on
python-apt. Thanks.

on 2013/09/16 21:37, René Koch (ovido) wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2013-09-14 at 14:14 +0800, Zhou Zheng Sheng wrote:
>> Hi Jakub,
>>
>> on 2013/09/10 21:52, Jakub Bittner wrote:
>>> Hello Zhou Zheng Sheng,
>>>
>>> I tested your ovirt-guest-agent PPA which you provided and it works on
>>> Ubuntu Precise (12.04) as expected, but I can not install it on Debian
>>> Wheezy because that package needs upstart-job from Ubuntu which is not
>>> in Debian...
>>> Would you be so kind and provide even Debian packages on your PPA? :-)
>>> I dont know if sysvinit style file for launching daemon is included by
>>> oVirt.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Jakub Bittner
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>>>
>>
>> Two good news.
>>
>> Developers fixed the bug in latest master, so I updated the
>> ovirt-guest-agent package for Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring) to 1.0.8. This
>> package should be OK to use with 12.04 (Precise) as well.
>>
>> I also wrote a Debian specific SysV init script for the guest agent.I
>> tested in my Debian Wheezy guest. There is a small problem,
>> luanchpad.net does not support hosting Debian packages, and for each
>> package per Ubuntu release, it hosts the latest version. So I upload the
>> Debian specific oVirt guest agent package as a Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)
>> package.
>>
>> You can dowanlod them from the following link.
>> https://launchpad.net/~zhshzhou/+archive/vdsm-ubuntu/+packages
>>
>> In all, the ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.8 (Raring) package is for both Ubuntu
>> Raring and Precise. The ovirt-guest-agent-1.0.8 (Precise) is for Debian.
> 
> 
> Great work - thanks a lot for the Debian and Ubuntu packages!
> 
> Just one little thing:
> Can you add python-apt to the dependency list (it's missing in the
> Debian Wheezy package - didn't test the Ubuntu packages but maybe it's
> missing there, too)?
> 
> If python-apt isn't installed it's not possible to fetch installed
> packages:
> 
> MainThread::INFO::2013-09-16
> 15:23:22,977::ovirt-guest-agent::37::root::Starting oVirt guest agent
> MainThread::INFO::2013-09-16
> 15:23:23,015::GuestAgentLinux2::101::root::Unknown package management.
> Application list report is disable
> 
> GuestAgentLinux2.py requires this python module to get the package
> information.
> 
> All other features like system shutdown, nic information, memory,... are
> working fine.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> René
> 
> 
>>
> 

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Thanks and best regards!

Zhou Zheng Sheng / 周征晟
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