[fedora-virt] [Fwd: Re: xen 4.2 and libvirt]

Cc-ing the correct Fedora Xen mailing list... -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Dario Faggioli <> To: M A Young <> Cc: Cole Robinson <>, ... Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] xen 4.2 and libvirt Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:14:09 +0100 On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 23:47 +0100, M A Young wrote: Ok, so here's what I'm getting this morning, when 'yum update' tries to update Xen on my Fedora 18 beta to 4.2: # sudo yum update Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package xen.x86_64 0:4.1.3-4.fc18 will be updated ---> Package xen.x86_64 0:4.2.0-3.fc18 will be an update ---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.1.3-4.fc18 will be updated ---> Package xen-hypervisor.x86_64 0:4.2.0-3.fc18 will be an update ---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.1.3-4.fc18 will be updated --> Processing Dependency: libxenctrl.so.4.0()(64bit) for package: libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libxenguest.so.4.0()(64bit) for package: libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libxenlight.so.1.0()(64bit) for package: libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 ---> Package xen-libs.x86_64 0:4.2.0-3.fc18 will be an update ---> Package xen-licenses.x86_64 0:4.1.3-4.fc18 will be updated ---> Package xen-licenses.x86_64 0:4.2.0-3.fc18 will be an update ---> Package xen-runtime.x86_64 0:4.1.3-4.fc18 will be updated ---> Package xen-runtime.x86_64 0:4.2.0-3.fc18 will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 (@updates-testing) Requires: libxenlight.so.1.0()(64bit) Removing: xen-libs-4.1.3-4.fc18.x86_64 (@fedora) libxenlight.so.1.0()(64bit) Updated By: xen-libs-4.2.0-3.fc18.x86_64 (updates-testing) Not found Error: Package: libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 (@updates-testing) Requires: libxenctrl.so.4.0()(64bit) Removing: xen-libs-4.1.3-4.fc18.x86_64 (@fedora) libxenctrl.so.4.0()(64bit) Updated By: xen-libs-4.2.0-3.fc18.x86_64 (updates-testing) Not found Error: Package: libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 (@updates-testing) Requires: libxenguest.so.4.0()(64bit) Removing: xen-libs-4.1.3-4.fc18.x86_64 (@fedora) libxenguest.so.4.0()(64bit) Updated By: xen-libs-4.2.0-3.fc18.x86_64 (updates-testing) Not found You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest I installed this yesterday, and I installed Xen and libvirt via the following: # yum install xen libvirt-daemon-xen Also, I noticed that the libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl got installed (although I thought it shouldn't and wasn't :-O): # rpm -qa | grep libxl libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-0.10.2.1-1.fc18.x86_64 Is that correct and aligned with the discussion we were having since now (i.e., going for Xen 4.2 but _without_ the libxl driver in libvirt)? Am I missing something or doing something wrong? Thanks and Regards, Dario -- <<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://retis.sssup.it/people/faggioli Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK) -- <<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistlin Majere) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://retis.sssup.it/people/faggioli Senior Software Engineer, Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK)