Re: pkg/55514: No xentools48 binary package

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

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From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        guest%mail.com@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/55514: No xentools48 binary package
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:48:07 +0200

 On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 02:35:01AM +0000, guest01%adres.pl@localhost wrote:
 >  1) http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/xen/howto/ has (last edited about 2 months =
 >  ago) installation of Xen procedure based on Xen 4.8
 >  2) I tried Xen 4.11 but my computer couldn't load Xen 4.11 kernel. I supose=
 >   Xen 4.11 is broken too.
 >  
 >  Xen needs two packages xenkernel and xentools. First I installed Xen 4.11 p=
 >  ackages and tried boot system with Xen but it failed.
 
 Xen 4.11 works for me.
 Xen 4.8 (and older) is unmaintained.
 
 >  But was Xen working on NetBSD at all anytime?
 
 Of course. I use it on production machines.
 
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 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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