Re: pkg/56040: pkgsrc qemu no longer supports nvmm

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/56040; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/56040: pkgsrc qemu no longer supports nvmm
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 12:07:59 +0100

 On Fri,  5 Mar 2021 21:55:02 +0000 (UTC)
 nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
 
 >  Either way, this is a really serious regression that should have been
 >  discussed before committing. It makes "nvmm is broken" the default.
 
 We shouldn't keep packages back because of unmaintained local patches.
 I think the solution to re-import the package is reasonable.
 
 The only thing I would suggest is to patch emulators/qemu to display
 a helpful error message if the user attempts to use "-accel nvmm".
 Then the PR can be closed or reassigned to nvmm people.