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kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu11 lacking vde support

Bug #371875 reported by Daniele Lacamera
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kvm

vde2 users still have to use the old vdekvm wrapper.

There is a default configure option for built-in vde networking, please include that.

kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu11 Ubuntu 9.04

Thanks

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dan

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote : Re: [Bug 371875] [NEW] kvm 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu11 lacking vde support

The vde library is in universe, whereas kvm is in main. We cannot use
universe packages to build packages in main. Sorry.

:-Dustin

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

I'm sorry, my last message was a bit terse. Here's a better explanation.

We cannot use libvde2 to build kvm because libvde2 is in universe, kvm is in main, and packages in main must have all build dependencies also in main.

Now, under some circumstances, you could request a promotion of libvde2 from universe to main, via the process documented in the Ubuntu Wiki called a Main Inclusion Report.

However, vde is known to be a particularly bad hack, using the SLIRP code; code that is known to have serious security issues.
 * http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-February/msg00029.html

:-Dustin

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