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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall,
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Alex Bennée |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes. |
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Wed, 29 May 2019 10:57:28 +0100 |
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Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 02:47:02PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> This patch series changes the way virtual machines for test builds are
>> managed. They are created locally on the developer machine now. The
>> installer is booted on the serial console and the scripts walks through
>> the dialogs to install and configure the guest.
>>
>> That takes the download.patchew.org server out of the loop and makes it
>> alot easier to tweak the guest images (adding build dependencies for
>> example).
>>
>> The install scripts take care to apply host proxy settings (from *_proxy
>> environment variables) to the guest, so any package downloads will be
>> routed through the proxy and can be cached that way. This also makes
>> them work behind strict firewalls.
>>
>> There are also a bunch of smaller tweaks for tests/vm to fix issues I
>> was struggling with. See commit messages of individual patches for
>> details.
>
> Ping. Alex? Fam? Are you going to pick this up? Or should I send a
> pull request?
I'm just looking at it now. It should be in the next testing/next. I'm
just checking to see if there is any crossover with:
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] tests/vm: Python 3, improve image caching, and misc
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:07:59 -0400
Message-Id: <address@hidden>
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Alex Bennée
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 11/14] tests/vm: freebsd autoinstall, using serial console, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 10/14] tests/vm: openbsd autoinstall, using serial console, Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/05/20
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes., Gerd Hoffmann, 2019/05/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes.,
Alex Bennée <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/14] tests/vm: serial console autoinstall, misc fixes., Alex Bennée, 2019/05/30
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