Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] Update *BSD images with gnu-sed and bash (was: [PATCH 4/6] cirrus / travis: Add gnu-sed and bash for macOS and FreeBSD)

[Gerd Hoffmann]

> >> D'oh! Does anybody know what are the correct steps to update these images?
> > 
> > (1) make the OPENBSD subsystem maintainer care
> > 
> > (2) update <https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/BSD>
> > 
> > (3) download the image from download.patchew.org, boot it and update it
> > 
> > (4) upload the image to download.patchew.org
> > 
> > (5) update the "tests/vm/openbsd" script in the QEMU tree in sync
> > (checksums, commands etc)
> 
>  Ed, Li-Wen,
> 
> any chance you could help with updating the FreeBSD image and the
> tests/vm/freebsd script, so that we get more test covarage here?
> 
>  Kamil,
> 
> could you maybe help with the NetBSD image and the tests/vm/netbsd script?
> 
>  Brad,
> 
> could you please help with the OpenBSD image and the tests/vm/openbsd
> script?
> 
> I think it would also be good to update the images to the latest
> released versions, too...

FYI:  I'm working on revamping the tests/vm setup, creating the images
scripted on the developer machine.  That'll take download.patchew.org
out of the loop and makes adding packages as easy as patching a docker
script.

Going slower than I want due to /me being busy with other stuff.
Sneak preview at:
        https://git.kraxel.org/cgit/qemu/log/?h=sirius/test-vm-install

cheers,
  Gerd