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1bb99a33 05/17/2013 05:42 pm Bernardo Dal Seno

Merge branch 'stable-2.8' into master

  • stable-2.8: (45 commits)
    Update NEWS with disk creation fixes
    Sort cmdlib-related entries in Makefile.am
    cmdlib: Cleanup public/private functions
    cmdlib: Extract instance query related functionality
    cmdlib: Extract instance operation functionality...
74685117 05/13/2013 04:20 pm Michele Tartara

Add dependency on the process library

The tests are already using this library, so it's not really a new build
dependency, but it was not specified esplicitly.

Furthermore, it's going to be used by the instance status collector, so it's
added to the requirements for the monitoring subsystem....
87414481 05/10/2013 06:50 pm Michele Tartara

Allow build_chroot to work from any directory

build_chroot used to work only if launched from ./devel/, whereas now
it can be launched from anywhere, and it will store the resulting files
in the current directory.

Fixes Issue 459.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>...
85b66af5 05/10/2013 06:50 pm Michele Tartara

build_chroot: check whether the data dir exists

If the data directory is not in the expected place, the script complains
with an error message and stops, instead of giving obscure messages.

Partially fixes Issue 459.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>...
71e00202 05/07/2013 04:30 pm Michele Tartara

Add version numbers to chroot build script

Update the script adding explicit version numbers for increased repeatability
of the build environment construction process. Version numbers are aligned
with those used by the external buildbot slack role.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>...
7a694e30 04/29/2013 07:05 pm Thomas Thrainer

Add dependency on python-mock

Python Mock (http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/mock/) is a mocking
library for Python. It is included in the standard Python distribution
as of Python 3.3, but has been around for quite a while. Debian unstable
contains a version we require....
4cbf242b 04/11/2013 07:20 pm Michele Tartara

Add "less" to the chroot

Less is not part of the base debian system, so it has to be added
explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>
Reviewed-by: Guido Trotter <>
35133aae 04/10/2013 03:08 pm Michele Tartara

Set the default editor inside the chroot

Allows the chroot builder to set the default editor to be used in the
chroot.

Vim is used as the default choice.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>
Reviewed-by: Helga Velroyen <>
d8e3c5c9 04/10/2013 11:06 am Michele Tartara

Add backports to the chroot builder sources

This allows to have newer software than what is available in Debian Squeeze
(the default version of the distribution used by the script), particularly
vim and git.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>...
8b3f1f42 04/05/2013 05:10 pm Michele Tartara

Add script for building chroot

Setting up a proper environment for building a Ganeti can be quite difficult.

This patch adds a script for building a compressed chroot with all the
required libraries and tools.

Signed-off-by: Michele Tartara <>...