[openstack-dev] [nova] so what do i do about libvirt-python if i'm on precise?

Matt Riedemann mriedem at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Jul 30 17:21:53 UTC 2014



On 7/30/2014 9:57 AM, Matt Riedemann wrote:
>
>
> On 7/30/2014 9:20 AM, Matt Riedemann wrote:
>>
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>> On 7/30/2014 6:43 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 06:39:56AM -0700, Matt Riedemann wrote:
>>>> This change:
>>>>
>>>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/105501/
>>>>
>>>> Tries to pull in libvirt-python >= 1.2.5 for testing.
>>>>
>>>> I'm on Ubuntu Precise for development which has libvirt 0.9.8.
>>>>
>>>> The latest libvirt-python appears to require libvirt >= 0.9.11.
>>>>
>>>> So do I have to move to Trusty?
>>>
>>> You can use the CloudArchive repository to get newer libvirt and
>>> qemu packages for Precise, which is what anyone deploying the
>>> Ubuntu provided OpenStack packages would be doing.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>
>> Can we be more specific because this would also need to be updated in
>> the devref docs for setting up your development environment with Ubuntu.
>>
>> Sorry for being a newb but I went here:
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>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/CloudArchive/
>>
>> And tried doing:
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>> sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:icehouse
>>
>> Which failed, I guess it doesn't know about what that means or something?
>>
>> I added a repo to
>> http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/icehouse/
>>
>> manually but it's not finding any newer libvirt packages.
>>
>> If I can get some help I can push a patch to update the docs since I'm
>> assuming I won't be the only one that hits this and it sounds like
>> minesweeper hit it recently too. [1]
>>
>> [1]
>> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-July/041457.html
>>
>
> Yay for docs team, I was missing this:
>
> apt-get install python-software-properties
>
> Found it here:
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> http://docs.openstack.org/havana/install-guide/install/apt/content/basics-packages.html
>
>
> The devref env setup doc in nova should still probably be updated to say
> something like, 'hey if you're on juno using precise you need to enable
> cloud archive to update libvirt'.
>

Hopefully this helps people:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/110720/

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Thanks,

Matt Riedemann




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