Ubuntu
kvm package

control file description miss-leading

Bug #225260 reported by Matt Darcy
8
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kvm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Dustin Kirkland 
Declined for Hardy by Dustin Kirkland 
Declined for Intrepid by Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

This is a petty bug.

I've had multiple users ignore kvm as a virtualization platform as they thought it was only x86 hardware (32bit). The majority of this seems to be down to the control file description of
"Full virtualization on x86 hardware" being displayed in the package manager interface.

I'd like to see this updated to advertise x86 and x86_64 virtualization.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/kvm
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Matt Darcy (matt-darcy) wrote :
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Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense) wrote :

I can confirm this. This can indeed confuse users.

Changed in kvm:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Fair enough! I'm attaching a debdiff, requesting sponsorship.

:-Dustin

Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)
Changed in kvm:
assignee: nobody → kirkland
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

Updated debdiff, text hammered out with Soren on IRC.

:-Dustin

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kvm - 1:72+dfsg-1ubuntu3

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kvm (1:72+dfsg-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * debian/control: Trivial update to description, to note that KVM works on
    both x86 and x86_64 hardware (LP: #225260).

 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:51:23 -0500

Changed in kvm:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

This was fixed in Intrepid, as well as in the kvm-84 package in hardy-backports. If this issue is still critical for you, I suggest you try upgrading to that package.

:-Dustin

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