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RE: [Xen-devel] stable / unstable parallel install?

To: "aq" <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] stable / unstable parallel install?
From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:46:21 +0100
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> > > XCS_EXEC    = "/usr/sbin/xcs"
> > >
> > > should we execute xcs without the full path?
> > 
> > Perhaps best would be to try with no path, and fall back to 
> > /usr/sbin/xcs. I'd definitely take a tested patch to that 
> effect (for 
> > both -testing and -unstable).
> 
> Here is the patch: it tries to execute xcs without full path 
> first, then if there is error, it fallbacks to the default path.

xcs should not be on the path. Christian pointed out that such helper
applications should probably live in /usr/libexec/xen

Anyone got any objections to moving all such helper applications into
/usr/libexec/xen ?

We can then have a general overide for the helper application directory.



Best,
Ian

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