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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xl: Check for dependencies in xl

To: Gianni Tedesco <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xl: Check for dependencies in xl
From: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kamala Narasimhan <kamala.narasimhan@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Gianni Tedesco writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xl: Check for dependencies in 
xl"):
> I think the idea of having such heuristic checks is a good one. Error
> messages can be a bit baffling.

I think it would be far better to have a check that checked directly
for the thing we are going to use.  But in this case that's not
available without a lot more work.

So I have applied Kamala's patch.

Ian.

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