Re: [XEN PATCH] CI: Remove `brctl` from Arch Linux container

[Anthony PERARD <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 11:58:06AM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 13/02/2026 10:19 am, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> > From: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Package "bridge-utils" have been removed from the official repos, it
> > contained `brctl`. That utility is used by network hotplug scripts,
> > but they already check if it is available and switch to use "iproute2"
> > (`ip`) when not.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Right now, README lists bridge-utils as a hard prereq, and this is not
> true any longer.
> 
> iproute is also listed as a hard prereq.  Should we merge these two
> lines with a logical or?

Well, iproute2 is an actual hard requirement, `ip` is used in many
places without alternative.

On the other end, `brctl` is optional, but will be used if exist. I
don't know which version of iproute2 is needed in order to not need
brctl anymore.

Cheers,

-- 
Anthony PERARD