Package: qemu-system-x86
Version: 1.5.0+dfsg-4
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/kvm
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Currently when using kvm binary (/usr/bin/kvm), a message is displayed
announcing its deprecation and advising to use qemu-system-x86_64
instead. However, as can be seen by reading /usr/bin/kvm script, kvm is
equivalent to qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm:tcg. The message
should thus clearly state so.
Attached is a patch with a more accurate suggestion.
Best regards.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'testing'),
(500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 depends on:
ii ipxe-qemu 1.0.0+git-20120202.f6840ba-3
ii libaio1 0.3.109-4
ii libasound2 1.0.27.2-1
ii libbluetooth3 4.99-3
ii libbrlapi0.64.5-3
ii libc6 2.17-7
ii libcairo2 1.12.14-5
ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.31.0-2
ii libfdt1 1.3.0-4
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.28.2-1
ii libglib2.0-02.36.3-3
ii libgnutls26 2.12.23-5
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.20-1
ii libiscsi1 1.4.0-3
ii libjpeg88d-1
ii libncurses5 5.9+20130608-1
ii libpixman-1-0 0.26.0-4
ii libpng12-0 1.2.49-4
ii libpulse0 4.0-3
ii libsasl2-2 2.1.25.dfsg1-13
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15-5
ii libseccomp1 1.0.1-2
ii libspice-server10.12.3-0nocelt1
ii libssh2-1 1.4.3-1
ii libtinfo5 5.9+20130608-1
ii libusb-1.0-02:1.0.15-1
ii libusbredirparser1 0.6-2
ii libuuid12.20.1-5.5
ii libvdeplug2 2.3.2-4
ii libvte9 1:0.28.2-5
ii libx11-62:1.6.0-1
ii libxen-4.2 4.2.2-1
ii libxenstore3.0 4.2.2-1
ii qemu-keymaps1.5.0+dfsg-4
ii qemu-system-common 1.5.0+dfsg-4
ii seabios 1.7.3-1
ii vgabios 0.7a-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1
Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 recommends:
ii qemu-utils 1.5.0+dfsg-4
Versions of packages qemu-system-x86 suggests:
ii kmod 9-3
pn sambanone
pn sgabios none
ii vde2 2.3.2-4
-- no debconf information
diff -Nru qemu-1.5.0+dfsg/debian/kvm qemu-1.5.0+dfsg/debian/kvm
--- qemu-1.5.0+dfsg/debian/kvm 2013-05-21 20:30:46.0 +0200
+++ qemu-1.5.0+dfsg/debian/kvm 2013-07-12 11:09:07.0 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
#! /bin/sh
-echo W: kvm binary is deprecated, please use qemu-system-x86_64 instead 2
+echo W: kvm binary is deprecated, please use qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm:tcg instead 2
exec qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm:tcg $@
