Bug#732247: grub-xen: Package description doesn't explain if this package is thought for DomUs or Dom0s

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:48:40AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> the current package description of grub-xen leaves open if this package
> is thought for DomUs (guest machines) or Dom0s (host machines):
> 
>   This package contains a version of GRUB that has been built for use
>   with the Xen hypervisor (i.e. PV-GRUB).
> 
> I though suspect it's for use within a DomU
> (c.f. http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/PvGrub), so I suggest a more verbose
> description like this:
> 
>   This package contains a version of GRUB that has been built for use
>   inside Xen guest domains (DomUs), i.e. for use with PV-GRUB.
>   .
>   It does not need to be installed on the Xen Dom0.

It's actually both; the intention is that you can install it within a
domU so that it always matches the grub.cfg there, and also have a copy
in dom0 to replace the old PV-GRUB.  (In either case it will run in the
domU context.)  The configuration code is still evolving, though, so
some assembly is still required.

Mind if I park this bug temporarily until the configuration is a bit
more established?

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]