[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#873714: virt-install --location fails for s390x guests

[Viktor Mihajlovski]

Package: virt-manager
Version: 1:1.4.0-5
Tags: patch, stretch, d-i
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-s390 at lists.debian.org

Dear Maintainer,

when I try to install a s390x KVM guest using the following command

virt-install --name testing --ram 1024 --disk
/var/lib/libvirt/images/testing.qcow2,bus=virtio --location
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-s390x

I get the following error message:
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ERROR    Error validating install location: Could not find an
installable distribution at
'http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-s390x'

The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
See virt-install man page for various distro examples
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even though the location URL is correct. This is because the install
files location differs from i386/amd64. The attached patch - also
available upstream - will fix this (for Debian and Ubuntu).

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Kind Regards
   Viktor Mihajlovski

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