[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#1082530: Bug#1082530: libvirt-daemon: libvirtd does not look up qemu-bridge-helper below /usr/libexec/qemu

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2024 at 09:20:16PM +0100, Farblos wrote:
> Thanks for the prompt fix!  In case you haven't noticed yet: qemu has
> backed out the move of the helper binaries.  From the recent qemu
> changelog:
> 
> qemu (1:9.1.0+ds-3) unstable; urgency=medium
> 
>   * revert the move of the helper binaries (qemu-bridge-helper,
>     virtfs-proxy-helper, vhost-user-gpu) to /usr/libexec/qemu/,
>     moving them back to /usr/lib/qemu/ where they had always been.
>     This restores suid-root dpkg-statoverride for qemu-bridge-helper if the
>     user enabled it, and makes common tools like libvirt to work correctly
>     again.  Such change needs more thinking. Closes: #1080456.
> 
> Not sure whether you'd like to back out the fix for this bug as well.
> Sorry for the hassle.

Thanks for the heads-up. I think it's fine to keep the additional
rule, it doesn't cause any maintenance burden.

-- 
Andrea Bolognani <eof at kiyuko.org>
Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.
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