[Pkg-xen-devel] Choosing which toolstack to use with debconf

[Ian Campbell]

On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 14:33 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 12/23/2011 04:50 AM, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:00:27AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> >> +" >/etc/default/xen
> > 
> > Nope. It have to replace the value in the existing file.
> 
> How would you write it then?
> 
> >> + Note that if you wish to use Xen with XCP (Xen Cloud Platform), then using
> >> + xl is mandatory.
> > 
> > So XCP is just a frontend for xl?
> > 
> > Bastian
> 
> I'm not sure about internals, and if XAPI uses xl. But I can tell that
> XAPI does more than just being a front end. It also manages storage, can
> do virtual machine duplications, or manage a pool of servers.

xapi doesn't use xl at all in any way, it just happens that selecting
TOOLSTACK=xl causes xenconsoled and xenstored to be started and nothing
else which is the same as what xpai needs.

This is why I suggested TOOLSTACK=xapi.
Ian.
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