[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#1001256: #1001256 is a real bug

[Elliott Mitchell]

Control: found 1001256 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1
Control: found 1001256 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u1
Control: found 1001256 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1
Control: severity 1001256 normal

The main issue #1001256 is pointing at is the Python dependency.  Since
xen-utils-4.17 dependes on Python 3.11, while xen-utils-4.20 depends on
Python 3.13 it is impossible to install them simultaneously.  In turn
this makes upgrades far more troublesome than they otherwise need to be.

For xen-utils-4.17 the files:
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/convert-legacy-stream
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/pygrub
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/verify-stream-v2
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/xenpvnetboot

Are Python 3 scripts.

For xen-utils-4.20 the files:
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/convert-legacy-stream
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/pygrub
/usr/lib/xen-4.17/bin/verify-stream-v2

Likely remain Python 3 scripts.

I would suggest creating xen-utils-X.YY-python to split the Python
scripts out of the main xen-utils-X.YY package.  Other trick is
grub-xen-host sort of makes PyGRUB deprecated.


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