#1123647 kexec-tools: Bogus dependencies in kexec-tools-udeb

Package:
src:kexec-tools
Source:
src:kexec-tools
Submitter:
Frank
Date:
2026-03-11 01:05:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1123647#5
Date:
2025-12-19 09:59:25 UTC
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Source: kexec-tools
Version: 1:2.0.29-2
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i
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User: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
Usertags: amd64
User: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Usertags: amd64

Dear Maintainer,

The kexec binary in the kexec-tools-udeb udeb package
depends on libxenctrl.so.4.20 which is not available in the
Debian installer. The binary should be compiled
without xen support for the udeb.

Best regards,

Frank
#1123647#10
Date:
2026-03-10 16:09:28 UTC
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Do we need kexec-tools package for debian installer? I am not seeing the installer
use kexec during installation. If installer does not use kexec, should we just
not build kexec-toools-udeb?

Thanks,
Khalid
#1123647#15
Date:
2026-03-10 16:09:28 UTC
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Do we need kexec-tools package for debian installer? I am not seeing the installer
use kexec during installation. If installer does not use kexec, should we just
not build kexec-toools-udeb?

Thanks,
Khalid
#1123647#20
Date:
2026-03-10 20:31:55 UTC
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Hi,

Am Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:09:28AM -0600 schrieb Khalid Aziz:

kexec is quite handy when installing servers during short maintenance
windows. I'm using it in a late script to directly start the target
system. Adding a simple command (I have a early script download a pre-compiled
kexec) saves me up to 5 minutes per installation by skipping POST.

Cheers,

Frank
#1123647#25
Date:
2026-03-10 20:31:55 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Am Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:09:28AM -0600 schrieb Khalid Aziz:

kexec is quite handy when installing servers during short maintenance
windows. I'm using it in a late script to directly start the target
system. Adding a simple command (I have a early script download a pre-compiled
kexec) saves me up to 5 minutes per installation by skipping POST.

Cheers,

Frank
#1123647#30
Date:
2026-03-11 01:03:28 UTC
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To:
Good to know you have a use case. Dependency on libxen-dev was added to resolve
<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1023270>. I will look
into what I can do for udeb.

Thanks,
Khalid
#1123647#35
Date:
2026-03-11 01:03:28 UTC
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To:
Good to know you have a use case. Dependency on libxen-dev was added to resolve
<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1023270>. I will look
into what I can do for udeb.

Thanks,
Khalid