Re: [PATCH 0/9] tools: remove or disable old/useless/unused/unmainted stuff

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>]

On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 16:29 +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 31/07/13 16:15, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > depends on "autoconf: regenerate configure scripts with 4.4 version"
> >
> > This series removes some of the really old deadwood from the tools build
> > and makes some other things which are on their way out configurable at
> > build time with a default depending on how far down the slope I judge
> > them to be.
> >
> > * nuke in tree copy of libaio
> > * nuke obsolete tools: xsview, miniterm, lomount & sv
> > * make xend optional, still on by default (for now!)
> > * disable blktap1 by default (needs qemu patch, just posted)
> > * some cleanup of .*ignore
> >
> > Ian.
> 
> In what way is lomount obsolete?  XenServer relies on it and I am
> unaware of any alternative.

As referenced in the actual patch: kpartx

> Other than that, I am very happy about the other nuked items which
> allows me  to clean up some of our local hacks to the upstream build system.
> 
> ~Andrew
> 
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