On 2022-04-21 23:20:32 (+0200), David Runge via arch-dev-public wrote:
with qemu 7.0.0 now in [staging] we have a more extensive split package setup (see accompanying TODO [1]). Under certain circumstances this will require manual intervention (or rather a specific upgrade) to regain the previous functionality:
Thanks to Jan I was made aware of the possibility to setup qemu-desktop to replace qemu<7, which should take care of the one manual intervention scenario. I therefore propose the following changes to the message (as the changes are quite substantial either way, a message is still warranted): Title: QEMU >= 7.0.0 changes split package setup ``` With the update to qemu 7.0.0 the package has been turned into a more fine grained split package. The `qemu` package now only carries a few common files and tracks all of its leaf packages as optional dependencies. Previous scenario functionality (e.g. "headless") is now available via meta packages. The transition to these packages should happen automatically: * The functionality of `qemu` prior to 7.0.0 is replaced by `qemu-desktop` * The functionality of `qemu-headless` is replaced by `qemu-base` * The functionality of `qemu-arch-extra` and `qemu-headless-arch-extra` is replaced by `qemu-emulators-full` Furthermore, the meta package `qemu-full` provides all qemu related packages (excluding `qemu-docs`). ``` Do note, that this message will only be posted after qemu 7.0.0 entered [testing], which will still take a little time due to the rebuild TODO revolving around it. Best, David -- https://sleepmap.de