[Bug 556312] [NEW] libvirt packages should not Recommend hypervisor packages

[Neil Wilson]

Public bug reported:

#215962 was shortsighted in its approach. Libvirt has a 'remote' and
'test' URI capability and could be installed on other virtual machines
with a view to managing Hypervisors one step away - or for setting up
test environments. At the moment the 'Recommends' on both lvm and qemu-
kvm means that apt will try and install those packages on Virtual
machines - causing breakages and failed daemon starts.

The Recommends on qemu-kvm and lvm should be downgraded to Suggests, or
the packages should be broken out so that there is a libvirt for
'remote' and 'test' URI setups that can be installed on VMs, and one for
'physical' installations on machines that need a local hypervisor.

Additionally 'qemu-kvm' isn't required on physical machines using the
Xen hypervisor.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libvirt-bin (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-302.6-ec2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-302-ec2 x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr  6 08:51:04 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libvirt

** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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libvirt packages should not Recommend hypervisor packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556312
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