[pve-devel] NAK: [PATCH qemu-server 4/7] add postinst with Windows device incompatibility workaround

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 04.03.21 13:52, Stefan Reiter wrote:
> ...for QEMU 5.2
> 
> Add a postinst with some inline perl (to avoid having to install a
> seperate file to run) that conservatively does its best to set the
> machine version for all VMs the bug might affect to 5.1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Reiter <s.reiter at proxmox.com>
> ---
> 
> Requires Fabian's #3301 series:
> https://lists.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2021-March/047175.html
> 
> I did it as inline perl because I wasn't sure where to put a file containing
> this to be able to execute it from postinst without cluttering the machine after
> it is done. Feel free to extract it somewhere else if you see fit.
> 
> Might also make sense to update the link from the forum for "more details" to
> the cover of this series, or something else...
> 
>  debian/postinst | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 debian/postinst
> 

Dropped this one, I know partially my fault in making you go this direction, but
Fabi is right, and we even talked about how to handle restore ourself in persona,
IIRC - so no idea how we could even go for this approach (dealing which such effects
of decades old design decisions, which naturally lack the benefit of the hindsight,
is always a PITA).