LXC unsupported debian version '3.1'

[hk@]

Hi
is there some reasoning behind the support for debian>4 only?

if not please enable also v3 debian to be started in lxc environment...

regards
hk

 

[dietmar]

Hi
is there some reasoning behind the support for debian>4 only?

Yes. Those versions are EOL, and unusually considered a security risk.

 

[hk@]

well, the same argument could be made vor debian v4

please consider letting admins do what they want and change the debian release requirement to v3.

regards,
hk

 

[dietmar]

please consider letting admins do what they want and change the debian release requirement to v3.

Yes, "admins" can send me a patch if they want to support for that.

 

[hk@]

well, patch is quite easy:
in /usr/share/perl5/PVE/LXC/Setup/Debian.pm
change this line:
if !($version >= 4 && $version <= 10);
to this one:
if !($version >= 3 && $version <= 10);

thx
hk

 

[dietmar]

I assume you tested that patch? With both woody and sarge?

 

[dietmar]

Note: 3.0 is woody, and 3.1 is sarge - do you really want both?

 

[dietmar]

And where can I get templates for those old debian versions for testing?

 

[hk@]

hi
patch was tested and works with sarge (especially when migrating from old openvz-backups).

I guess at the moment the only way to get a template would be to generate an empty debian v3.x using proxmox-ve-3.4 and then back it up and restore it and then generate the template from the lxc.

for the sake of the argument I'd be fine with sarge (3.1); though I honestly see also no issue with woody but I might be wrong.

regards,
hk

PS. network-config on those old debians has to be done with "post-up route add" as the "ip route" command is not available usually, but admins who want to run this old stuff probably should manage to get their network-config right

 

[dcsapak]

PS. network-config on those old debians has to be done with "post-up route add" as the "ip route" command is not available usually, but admins who want to run this old stuff probably should manage to get their network-config right

then it would probably be easier if you would set the ostype to 'unmanaged' (see man pct.conf) to avoid the whole version detection

 

[hk@]

then it would probably be easier if you would set the ostype to 'unmanaged' (see man pct.conf) to avoid the whole version detection

well, if this were possible during the restore of a former VE container this might be an option, though I don't see where this would be possible to do during this openvz restore to lxc ...

 

[fabian]

well, if this were possible during the restore of a former VE container this might be an option, though I don't see where this would be possible to do during this openvz restore to lxc ...

you can set almost any option when restoring a container backup, it's just not exposed on the GUI. check "man pct"