Release 4.4 beta 1

Fixes FTBFS with Perl 5.18.

Closes: #720519

KNOWN_BUGS.markdown

@@ -32,12 +32,3 @@ Bugs to fix rather soon
   Current (unreleased) fix is to sort by mountpoint length.
 
   Fix would be to reproduce what mount does with mount `-a`.
-
-
-Bugs to fix later
------------------
-
-`t/xen-tools.t` can't really test Xen::Tools as the latter requires a
-local Xen installation. For proper testing, a dummy set of Xen
-configuration files and configurable paths to them in `Xen::Tools`
-would be necessary.

Makefile

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #
 TMP        ?= /tmp
 DIST_PREFIX = ${TMP}
-VERSION     = 4.4~dev
+VERSION     = 4.4beta1
 DEBVERSION  = $(shell echo $(VERSION)|sed 's/\(rc\|pre\|beta\|alpha\)/~\1/')
 BASE        = xen-tools
 VCS         = git
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ install-hooks:
 	-cd ${prefix}/usr/share/xen-tools/ && ln -s karmic.d precise.d
 	-cd ${prefix}/usr/share/xen-tools/ && ln -s karmic.d quantal.d
 	-cd ${prefix}/usr/share/xen-tools/ && ln -s karmic.d raring.d
+	-cd ${prefix}/usr/share/xen-tools/ && ln -s karmic.d saucy.d
 	cp hooks/common.sh ${prefix}/usr/share/xen-tools
 	cp -r hooks/common ${prefix}/usr/share/xen-tools
 

README.markdown

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ known to work reliably, i.e.:
 * Etch 4.0 (Dom0 no more tested)
 * Lenny 5.0
 * Squeeze 6.0
-* Wheezy 7.0
-* Jessie 8.0 (preliminary support as it's not yet available)
-* Sid (works at least at the moment of writing :-)
+* Wheezy 7
+* Jessie 8 (under developement)
+* Sid (always under developement; works at least at the moment of writing :-)
 
 ### Ubuntu
 
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ known to work reliably, i.e.:
 * Oneiric Ocelot 11.10
 * Precise Pangolin 12.04
 * Quantal Quetzal 12.10
-* Raring Ringtail 13.04 (preliminary support as it's not yet available)
+* Raring Ringtail 13.04
+* Saucy Salamander 13.10 (under developement)
 
 [1]: http://bugs.debian.org/659360
     "debootstrap in Wheezy can no more build Ubuntu Edgy or earlier"
@@ -83,11 +84,22 @@ Requirements
 To use these tools you'll need the following software:
 
 * [debootstrap](http://packages.debian.org/debootstrap)
-* Perl
-  * The Perl module [Text::Template](http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Template/)
-	([Debian Package libtext-template-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libtext-template-perl))
-  * The Perl module [Config::IniFiles](http://search.cpan.org/dist/Config-IniFiles/)
+* Perl and the following Perl modules
+  * [Config::IniFiles](http://metacpan.org/release/Config-IniFiles)
 	([Debian Package libconfig-inifiles-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libconfig-inifiles-perl))
+  * [Text::Template](http://metacpan.org/release/Text-Template)
+	([Debian Package libtext-template-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libtext-template-perl))
+  * [Data::Validate::Domain](http://metacpan.org/release/Data-Validate-Domain)
+	([Debian Package libdata-validate-domain-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libdata-validate-domain-perl))
+  * [Data::Validate::IP](http://metacpan.org/release/Data-Validate-IP)
+	([Debian Package libdata-validate-ip-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libdata-validate-ip-perl))
+  * [Data::Validate::URI](http://metacpan.org/release/Data-Validate-URI)
+	([Debian Package libdata-validate-uri-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libdata-validate-uri-perl))
+  * [File::Slurp](http://metacpan.org/release/File-Slurp)
+	([Debian Package libfile-slurp-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libfile-slurp-perl))
+  * [File::Which](http://metacpan.org/release/File-Which)
+	([Debian Package libfile-which-perl](http://packages.debian.org/libfile-which-perl))
+  * and some more modules which are part of the Perl core and hence do not need to be installed separately.
 * Make, if you are not installing through a package manager
 
 You can try to install RPM-based distributions such as CentOS, or

TODO.markdown

@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ Bugs to fix and features to add for 5.0
 
 * LVM snapshot support as an install source.
 
-* Clean up mounts on `Ctrl-C`, causes error while installing otherwise:
-
-    Removing /dev/vg0/acromantula-domu1-disk - since we're forcing the
-    install Can't remove open logical volume "acromantula-domu1-disk"
-    this should be a matter of unmounting the mounted volume from /tmp.
-
 * Generic grub support
 
   This will generate a much nicer `menu.lst` as a side effect, as its
@@ -128,6 +122,9 @@ Bugs to fix and features to add for 5.0
   `authorized_keys` (e.g. a users public key) or to just add the Dom0's
   `/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` as the DomU's one.
 
+* Generate ECDSA host keys where possible. (Likely depends on the
+  to-be-installed SSH version.)
+
 * More generic roles
 
   Deploy a web server or setup ssmtp directly via flag when setting up
@@ -165,11 +162,6 @@ Bugs to fix and features to add for 5.0
 
 * Make used Xen toolstack configurable, i.e. via --xen-toolstack=xl
 
-* Code Deduplication / Refactor the code for less code duplication
-
-  `bin/x*` currently contain the same or similar code like e.g. in the
-  function readConfigurationFile. This needs to be cleaned up.
-
 * Unify --debug and --dumpconfig. Likely make --debug exit
   gracefully. Document --debug if --dumpconfig is removed.
 
@@ -182,8 +174,6 @@ Bugs to fix and features to add for 5.0
   distributions the same. Currently Debian is a special case and
   Ubuntu half a special case.
 
-* Replace findBinary() with File::Which
-
 * Remove from the (unused) Xen::Tools what's already in the used
   Xen::Tools::Common.
 
@@ -194,6 +184,10 @@ Bugs to fix and features to add for 5.0
     `xen-create-image` first. Which probably both would be a good
     idea.
 
+* Replace several occurences of backticks with runCommand. (Mostly
+  mount commands in `xen-update-image`. The calls to uname or
+  lsb_release should be fine.)
+
 Stuff from Steve's TODO list / Generic TODOs
 --------------------------------------------
 
@@ -238,10 +232,14 @@ Axel's Break-Backwards-Compatibility Wishlist
 
   Maybe add some `--autostart` or such.
 
-* Maybe replace findBinary with File::Which
-
 * MAC addresses should no more depend on the distribution.
 
 * Let the admin switch between MAC addresses based on XenSource's OUI,
   its organisation's own OUI or locally administrated MAC addresses.
   See also http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Networking#MAC_addresses
+
+* More radical Code Deduplication
+
+  `bin/x*` currently still contain similar code like e.g. in the
+  function parseCommandLineArguments. This should be cleaned up, too,
+  but may need a bigger redesign.

bin/xen-create-image

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xen-create-image - Easily create new Xen instances with networking and OpenSSH.
@@ -243,9 +245,10 @@ and EVMS EXAMPLE.
                 Debian mirror. See http://http.debian.net/ for
                 details.
 
-   --apt_proxy=url
+   --apt_proxy=protocol://hostname:port/
                 Specify a proxy to be used by debootstrap, and within
-                the guest.
+                the guest. Needs the same syntax as APT's
+                Acquire::http::Proxy. See apt.conf(5).
 
    --template=tmpl
                 Specify which template file to use when creating the
@@ -792,6 +795,9 @@ use File::Which;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Pod::Usage;
 use Data::Dumper;
+use Data::Validate::URI qw/ is_uri /;
+use Data::Validate::IP qw/ is_ipv4 /;
+use Data::Validate::Domain qw/ is_hostname /;
 use Xen::Tools::Common;
 
 
@@ -825,7 +831,7 @@ my $MOUNT_POINT = undef;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 #
@@ -1143,11 +1149,11 @@ E_O_ERROR
     #  Check that all the binaries have been installed properly
     #
     my @required =
-      qw ( / xt-customize-image xt-install-image xt-create-xen-config / );
+      qw(xt-customize-image xt-install-image xt-create-xen-config);
 
     foreach my $bin (@required)
     {
-        if ( !defined( findBinary($bin) ) )
+        if ( !defined( which($bin) ) )
         {
             logprint( "The script '$bin' was not found.\nAborting\n\n" );
             $CONFIG{'FAIL'} = 1;
@@ -1328,10 +1334,10 @@ sub setupDefaultOptions
         $CONFIG{ 'mirror_'.$debdist } = 'http://http.debian.net/debian-archive/debian';
     }
     # Initialize per distribution mirror defaults: Ubuntu
-    foreach my $ubuntudist (qw(hardy lucid oneiric precise quantal raring)) {
+    foreach my $ubuntudist (qw(lucid precise quantal raring saucy)) {
         $CONFIG{ 'mirror_'.$ubuntudist } = 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu';
     }
-    foreach my $ubuntudist (qw(dapper edgy feisty gutsy intrepid jaunty karmic maverick natty)) {
+    foreach my $ubuntudist (qw(dapper edgy feisty gutsy hardy intrepid jaunty karmic maverick natty oneiric)) {
         $CONFIG{ 'mirror_'.$ubuntudist } = 'http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu';
     }
     $CONFIG{ 'apt_proxy' }     = '';
@@ -1450,15 +1456,15 @@ sub checkOption
             message => "must be a disk device (xvd[a-z]+, sd[a-z]+).\n",
         },
         ipv4 => {
-            check   => qr/^(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$/,
+            check   => sub { is_ipv4($_[0]) },
             message => "must be valid IPv4.\n",
         },
         ipv4_or_auto => {
-            check   => qr/^(?:auto|(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))$/,
+            check   => sub { is_ipv4($_[0]) or $_[0] eq 'auto' },
             message => "must be valid IPv4 or the keyword 'auto'.\n",
         },
         hostname => {
-            check   => qr/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]{0,254}$/i,
+            check   => sub { is_hostname($_[0]) },
             message => "must be a valid hostname.\n",
         },
         supportedFs => {
@@ -1489,6 +1495,10 @@ sub checkOption
             check   => qr/^md5|sha256|sha512$/i,
             message => "must be md5, sha256 or sha512.\n",
         },
+        uri => {
+            check   => sub { is_uri($_[0]) },
+            message => "must be an URI including the protocol\n",
+        },
     );
 
     # Define what argument each option accepts.
@@ -1523,6 +1533,7 @@ sub checkOption
         mac           => 'mac',
         ip            => 'ipv4_or_auto',
         hash_method   => 'hashMethod',
+        apt_proxy     => 'uri',
     );
 
     # If given option does not exists in optionsTypes,
@@ -1817,7 +1828,7 @@ sub checkArguments
     #
     #  Lucid and probably all later Ubuntus, too, don't work without pygrub
     #
-    if ( $CONFIG{ 'dist' } =~ /lucid|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring/ )
+    if ( $CONFIG{ 'dist' } =~ /lucid|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy/ )
     {
         $CONFIG{ 'pygrub' } = 1;
     }
@@ -2265,7 +2276,7 @@ sub checkBinariesPresent
 
     foreach my $file (@required)
     {
-        if ( !defined( findBinary($file) ) )
+        if ( !defined( which($file) ) )
         {
             logprint("The following binary is required to run this tool\n");
             logprint("\t$file\n");
@@ -2281,7 +2292,7 @@ sub checkBinariesPresent
     {
 
         # loopback image
-        if ( !defined( findBinary("dd") ) )
+        if ( !defined( which("dd") ) )
         {
             logprint("The following binary is required to run this tool\n");
             logprint("\tdd\n");
@@ -2302,7 +2313,7 @@ sub checkBinariesPresent
 
         foreach my $file (@evms)
         {
-            if ( !defined( findBinary($file) ) )
+            if ( !defined( which($file) ) )
             {
                 logprint("The following binary is required to run this tool\n");
                 logprint("\t$file\n");
@@ -2322,7 +2333,7 @@ sub checkBinariesPresent
 
         foreach my $file (@lvm)
         {
-            if ( !defined( findBinary($file) ) )
+            if ( !defined( which($file) ) )
             {
                 logprint("The following binary is required to run this tool\n");
                 logprint("\t$file\n");
@@ -3296,7 +3307,7 @@ sub createFilesystem
     #
     my ($binary, $args) = split(/ /, $command, 2);
 
-    if ( !defined( findBinary($binary) ) )
+    if ( !defined( which($binary) ) )
     {
         logprint(
             "The binary '$binary' required to create the filesystem $fs is missing\n"

bin/xen-create-nfs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xen-create-nfs - Create a Xen configuration file for an NFS-root guest.
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ $CONFIG{ 'template' } = '/etc/xen-tools/xm-nfs.tmpl';
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 # store version number away.

bin/xen-delete-image

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xen-delete-image - Delete previously created Xen instances.
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ my %CONFIG;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 #

bin/xen-list-images

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xen-list-images - List all the created and configured Xen images.
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ $CONFIG{ 'extension' } = '.cfg';
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 

bin/xen-resize-guest

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xen-resize-guest - Resize a loopback or LVM based xen guest.
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ my %CONFIG;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 #

bin/xen-update-image

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xen-update-image - Update the software installed upon offline Xen images.
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ my %CONFIG;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 #

bin/xt-create-xen-config

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xt-create-config - Create a Xen configuration file for a new guest
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ $CONFIG{ 'extension' } = '.cfg';
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 

bin/xt-customize-image

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xt-customize-image - Customize a freshly installed copy of GNU/Linux
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ my %CONFIG;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 

bin/xt-guess-suite-and-mirror

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xt-guess-suite-and-mirror - Tries to guess the most suitable suite and
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ my @sources_list_files = ( '/etc/apt/sources.list',
 use File::Slurp;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Pod::Usage;
+use File::Which;
 
 use strict;
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ use strict;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 # Init
 my $mirror = '';
@@ -148,10 +151,8 @@ all_sources_list_files: foreach my $sources_list_file (@sources_list_files) {
 die "Couldn't find a useful entry in the sources.list files of the Dom0. Tried:\n  ".
     join("\n  ", @sources_list_files)."\n" unless $found;
 
-my $lsb_release = `which lsb_release`;
-chomp($lsb_release);
-
-if (!$found and $lsb_release and -x $lsb_release) {
+my $lsb_release = which('lsb_release');
+if (!$found and defined($lsb_release) and -x $lsb_release) {
     my $vendor = `$lsb_release -s -i`;
 
     if ($vendor eq 'Debian' or $vendor eq 'Ubuntu') {

bin/xt-install-image

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+=encoding utf8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 xt-install-image - Install a fresh copy of GNU/Linux into a directory
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ my %CONFIG;
 #
 # Release number.
 #
-my $RELEASE = '4.4~dev';
+my $RELEASE = '4.4beta1';
 
 
 #

debian/NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+xen-tools (4.4~beta1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Exported environment variables no more contain dashes ("-"). Dashes in
     environment variable names are from now on converted to underscores
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     which all should be empty at that point, i.e. "rmdir -p
     /usr/lib/xen-tools/*" should do the trick.
 
- -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:19:02 +0200
+ -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:01:16 +0200
 
 xen-tools (4.2~rc1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 

debian/changelog

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+xen-tools (4.4~beta1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * New upstream release
+  * New upstream beta release
     - Code deduplication to unify the xen-*-image scripts
     - Moves /usr/lib/xen-tools/ to /usr/share/xen-tools/
     - Use http.debian.net as default Debian mirror if no mirror is given
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Fixes "--extension=" with empty parameter.
     - Sarge amd64 case handle properly
     - Remove CVS revisions from --version output
-    - Preliminary support for Debian Jessie and Ubuntu Raring
+    - Support for Debian Jessie, Ubuntu Raring and preliminary support for
+      Ubuntu Saucy (debootstrap doesn't have support for Saucy at the time
+      of writing)
     - Preliminary support for xl toolstack
     - xen-create-image: Consistently use runCommand() instead of system()
     - xt-install-image: Don't bail out if only cdebootstrap is installed
       but not debootstrap (Thanks Elmar Heeb!)
     - Makefile accepts DESTDIR=…
     - Move examples from debian/examples to examples.
-    - Uses File::Which, added (build-) dependency on libfile-which-perl
+    - Uses File::Which exclusively (no more findBinary, no more `which`),
+      added (build-) dependency on libfile-which-perl
     - Knows about module-init-tools → kmod transition in wheezy/raring.
     - Adds default mount options for ext4, identical to ext2/ext3.
     - Ships /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/xen-tools for generating Dom0
@@ -41,7 +44,8 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       Add installCentOS4Package wrapper for backward compatibility.
     - Fix filesystem tools installation in 91-install-fs-tools (which was
       broken since 4.3~rc1-1) by merging 91-install-fs-tools back into
-      90-make-fstab. Also supports RPM-based distributions now.
+      90-make-fstab. (Closes: #715340) Also supports RPM-based
+      distributions now.
     - Fixes export of environment variables. Previously they could contain
       dashes and then were only accessible from within Perl, but not from
       within Bash.
@@ -51,6 +55,14 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Removes unused Perl modules Xen::Tools and Xen::Tools::Log from
       source code. Also removes the according tests from the test suite.
       → Remove no more needed build-dependency on Moose.
+    - Better documents and checks requirements for the --apt_proxy
+      value. (See #623443 for the corresponding apt issue.) Add (build-)
+      dependency on libdata-validate-uri-perl.
+    - Use Data::Validate::{Domain,IP} for IP addresses and hostname checks.
+      Add corresponding (build-) dependencies on
+      libdata-validate-{domain,ip}-perl.
+    - Fixes broken quoting in list of required binaries
+    - Declares POD encoding. Fixes FTBFS with Perl 5.18. (Closes: #720519)
   * Add debian/gbp.conf to be able to to build xen-tools with
     git-buildpackage.
   * Clean up debian/rules:
@@ -62,10 +74,14 @@ xen-tools (4.4~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       dh_auto_* can't help. No more explicitly call "make manpages", it's
       a depedency of "make install" in the next line anyway.
     - Finally switch to a minimal dh style debian/rules.
+  * Bump debhelper compatibility to 9
+    - Update versioned debhelper build-dependency
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no changes)
+  * Add dependency on ${perl:Depends} to fix dpkg-gencontrol warning.
   * Bump copyright years in debian/copyright.
   * Apply wrap-and-sort.
 
- -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:09:02 +0100
+ -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:00:03 +0200
 
 xen-tools (4.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 

debian/compat

@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9

debian/control

@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@ Source: xen-tools
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~),
                devscripts,
                git,
+               libdata-validate-domain-perl,
+               libdata-validate-ip-perl,
+               libdata-validate-uri-perl,
                libfile-slurp-perl,
                libfile-which-perl,
                libtest-notabs-perl,
                libtest-pod-coverage-perl,
                libtest-pod-perl,
                libtext-template-perl
-Standards-Version: 3.9.3
+Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Homepage: http://xen-tools.org/software/xen-tools
 Vcs-Browser: http://gitorious.org/xen-tools/xen-tools
 Vcs-Git: git://gitorious.org/xen-tools/xen-tools.git
@@ -20,12 +23,16 @@ Package: xen-tools
 Architecture: all
 Depends: debootstrap | cdebootstrap,
          libconfig-inifiles-perl,
+         libdata-validate-domain-perl,
+         libdata-validate-ip-perl,
+         libdata-validate-uri-perl,
          libfile-slurp-perl,
          libfile-which-perl,
          libtext-template-perl,
          openssh-client,
          perl-modules,
-         ${misc:Depends}
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${perl:Depends}
 Recommends: libexpect-perl,
             rinse (>= 1.9.1-1),
             xen-hypervisor-amd64 | xen-hypervisor-i386 | xen-hypervisor-i386-pae,
@@ -46,7 +53,8 @@ Description: Tools to manage Xen virtual servers
    * Debian 4.0 Etch
    * Debian 5.0 Lenny
    * Debian 6.0 Squeeze
-   * Debian 7.0 Wheezy
+   * Debian 7 Wheezy
+   * Debian 8 Jessie (under development)
    * Debian Sid (Unstable)
    * Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake (LTS)
    * Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
@@ -61,5 +69,8 @@ Description: Tools to manage Xen virtual servers
    * Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
    * Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
    * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin (LTS)
+   * Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal
+   * Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
+   * Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander (under development)
    * CentOS 5
    * CentOS 6

etc/xen-tools.conf

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ mirror = `xt-guess-suite-and-mirror --mirror`
 # mirror_edgy = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_feisty = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_gutsy = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
-# mirror_hardy = http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
+# mirror_hardy = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_intrepid = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_jaunty = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_karmic = http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ mirror = `xt-guess-suite-and-mirror --mirror`
 # mirror_precise = http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_quantal = http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 # mirror_raring = http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
+# mirror_saucy = http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
 
 # If this is defined it will be used by debootstrap, and configured as the
 # proxy for the guest

lib/Xen/Tools/Common.pm

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ use Exporter 'import';
 use vars qw(@EXPORT_OK @EXPORT);
 
 use English;
+use File::Which;
 
 @EXPORT = qw(readConfigurationFile xenRunning runCommand setupAdminUsers
-             findXenToolstack findBinary
+             findXenToolstack
              logprint_with_config logonly_with_config fail_with_config);
 
 =head1 FUNCTIONS
@@ -139,38 +140,6 @@ sub xenRunning ($$)
     return ($running);
 }
 
-=head2 findBinary
-
-=begin doc
-
-  Find the location of the specified binary on the curent user's PATH.
-
-  Return undef if the named binary isn't found.
-
-=end doc
-
-=cut
-
-sub findBinary
-{
-    my ($bin) = (@_);
-
-    # strip any path which might be present.
-    $bin = $2 if ( $bin =~ /(.*)[\/\\](.*)/ );
-
-    foreach my $entry ( split( /:/, $ENV{ 'PATH' } ) )
-    {
-
-        # guess of location.
-        my $guess = $entry . "/" . $bin;
-
-        # return it if it exists and is executable
-        return $guess if ( -e $guess && -x $guess );
-    }
-
-    return undef;
-}
-
 =head2 findXenToolstack
 
 =begin doc
@@ -192,12 +161,12 @@ sub findXenToolstack
         return $toolstack if $toolstack;
     }
 
-    my $xm = findBinary('xm');
+    my $xm = which('xm');
     if ($xm and system("$xm list >/dev/null 2>/dev/null") == 0) {
         return $xm;
     }
 
-    my $xl = findBinary('xl');
+    my $xl = which('xl');
     if ($xl and system("$xl list >/dev/null 2>/dev/null") == 0) {
         return $xl;
     }