[libvirt] Got time to try out the libvirt 0.8.6 win32 package?

[Matthias Bolte]

2010/12/12 Justin Clift <jclift at redhat.com>:
> Hi Matthias (and anyone else interested),
>
> Just added a win32 installation package to the website, for libvirt 0.8.6.
>
>  http://libvirt.org/sources/win32_experimental/Libvirt-0.8.6-0.exe
>
> This has the libcurl stuff in it you put together, so (in theory) it should
> connect to remote vSphere/ESX servers.
>
> Do you (or anyone) have time to try it out against vSphere/ESX/similar?
>
> Going to update the Windows page on the website pointing to it, when
> we know it's working ok. :)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>

I tested it and it works with ESX and QEMU over TLS. Here are some comments:

1) I wonder why you never pushed this patch:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2010-November/msg00761.html

2) libcurl license is missing in the installer.

3) There is no readme.txt about where to put TLS certs to make qemu+tls:// work.

4) The installer remembers the install location. Therefore, it suggest
to install in the same location as the previous installer for libvirt
0.8.5. But it doesn't check if a previous version is already installed
and doesn't suggest to uninstall it first. This results in libvirt
0.8.6 being installed over 0.8.5. The installer overwrites existing
files without notice.

Matthias