[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#796878: Bug#796878: virt-manager requires /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map.xml from libvirt-daemon w/out depending on it

[Guido Günther]

severity 796878 normal
thanks

Hi,
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:07:09PM +0200, Feth AREZKI wrote:
> Package: virt-manager
> Version: 1:1.2.1-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I use libvirtd on some servers and was always able to connect to them
> via ssh.
> I recently found out my laptop's virt-manager could not connect anymore,
> complaining in the Python traceback that /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map.xml is
> missing and asking "is libvirtd running?".
> 
> Installing libvirt-daemon solves the problem, but I feel it installs
> way too much unneeded packages (libvirtd, qemu-kvm...).

You don't need to install the recommended packages.

> 
> Perhaps /usr/share/libvirt/cpu_map.xml should be provided in a data-only
> package?

Please provide at least logs of virt-manager and your connection URL so
this can be reproduced.
Cheers,
 -- Guido