qemu 2.1+dfsg-7ubuntu1 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

qemu (2.1+dfsg-7ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * Merge 2.1+dfsg-7.  Remaining changes:
    - qemu-system-common.postinst:
      * remove acl placed by udev, and add udevadm trigger.
      * reload kvm_intel if needed to set nested=1
    - qemu-system-common.preinst: add kvm group if needed
    - add qemu-kvm upstart job and defaults file (rules,
      qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.default, qemu-system-x86.qemu-kvm.upstart)
    - rules,qemu-system-x86.modprobe: support use under older udevs which
      do not auto-load the kvm kernel module.  Enable nesting by default
      on intel.
    - debian/qemu-system-alternatives.in: use a later version as ubuntu
      removed the alternatives bit later.
    - d/p/ubuntu/expose-vmx_qemu64cpu.patch: enable nested kvm by default
      in qemu64 cpu type.
    - d/p/ubuntu/define-trusty-machine-type.patch: define a default trusty
      machine type to ease future live vm migration.
    - apport hook for qemu source package: d/source_qemu-kvm.py,
      d/qemu-system-common.install
    - debian/binfmt-update-in: support ppcle
      * debian/binfmt-update-in
      * Support-ppcle.patch
  * Dropped patches (upstream or now in debian's tree):
    - pc-reserve-more-memory-for-acpi.patch
    - CVE-2014-5388.patch
    - 501-block-raw-posix-fix-disk-corruption-in-try-fiemap and
      502-block-raw-posic-use-seek-hole-ahead-of-fiemap (combined
      in debian)
    - CVE-2014-3615.patch
    - CVE-2014-3640.patch
    - CVE-2014-3689.patch
    - CVE-2014-7815.patch

qemu (2.1+dfsg-7) unstable; urgency=high

  * urgency is high due to 2 security fixes
    (one current and one forgotten in previous release)
    and because of possible data corruption bugfix
  * vnc-sanitize-bits_per_pixel-from-the-client-CVE-2014-7815.patch
    from upstream (Closes: CVE-2014-7815)
  * fix spelling mistake in previous changelog entry
  * add two patches from upstream for block/raw-posix.c to work around
    probs in FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl and to prefer seek_hole over fiemap.
    This should fix a long-standing ghost data corruption observed
    in various places.

qemu (2.1+dfsg-6) unstable; urgency=medium

  * mention closing of CVE-2014-3615 by 2.1.2 (2.1+dfsg-5)
  * 9p-use-little-endian-format-for-xattr-values.patch (Closes: #755740)
  * mention closing of #760386
  * mention closing of more CVEs by 2.1+dfsg-1
  * recognize ppc64el in qemu-debootstrap (Luca Falavigna) (Closes: #760949)
  * use dpkg-vendor to let derived distros to use our d/rules
  * use /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk to get DEB_HOST_* and DEB_BUILD_*
    variables.  This restores cross building support.
  * use /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk for CFLAGS LDFLAGS &Co
  * pass -DVENDOR_{DEBIAN,UBUNTU} to compiler
  * do not treat ppc* and ppc*le as compatible for binfmt registrations
  * mention ACPI SLIC to RSDT id copying if slic table is supplied,
    thank you Tim Small for the patch (Closes: #765075)
  * apply 5 patches from upstream to fix a security issue in
    vmware-vga (Closes: #765496 CVE-2014-3689)
  * apply two patches from upstream to make qemu to work with samba4
    (Closes: #747636)

qemu (2.1+dfsg-5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * upstream bugfix release v2.1.2
    (Closes: #762532 CVE-2014-3640 CVE-2014-5388 CVE-2014-3615)
  * Add x32 to the list of supported architectures
    (patch by Thorsten Glaser) (Closes: #760386)
  * fix wrong reference in kvm.1 (Closes: #761137)
  * removed patches (applied upstream):
    l2tp-linux-only.patch
    ide-only-constrain-read_write-requests-to-drive-size.diff
    pc-reserve-more-memory-for-acpi.patch
 -- Serge Hallyn <email address hidden>   Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:36:53 -0600