Re: [URGENT PATCH] OvmfPkg/PlatformCI: bump QEMU choco package version to 2021.5.5

["Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 17:57, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> We currently require QEMU choco package version 2020.08.14 (from commit
> 3ab9d60fcbe7), in "OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml".
> Said package version references the following URLs:
>
> https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/Qemu/2020.08.14#files
> -> https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w32/qemu-w32-setup-20200814.exe
> -> https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/qemu-w64-setup-20200814.exe
>
> These URLs no longer work; Stefan Weil seems to have moved the binaries to
> the following archive directories:
>
> - https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w32/2020/
> - https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/2020/
>
> In theory, the old QEMU choco packages should be fixed (their powershell
> scripts should be updated to reference the new URLs on Stefan Weil's
> website). However, this PlatformCI issue is blocking the merging of the
> security fix for TianoCore#3356, so getting PlatformCI functional again is
> urgent. Let's bump our QEMU choco package requirement to 2021.5.5, whose
> URLs work, for now.
>
> (Currently we cannot use any other choco package version, as Stefan's
> directories <https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w32> and
> <https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64>, without any further subdirectories, only
> offer the 20210505 EXE files.)
>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+tianocore@kernel.org>
> Cc: Bret Barkelew <Bret.Barkelew@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
> Cc: Liming Gao <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>
> Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
> Cc: Sean Brogan <sean.brogan@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> ---
>  OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml b/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml
> index 772dbec186a9..2e07a3d8893a 100644
> --- a/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml
> +++ b/OvmfPkg/PlatformCI/.azurepipelines/Windows-VS2019.yml
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
>          build_flags: $(Build.Flags)
>          run_flags: $(Run.Flags)
>          extra_install_step:
> -        - powershell: choco install qemu --version=2020.08.14; Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]c:\Program Files\qemu"
> +        - powershell: choco install qemu --version=2021.5.5; Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]c:\Program Files\qemu"
>            displayName: Install QEMU and Set QEMU on path # friendly name displayed in the UI
>            condition: and(gt(variables.pkg_count, 0), succeeded())
>
> --
> 2.19.1.3.g30247aa5d201
>