libguestfs.git/src/generator.ml, branch 1.2.6

Fix error message in strings-e command (RHBZ#588651).

2010-05-14T16:23:44+00:00

(cherry picked from commit 287f8957fea3efe411c7ac55595d5d6c7b613e4e
and modified to apply to the stable branch.  Note that the original
commit message contains a typo 'string-e' instead of 'strings-e')

daemon: Fix read-file so it fails gracefully for large files (RHBZ#589039).

2010-05-14T16:06:06+00:00

Pengzhen Cao noticed that read-file would fail for files
larger than the protocol size; this is *not* the bug.  However
it would also lose protocol synchronization after this.

The reason was that functions which return RBufferOut in the
generator must not 'touch' the *size_r parameter along error
return paths.

I fixed read-file and initrd-cat, and I checked that pread was
doing the right thing.

This also adds regression tests for read-file with various categories
of large file.
(cherry picked from commit 42f59b28f123f53ae038df23a9abee08e959e46b)

tests: In verbose mode, print dashes between each test.

2010-05-14T15:57:55+00:00

Only affects tests when run with LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1.  Lets you easily
see when each test starts and ends.
(cherry picked from commit 097266e01cfa28319834bf750649650f3c22006f)

Document that guestfs_mount implies -o sync and performance problem (RHBZ#587582).

2010-04-30T16:38:45+00:00

(cherry picked from commit fd2d10d6ed91f417a9b99bb61526b45bb7ed3e4e)

lvresize: Use --force so it can make LVs smaller (RHBZ#587484).

2010-04-30T16:38:11+00:00

This also adds a regression test for this bug.
(cherry picked from commit c24de46d06cc3ecccf00bfaaffb06172659cdd0a)

docs: Clarify documentation for mknod (RHBZ#582948).

2010-04-20T07:45:55+00:00

(cherry picked from commit 42e43db927dac13da0afe6dba39708295eb06021)

Documentation: Use 'g' instead of 'handle' in documentation.

2010-04-20T07:44:53+00:00

By convention we use 'g' for handles.  Copy this convention
through to all the documentation.
(cherry picked from commit 2e0f3ed54b978925c79ca0d33e76bec338b23631)

generator: Fix typo in a comment.

2010-04-20T07:44:03+00:00

(cherry picked from commit 68467cb1c2f8b1cc7844ed6512b7f76ef2aba1d1)

Improved checking, documentation of modes (RHBZ#582901, RHBZ#582929).

2010-04-20T07:43:42+00:00

chmod: Disallow negative mode, document mode affected by umask.

mkdir-mode: Disallow negative mode, document that filesystems
may interpret the mode in different ways.

mknod: Disallow negative mode, document mode affected by umask.

umask: Check the range of umask mask value carefully.
(cherry picked from commit 61ab83d19009a8006dd73ebe16d22494b78be4d1)

Add a build test for the 'umask' command.

2010-04-20T07:42:33+00:00

(cherry picked from commit 116d497c68c2e57f6e92abf8834112a794a145f0)