NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
Last updated: 2011-01-22 18:05:17
This contains a local list of the bugs that are open against
libguestfs. Bugs are tracked in the Red Hat Bugzilla database
at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ and to report a new bug you
should follow this link:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
When reporting a new bug, please check:
- That the bug has not been reported already.
- That you are testing a recent version.
- Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it.
- Include the version of libguestfs, distro version and any other
relevant information.
- Attach the complete output of "libguestfs-test-tool".
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Bugs in NEW or ASSIGNED state are open and waiting for someone to fix.
563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
643991 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643991
CVE-2010-3851 libguestfs: missing disk format specifier when adding a disk [fedora-all]
670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
exec: chroot not found
507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
SELinux handling could be done better.
555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
libguestfs should support gptsync
578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
[RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
[RFE] function to get partition name
596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
[RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
virt-resize has no 32-bit support
642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
libguestfs fails to launch
660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
664558 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664558
RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
667610 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667610
Multiple bugs, memory leaks in libguestfs ruby bindings
576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
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Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
You can help by testing the fixes.
501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
/tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
pvresize should support shrinking PVs
585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
String parameters should be checked for != NULL
501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
Some String parameters should be OptString
521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
[RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
virt-resize --shrink fails
634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
/dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
Appliance filename should not contain repository name
639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
guestmount options should match guestfish options
642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
/dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
virt-df should have --uuid option
646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
627835 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
627833 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
600144 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
612308 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
613593 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
615223 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
617440 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
627468 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
[RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
627832 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
[RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
666577 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
666578 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
666579 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
668115 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
668611 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668611
guestfish -i is trying to mount all mounts from /etc/fstab and fails with an error when device doesn't exists
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These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
633174 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
657472 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657472
checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
657502 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657502
virt-inspector depends on EPEL package perl-String-ShellQuote but does not require it
579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
639601 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
"virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
639602 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
End of BUGS file.