path: root/BUGS

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.