path: root/BUGS

NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
Last updated: 2011-06-30

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.

676020 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676020
  After using virt-resize with an ntfs partition windows is not booting

684486 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684486
  Guest fails to boot after virt-resize

684980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684980
  calling guestfs_kill_subprocess() then guestfs_close() causes a lockup in some applications

691659 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691659
  libguestfs fails to run under JRuby 1.6.0

693064 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693064
  Symbolic links on ntfs-3g are not followed correctly by some commands

693359 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693359
  virt-cat and virt-edit don't handle case sensitive NTFS paths properly

695881 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695881
  virt-make-fs generates qemu-img command line containing decimal point: "qemu-img: Invalid image size specified!"

701814 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701814
  virt-win-reg fails on a libvirt guest that has no defined disk format: "format parameter is empty or contains disallowed characters"

709326 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709326
  virt-inspector cannot detect ReactOS

563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
  list-devices returns devices of different types out of order

696445 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696445
  Backport virt-inspector for virt-v2v

547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
  guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces

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

672485 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
  [RFE] virt-edit/tar/inspector do not support encrypted system

678231 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678231
  virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem UUID

679737 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679737
  zerofree is unavailable

685009 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=685009
  Got error when expanding ntfs filesystem

690358 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690358
  Better to point out in manual page that fullvirt query doesn't support Windows guest

692394 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692394
  inspect-list-applications fails to detect 32 bit apps installed under WOW64 emulator on 64 bit Windows

693306 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693306
  sfdisk's python interface only accepts lists of type 'list' for the lines parameter

709538 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709538
  fails to build without downstream patches

507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
  libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64

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
  guestfs_tgz_out does not detect failure of tar command

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

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

640993 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640993
  libvirtd reports an error message when virt-v2v is run. (error : qemudDomainGetVcpus:6325 : Requested operation is not valid:)

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

677870 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677870
  [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab

682980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682980
  libguestfs incorrectly detects Red Hat desktop as 'redhat-based' instead of 'redhat'

688062 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688062
  fish: add luks-open mapped device to tab completion list

696451 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696451
  libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2

696484 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696484
  [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab

700342 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700342
  virt-inspector resports unknown filesystem UUID

672491 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491
  RFE: guestfs_last_errno should be exposed in perl bindings

713678 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713678
  Not all febootstrap messages are redirected to log callbacks

583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
  mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image

627835 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
  libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks

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

661280 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
  virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"

666578 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
  libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2

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Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
You can help by testing the fixes.

691389 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691389
  Extended attributes don't work over guestmount (FUSE)

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

576879 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
  libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks

584228 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
  tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img

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

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

663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
  readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths

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These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.

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

End of BUGS file.