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Diffstat (limited to 'src/virtBootstrap/utils.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/virtBootstrap/utils.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py b/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py index 63ef57a..66cd301 100644 --- a/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py +++ b/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py @@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ def safe_untar(src, dest): # Compression type is auto detected from tar # Exclude files under /dev to avoid "Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted" - params = ['--', '/bin/tar', 'xf', src, '-C', '/mnt', '--exclude', 'dev/*'] + # Note: Here we use --absolute-names flag to get around the error message + # "Cannot open: Permission denied" when symlynks are extracted, with the + # qemu:/// driver. This flag must not be used outside virt-sandbox. + params = ['--', '/bin/tar', 'xf', src, '-C', '/mnt', '--exclude', 'dev/*', + '--overwrite', '--absolute-names'] execute(virt_sandbox + params) |