1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-01-22 18:05:17
4 This contains a local list of the bugs that are open against
5 libguestfs. Bugs are tracked in the Red Hat Bugzilla database
6 at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ and to report a new bug you
7 should follow this link:
9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
11 When reporting a new bug, please check:
13 - That the bug has not been reported already.
14 - That you are testing a recent version.
15 - Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it.
16 - Include the version of libguestfs, distro version and any other
18 - Attach the complete output of "libguestfs-test-tool".
20 --------------------------------------------------
21 Bugs in NEW or ASSIGNED state are open and waiting for someone to fix.
23 563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
24 list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
26 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
27 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
29 643991 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643991
30 CVE-2010-3851 libguestfs: missing disk format specifier when adding a disk [fedora-all]
32 670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
33 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
35 671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
36 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
38 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
39 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
41 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
42 exec: chroot not found
44 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
45 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
47 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
48 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
50 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
51 SELinux handling could be done better.
53 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
54 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
56 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
57 libguestfs should support gptsync
59 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
60 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
62 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
63 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
65 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
66 [RFE] function to get partition name
68 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
69 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
71 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
72 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
74 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
75 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
77 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
78 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
80 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
81 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
83 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
84 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
86 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
87 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
89 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
90 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
92 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
93 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
95 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
96 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
98 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
99 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
101 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
102 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
104 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
105 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
107 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
108 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
110 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
111 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
113 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
114 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
116 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
117 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
119 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
120 libguestfs fails to launch
122 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
123 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
125 664558 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664558
126 RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
128 667610 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667610
129 Multiple bugs, memory leaks in libguestfs ruby bindings
131 576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
132 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
134 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
135 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
137 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
138 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
140 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
141 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
143 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
144 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
146 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
147 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
149 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
150 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
152 --------------------------------------------------
153 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
154 You can help by testing the fixes.
156 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
157 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
159 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
160 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
162 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
163 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
165 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
166 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
168 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
169 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
171 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
172 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
174 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
175 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
177 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
178 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
180 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
181 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
183 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
184 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
186 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
187 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
189 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
190 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
192 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
193 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
195 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
196 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
198 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
199 Some String parameters should be OptString
201 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
202 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
204 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
205 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
207 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
208 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
210 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
211 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
213 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
214 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
216 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
217 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
219 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
220 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
222 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
223 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
225 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
226 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
228 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
229 virt-resize --shrink fails
231 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
232 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
234 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
235 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
237 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
238 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
240 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
241 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
243 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
244 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
246 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
247 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
249 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
250 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
252 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
253 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
255 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
256 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
258 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
259 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
261 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
262 guestmount options should match guestfish options
264 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
265 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
267 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
268 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
270 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
271 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
273 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
274 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
276 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
277 virt-df should have --uuid option
279 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
280 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
282 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
283 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
285 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
286 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
288 661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
289 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
291 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
292 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
294 627835 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
295 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
297 627833 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
298 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
300 600144 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
301 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
303 612308 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
304 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
306 613593 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
307 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
309 615223 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
310 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
312 617440 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
313 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
315 627468 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
316 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
318 627832 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
319 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
321 666577 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
322 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
324 666578 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
325 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
327 666579 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
328 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
330 668115 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
331 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
333 668611 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668611
334 guestfish -i is trying to mount all mounts from /etc/fstab and fails with an error when device doesn't exists
336 --------------------------------------------------
337 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
339 633174 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
340 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
342 657472 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657472
343 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
345 657502 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657502
346 virt-inspector depends on EPEL package perl-String-ShellQuote but does not require it
348 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
349 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
351 639601 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
352 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
354 639602 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
355 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".