1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs".
2 Last updated: 2010-11-19 22:30:30
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 627835 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
27 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
29 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
30 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
32 627833 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
33 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
35 633174 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
36 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
38 643991 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643991
39 CVE-2010-3851 libguestfs: missing disk format specifier when adding a disk [fedora-all]
41 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
42 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
44 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
45 exec: chroot not found
47 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
48 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
50 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
51 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
53 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
54 SELinux handling could be done better.
56 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
57 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
59 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
60 libguestfs should support gptsync
62 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
63 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
65 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
66 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
68 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
69 [RFE] function to get partition name
71 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
72 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
74 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
75 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
77 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
78 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
80 600144 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
81 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
83 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
84 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
86 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
87 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
89 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
90 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
92 612308 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
93 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
95 615223 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
96 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
98 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
99 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
101 617440 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
102 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
104 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
105 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
107 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
108 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
110 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
111 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
113 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
114 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
116 627468 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
117 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
119 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
120 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
122 627832 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
123 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
125 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
126 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
128 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
129 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
131 637244 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637244
132 virt-inspector has noisy start when inspecting 64-bit disk image from 32-bit host
134 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
135 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
137 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
138 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
140 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
141 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
143 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
144 libguestfs fails to launch
146 646361 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646361
147 Fix appliance building Fedora-on-Debian (on systems with default library search paths differing from the appliance's)
149 501882 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
150 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
152 576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
153 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
155 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
156 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
158 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
159 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
161 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
162 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
164 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
165 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
167 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
168 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
170 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
171 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
173 639601 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
174 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
176 639602 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
177 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
179 --------------------------------------------------
180 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
181 You can help by testing the fixes.
183 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
184 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
186 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
187 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
189 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
190 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
192 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
193 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
195 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
196 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
198 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
199 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
201 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
202 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
204 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
205 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
207 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
208 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
210 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
211 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
213 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
214 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
216 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
217 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
219 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
220 Some String parameters should be OptString
222 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
223 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
225 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
226 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
228 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
229 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
231 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
232 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
234 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
235 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
237 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
238 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
240 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
241 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
243 613593 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
244 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
246 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
247 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
249 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
250 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
252 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
253 virt-resize --shrink fails
255 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
256 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
258 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
259 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
261 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
262 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
264 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
265 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
267 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
268 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
270 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
271 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
273 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
274 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
276 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
277 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
279 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
280 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
282 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
283 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
285 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
286 guestmount options should match guestfish options
288 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
289 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
291 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
292 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
294 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
295 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
297 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
298 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
300 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
301 virt-df should have --uuid option
303 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
304 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
306 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
307 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
309 654638 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654638
310 openssl updated to 1.0.0b libguestfs depends on exact file names
312 --------------------------------------------------
313 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
315 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
316 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
318 636454 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636454
319 [RFE] Need a way to determine if a particular block device is a logical volume