1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-04-12 20:14:27
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 676020 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676020
24 After using virt-resize with an ntfs partition windows is not booting
26 684486 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684486
27 Guest fails to boot after virt-resize
29 684980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684980
30 calling guestfs_kill_subprocess() then guestfs_close() causes a lockup in some applications
32 685009 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=685009
33 Got error when expanding ntfs filesystem
35 691659 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691659
36 libguestfs fails to run under JRuby 1.6.0
38 693064 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693064
39 Symbolic links on ntfs-3g are not followed correctly by some commands
41 693359 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693359
42 virt-cat and virt-edit don't handle case sensitive NTFS paths properly
44 563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
45 list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
47 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
48 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
50 643991 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643991
51 CVE-2010-3851 libguestfs: missing disk format specifier when adding a disk [fedora-all]
53 670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
54 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
56 671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
57 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
59 672485 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
60 [RFE] virt-edit/tar/inspector do not support encrypted system
62 678231 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678231
63 virt-inspector resports unknown filesystem UUID
65 679737 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679737
66 zerofree is unavailable
68 690358 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690358
69 Better to point out in manual page that fullvirt query doesn't support Windows guest
71 692394 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692394
72 inspect-list-applications fails to detect 32 bit apps installed under WOW64 emulator on 64 bit Windows
74 693306 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693306
75 sfdisk's python interface only accepts lists of type 'list' for the lines parameter
77 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
78 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
80 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
81 SELinux handling could be done better.
83 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
84 guestfs_tgz_out does not detect failure of tar command
86 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
87 libguestfs should support gptsync
89 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
90 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
92 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
93 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
95 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
96 [RFE] function to get partition name
98 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
99 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
101 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
102 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
104 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
105 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
107 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
108 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
110 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
111 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
113 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
114 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
116 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
117 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
119 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
120 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
122 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
123 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
125 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
126 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
128 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
129 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
131 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
132 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
134 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
135 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
137 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
138 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
140 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
141 libguestfs fails to launch
143 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
144 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
146 677286 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677286
147 libguestfs incorrectly detects Red Hat desktop as 'redhat-based' instead of 'redhat'
149 677870 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677870
150 [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab
152 682980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682980
153 libguestfs incorrectly detects Red Hat desktop as 'redhat-based' instead of 'redhat'
155 688062 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688062
156 fish: add luks-open mapped device to tab completion list
158 672491 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491
159 RFE: guestfs_last_errno should be exposed in perl bindings
161 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
162 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
164 627835 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
165 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
167 695138 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695138
168 Remove dependency on gfs2-utils
170 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
171 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
173 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
174 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
176 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
177 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
179 666578 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
180 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
182 --------------------------------------------------
183 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
184 You can help by testing the fixes.
186 691389 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691389
187 Extended attributes don't work over guestmount (FUSE)
189 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
190 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
192 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
193 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
195 576879 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
196 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
198 584228 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
199 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
201 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
202 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
204 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
205 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
207 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
208 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
210 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
211 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
213 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
214 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
216 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
217 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
219 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
220 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
222 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
223 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
225 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
226 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
228 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
229 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
231 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
232 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
234 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
235 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
237 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
238 Some String parameters should be OptString
240 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
241 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
243 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
244 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
246 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
247 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
249 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
250 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
252 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
253 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
255 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
256 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
258 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
259 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
261 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
262 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
264 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
265 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
267 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
268 virt-resize --shrink fails
270 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
271 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
273 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
274 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
276 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
277 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
279 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
280 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
282 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
283 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
285 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
286 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
288 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
289 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
291 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
292 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
294 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
295 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
297 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
298 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
300 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
301 guestmount options should match guestfish options
303 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
304 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
306 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
307 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
309 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
310 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
312 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
313 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
315 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
316 virt-df should have --uuid option
318 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
319 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
321 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
322 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
324 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
325 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
327 661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
328 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
330 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
331 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
333 --------------------------------------------------
334 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
336 673477 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673477
337 Add a grep-friendly string to LIBGUESTFS_TRACE output
339 677616 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677616
340 appliance doesn't include augeas device_map lens
342 627833 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
343 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
345 633174 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
346 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
348 657472 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657472
349 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
351 657502 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657502
352 virt-inspector depends on EPEL package perl-String-ShellQuote but does not require it
354 676788 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676788
355 libguestfs trace segfaults when list-filesystems returns error
357 691724 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691724
358 virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem /dev/vda1
360 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
361 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
363 600144 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
364 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
366 612308 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
367 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
369 613593 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
370 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
372 615223 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
373 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
375 617440 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
376 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
378 627468 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
379 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
381 627832 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
382 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
384 639601 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
385 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
387 639602 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
388 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
390 666577 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
391 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
393 666579 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
394 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
396 668115 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
397 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
399 668611 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668611
400 guestfish -i is trying to mount all mounts from /etc/fstab and fails with an error when device doesn't exists
402 673721 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673721
403 Typo in virt-make-fs manual page