1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-05-17 17:29:36
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 695881 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695881
45 virt-make-fs generates qemu-img command line containing decimal point: "qemu-img: Invalid image size specified!"
47 701814 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701814
48 virt-win-reg fails on a libvirt guest that has no defined disk format: "format parameter is empty or contains disallowed characters"
50 705200 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705200
51 guestmount attempt results in access denied
53 563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
54 list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
56 696445 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696445
57 Backport virt-inspector for virt-v2v
59 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
60 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
62 643991 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643991
63 CVE-2010-3851 libguestfs: missing disk format specifier when adding a disk [fedora-all]
65 670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
66 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
68 671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
69 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
71 672485 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
72 [RFE] virt-edit/tar/inspector do not support encrypted system
74 678231 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678231
75 virt-inspector resports unknown filesystem UUID
77 679737 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679737
78 zerofree is unavailable
80 690358 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690358
81 Better to point out in manual page that fullvirt query doesn't support Windows guest
83 692394 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692394
84 inspect-list-applications fails to detect 32 bit apps installed under WOW64 emulator on 64 bit Windows
86 693306 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693306
87 sfdisk's python interface only accepts lists of type 'list' for the lines parameter
89 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
90 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
92 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
93 SELinux handling could be done better.
95 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
96 guestfs_tgz_out does not detect failure of tar command
98 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
99 libguestfs should support gptsync
101 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
102 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
104 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
105 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
107 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
108 [RFE] function to get partition name
110 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
111 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
113 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
114 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
116 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
117 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
119 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
120 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
122 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
123 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
125 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
126 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
128 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
129 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
131 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
132 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
134 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
135 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
137 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
138 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
140 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
141 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
143 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
144 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
146 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
147 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
149 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
150 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
152 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
153 libguestfs fails to launch
155 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
156 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
158 677286 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677286
159 libguestfs incorrectly detects Red Hat desktop as 'redhat-based' instead of 'redhat'
161 677870 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677870
162 [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab
164 682980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682980
165 libguestfs incorrectly detects Red Hat desktop as 'redhat-based' instead of 'redhat'
167 688062 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688062
168 fish: add luks-open mapped device to tab completion list
170 696451 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696451
171 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
173 696484 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696484
174 [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab
176 700342 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700342
177 virt-inspector resports unknown filesystem UUID
179 672491 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491
180 RFE: guestfs_last_errno should be exposed in perl bindings
182 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
183 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
185 627835 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
186 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
188 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
189 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
191 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
192 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
194 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
195 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
197 666578 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
198 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
200 --------------------------------------------------
201 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
202 You can help by testing the fixes.
204 691389 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691389
205 Extended attributes don't work over guestmount (FUSE)
207 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
208 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
210 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
211 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
213 576879 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
214 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
216 584228 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
217 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
219 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
220 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
222 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
223 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
225 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
226 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
228 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
229 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
231 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
232 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
234 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
235 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
237 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
238 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
240 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
241 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
243 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
244 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
246 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
247 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
249 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
250 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
252 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
253 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
255 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
256 Some String parameters should be OptString
258 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
259 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
261 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
262 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
264 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
265 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
267 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
268 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
270 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
271 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
273 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
274 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
276 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
277 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
279 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
280 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
282 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
283 virt-resize --shrink fails
285 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
286 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
288 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
289 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
291 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
292 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
294 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
295 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
297 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
298 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
300 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
301 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
303 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
304 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
306 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
307 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
309 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
310 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
312 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
313 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
315 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
316 guestmount options should match guestfish options
318 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
319 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
321 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
322 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
324 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
325 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
327 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
328 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
330 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
331 virt-df should have --uuid option
333 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
334 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
336 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
337 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
339 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
340 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
342 661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
343 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
345 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
346 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
348 --------------------------------------------------
349 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
351 673477 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673477
352 Add a grep-friendly string to LIBGUESTFS_TRACE output
354 677616 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677616
355 appliance doesn't include augeas device_map lens
357 695138 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695138
358 Remove dependency on gfs2-utils
360 627833 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
361 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
363 633174 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
364 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
366 657472 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657472
367 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
369 657502 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657502
370 virt-inspector depends on EPEL package perl-String-ShellQuote but does not require it
372 676788 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676788
373 libguestfs trace segfaults when list-filesystems returns error
375 691724 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691724
376 virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem /dev/vda1
378 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
379 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
381 600144 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
382 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
384 612308 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
385 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
387 613593 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
388 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
390 615223 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
391 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
393 617440 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
394 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
396 627468 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
397 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
399 627832 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
400 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
402 639601 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
403 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
405 639602 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
406 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
408 666577 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
409 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
411 666579 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
412 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
414 668115 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
415 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
417 668611 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668611
418 guestfish -i is trying to mount all mounts from /etc/fstab and fails with an error when device doesn't exists
420 673721 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673721
421 Typo in virt-make-fs manual page