1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-01-18 13:31:30
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 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 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
33 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
35 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
36 exec: chroot not found
38 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
39 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
41 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
42 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
44 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
45 SELinux handling could be done better.
47 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
48 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
50 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
51 libguestfs should support gptsync
53 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
54 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
56 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
57 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
59 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
60 [RFE] function to get partition name
62 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
63 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
65 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
66 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
68 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
69 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
71 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
72 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
74 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
75 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
77 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
78 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
80 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
81 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
83 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
84 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
86 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
87 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
89 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
90 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
92 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
93 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
95 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
96 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
98 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
99 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
101 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
102 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
104 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
105 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
107 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
108 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
110 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
111 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
113 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
114 libguestfs fails to launch
116 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
117 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
119 664558 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664558
120 RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
122 667610 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667610
123 Multiple bugs, memory leaks in libguestfs ruby bindings
125 576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
126 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
128 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
129 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
131 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
132 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
134 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
135 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
137 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
138 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
140 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
141 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
143 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
144 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
146 --------------------------------------------------
147 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
148 You can help by testing the fixes.
150 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
151 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
153 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
154 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
156 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
157 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
159 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
160 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
162 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
163 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
165 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
166 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
168 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
169 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
171 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
172 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
174 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
175 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
177 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
178 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
180 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
181 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
183 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
184 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
186 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
187 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
189 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
190 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
192 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
193 Some String parameters should be OptString
195 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
196 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
198 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
199 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
201 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
202 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
204 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
205 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
207 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
208 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
210 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
211 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
213 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
214 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
216 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
217 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
219 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
220 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
222 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
223 virt-resize --shrink fails
225 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
226 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
228 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
229 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
231 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
232 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
234 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
235 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
237 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
238 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
240 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
241 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
243 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
244 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
246 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
247 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
249 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
250 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
252 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
253 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
255 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
256 guestmount options should match guestfish options
258 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
259 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
261 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
262 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
264 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
265 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
267 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
268 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
270 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
271 virt-df should have --uuid option
273 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
274 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
276 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
277 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
279 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
280 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
282 661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
283 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
285 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
286 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
288 627835 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
289 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
291 627833 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
292 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
294 633174 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
295 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
297 600144 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
298 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
300 612308 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
301 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
303 613593 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
304 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
306 615223 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
307 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
309 617440 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
310 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
312 627468 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
313 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
315 627832 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
316 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
318 639601 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
319 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
321 639602 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
322 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
324 666577 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
325 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
327 666578 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
328 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
330 666579 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
331 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
333 668115 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
334 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
336 668611 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668611
337 guestfish -i is trying to mount all mounts from /etc/fstab and fails with an error when device doesn't exists
339 --------------------------------------------------
340 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
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