1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-03-04 10:09:51
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 672491 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491
24 RFE: guestfs_last_errno should be exposed in perl bindings
26 672825 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672825
27 libguestfs is not aware of the Windows Recovery Console extra partition
29 674130 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674130
30 Inspection code fails for Windows guest with two disks
32 676020 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676020
33 After using virt-resize with an ntfs partition windows is not booting
35 678035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678035
36 inotify_add_watch_0 test failing on RHEL 6.1
38 563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
39 list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
41 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
42 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
44 643991 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643991
45 CVE-2010-3851 libguestfs: missing disk format specifier when adding a disk [fedora-all]
47 670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
48 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
50 671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
51 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
53 672485 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
54 [RFE] virt-edit/tar/inspector do not support encrypted system
56 676788 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676788
57 guestfish remote "server is not running" due to specific commands
59 678231 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678231
60 virt-inspector resports unknown filesystem UUID
62 679737 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679737
63 zerofree is unavailable
65 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
66 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
68 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
69 exec: chroot not found
71 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
72 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
74 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
75 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
77 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
78 SELinux handling could be done better.
80 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
81 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
83 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
84 libguestfs should support gptsync
86 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
87 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
89 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
90 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
92 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
93 [RFE] function to get partition name
95 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
96 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
98 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
99 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
101 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
102 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
104 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
105 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
107 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
108 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
110 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
111 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
113 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
114 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
116 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
117 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
119 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
120 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
122 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
123 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
125 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
126 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
128 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
129 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
131 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
132 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
134 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
135 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
137 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
138 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
140 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
141 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
143 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
144 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
146 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
147 libguestfs fails to launch
149 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
150 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
152 664558 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664558
153 RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
155 667610 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667610
156 Multiple bugs, memory leaks in libguestfs ruby bindings
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 576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
165 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
167 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
168 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
170 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
171 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
173 627835 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
174 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
176 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
177 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
179 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
180 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
182 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
183 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
185 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
186 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
188 666578 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
189 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
191 --------------------------------------------------
192 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
193 You can help by testing the fixes.
195 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
196 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
198 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
199 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
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 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
355 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
357 600144 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
358 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
360 612308 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
361 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
363 613593 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
364 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
366 615223 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
367 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
369 617440 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
370 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
372 627468 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
373 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
375 627832 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
376 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
378 639601 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
379 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
381 639602 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
382 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
384 666577 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
385 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
387 666579 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
388 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
390 668115 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
391 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
393 668611 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668611
394 guestfish -i is trying to mount all mounts from /etc/fstab and fails with an error when device doesn't exists
396 673721 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673721
397 Typo in virt-make-fs manual page