1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2010-12-16 23:16:38
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 657472 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657472
42 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
44 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
45 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
47 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
48 exec: chroot not found
50 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
51 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
53 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
54 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
56 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
57 SELinux handling could be done better.
59 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
60 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
62 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
63 libguestfs should support gptsync
65 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
66 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
68 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
69 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
71 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
72 [RFE] function to get partition name
74 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
75 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
77 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
78 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
80 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
81 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
83 600144 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
84 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
86 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
87 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
89 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
90 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
92 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
93 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
95 612308 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
96 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
98 615223 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
99 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
101 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
102 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
104 617440 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
105 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
107 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
108 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
110 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
111 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
113 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
114 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
116 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
117 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
119 627468 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
120 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
122 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
123 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
125 627832 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
126 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
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 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 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
147 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
149 661280 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
150 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
152 663407 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
153 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
155 576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
156 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
158 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
159 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
161 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
162 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
164 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
165 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
167 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
168 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
170 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
171 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
173 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
174 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
176 639601 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
177 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
179 639602 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
180 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
182 --------------------------------------------------
183 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
184 You can help by testing the fixes.
186 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
187 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
189 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
190 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
192 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
193 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
195 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
196 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
198 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
199 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
201 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
202 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
204 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
205 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
207 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
208 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
210 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
211 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
213 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
214 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
216 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
217 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
219 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
220 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
222 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
223 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
225 657502 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657502
226 virt-inspector depends on EPEL package perl-String-ShellQuote but does not require it
228 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
229 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
231 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
232 Some String parameters should be OptString
234 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
235 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
237 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
238 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
240 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
241 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
243 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
244 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
246 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
247 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
249 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
250 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
252 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
253 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
255 613593 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
256 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
258 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
259 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
261 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
262 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
264 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
265 virt-resize --shrink fails
267 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
268 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
270 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
271 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
273 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
274 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
276 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
277 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
279 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
280 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
282 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
283 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
285 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
286 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
288 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
289 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
291 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
292 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
294 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
295 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
297 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
298 guestmount options should match guestfish options
300 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
301 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
303 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
304 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
306 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
307 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
309 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
310 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
312 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
313 virt-df should have --uuid option
315 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
316 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
318 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
319 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
321 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
322 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
324 --------------------------------------------------
325 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
327 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
328 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
330 636454 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636454
331 [RFE] Need a way to determine if a particular block device is a logical volume