1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-02-06 17:14:29
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 563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
33 list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
35 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
36 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
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 670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
42 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
44 671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
45 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
47 672485 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
48 [RFE] virt-edit/tar/inspector do not support encrypted system
50 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
51 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
53 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
54 exec: chroot not found
56 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
57 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
59 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
60 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
62 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
63 SELinux handling could be done better.
65 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
66 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
68 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
69 libguestfs should support gptsync
71 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
72 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
74 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
75 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
77 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
78 [RFE] function to get partition name
80 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
81 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
83 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
84 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
86 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
87 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
89 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
90 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
92 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
93 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
95 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
96 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
98 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
99 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
101 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
102 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
104 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
105 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
107 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
108 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
110 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
111 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
113 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
114 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
116 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
117 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
119 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
120 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
122 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
123 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
125 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
126 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
128 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
129 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
131 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
132 libguestfs fails to launch
134 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
135 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
137 664558 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664558
138 RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
140 667610 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667610
141 Multiple bugs, memory leaks in libguestfs ruby bindings
143 576879 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
144 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
146 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
147 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
149 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
150 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
152 627835 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
153 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
155 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
156 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
158 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
159 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
161 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
162 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
164 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
165 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
167 --------------------------------------------------
168 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
169 You can help by testing the fixes.
171 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
172 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
174 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
175 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
177 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
178 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
180 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
181 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
183 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
184 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
186 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
187 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
189 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
190 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
192 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
193 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
195 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
196 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
198 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
199 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
201 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
202 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
204 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
205 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
207 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
208 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
210 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
211 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
213 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
214 Some String parameters should be OptString
216 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
217 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
219 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
220 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
222 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
223 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
225 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
226 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
228 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
229 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
231 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
232 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
234 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
235 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
237 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
238 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
240 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
241 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
243 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
244 virt-resize --shrink fails
246 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
247 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
249 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
250 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
252 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
253 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
255 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
256 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
258 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
259 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
261 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
262 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
264 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
265 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
267 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
268 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
270 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
271 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
273 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
274 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
276 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
277 guestmount options should match guestfish options
279 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
280 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
282 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
283 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
285 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
286 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
288 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
289 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
291 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
292 virt-df should have --uuid option
294 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
295 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
297 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
298 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
300 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
301 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
303 661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
304 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
306 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
307 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
309 673477 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673477
310 Add a grep-friendly string to LIBGUESTFS_TRACE output
312 627833 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
313 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
315 613593 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
316 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
318 615223 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
319 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
321 617440 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
322 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
324 627468 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
325 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
327 627832 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
328 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
330 666578 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
331 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
333 666579 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
334 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
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 673721 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673721
340 Typo in virt-make-fs manual page
342 --------------------------------------------------
343 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
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 639601 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
364 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
366 639602 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
367 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
369 666577 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
370 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
372 668115 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
373 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label