1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-01-10 10:11:04
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 617440 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
84 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
86 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
87 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
89 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
90 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
92 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
93 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
95 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
96 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
98 627468 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
99 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
101 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
102 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
104 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
105 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
107 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
108 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
110 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
111 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
113 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
114 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
116 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
117 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
119 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
120 libguestfs fails to launch
122 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
123 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
125 664558 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=664558
126 RFE: Allow to set log callback in Ruby bindings
128 666577 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666577
129 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/fd0
131 666578 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
132 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
134 666579 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666579
135 libguestfs: unknown filesystem /dev/hd{x} (cdrom)
137 667610 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667610
138 Multiple bugs, memory leaks in libguestfs ruby bindings
140 668115 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668115
141 virt-filesystems command fails on guest with corrupt filesystem label
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 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
153 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
155 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
156 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
158 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
159 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
161 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
162 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
164 --------------------------------------------------
165 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
166 You can help by testing the fixes.
168 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
169 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
171 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
172 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
174 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
175 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
177 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
178 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
180 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
181 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
183 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
184 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
186 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
187 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
189 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
190 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
192 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
193 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
195 627835 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
196 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
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 627833 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627833
208 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
210 633174 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633174
211 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
213 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
214 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
216 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
217 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
219 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
220 Some String parameters should be OptString
222 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
223 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
225 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
226 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
228 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
229 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
231 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
232 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
234 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
235 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
237 599503 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
238 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
240 600144 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600144
241 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
243 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
244 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
246 612308 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612308
247 qemu -net / vlan option deprecated. Use -netdev instead.
249 613593 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
250 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
252 615223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
253 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
255 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
256 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
258 627832 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
259 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
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 639601 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
283 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
285 639602 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
286 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
288 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
289 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
291 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
292 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
294 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
295 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
297 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
298 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
300 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
301 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
303 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
304 guestmount options should match guestfish options
306 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
307 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
309 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
310 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
312 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
313 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
315 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
316 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
318 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
319 virt-df should have --uuid option
321 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
322 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
324 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
325 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
327 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
328 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
330 661280 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
331 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
333 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
334 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
336 --------------------------------------------------
337 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
339 657472 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657472
340 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
342 657502 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657502
343 virt-inspector depends on EPEL package perl-String-ShellQuote but does not require it
345 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
346 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
348 636454 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636454
349 [RFE] Need a way to determine if a particular block device is a logical volume