1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs.sh".
2 Last updated: 2011-06-30
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 676020 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676020
24 After using virt-resize with an ntfs partition windows is not booting
26 684486 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684486
27 Guest fails to boot after virt-resize
29 684980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684980
30 calling guestfs_kill_subprocess() then guestfs_close() causes a lockup in some applications
32 691659 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691659
33 libguestfs fails to run under JRuby 1.6.0
35 693064 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693064
36 Symbolic links on ntfs-3g are not followed correctly by some commands
38 693359 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693359
39 virt-cat and virt-edit don't handle case sensitive NTFS paths properly
41 695881 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695881
42 virt-make-fs generates qemu-img command line containing decimal point: "qemu-img: Invalid image size specified!"
44 701814 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701814
45 virt-win-reg fails on a libvirt guest that has no defined disk format: "format parameter is empty or contains disallowed characters"
47 709326 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709326
48 virt-inspector cannot detect ReactOS
50 563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450
51 list-devices returns devices of different types out of order
53 696445 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696445
54 Backport virt-inspector for virt-v2v
56 547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488
57 guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces
59 670942 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670942
60 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt (MRG)
62 671082 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671082
63 libguestfs does not work with kernel-rt
65 672485 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672485
66 [RFE] virt-edit/tar/inspector do not support encrypted system
68 678231 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678231
69 virt-inspector reports unknown filesystem UUID
71 679737 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679737
72 zerofree is unavailable
74 685009 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=685009
75 Got error when expanding ntfs filesystem
77 690358 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690358
78 Better to point out in manual page that fullvirt query doesn't support Windows guest
80 692394 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692394
81 inspect-list-applications fails to detect 32 bit apps installed under WOW64 emulator on 64 bit Windows
83 693306 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693306
84 sfdisk's python interface only accepts lists of type 'list' for the lines parameter
86 709538 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709538
87 fails to build without downstream patches
89 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
90 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
92 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
93 SELinux handling could be done better.
95 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
96 guestfs_tgz_out does not detect failure of tar command
98 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
99 libguestfs should support gptsync
101 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
102 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
104 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
105 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
107 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
108 [RFE] function to get partition name
110 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
111 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
113 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
114 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
116 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
117 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
119 602997 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602997
120 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
122 603000 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=603000
123 part-get-bootable gives wrong result with an unordered part layout
125 604041 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604041
126 guestmount absolute symlinks don't work
128 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
129 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
131 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
132 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
134 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
135 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
137 634649 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634649
138 [RFE] Align a NTFS partition within qcow2 over LVM to start at offset which is a multiple of 8
140 635971 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635971
141 glob mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 does not expand
143 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
144 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
146 640993 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640993
147 libvirtd reports an error message when virt-v2v is run. (error : qemudDomainGetVcpus:6325 : Requested operation is not valid:)
149 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
150 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
152 646036 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646036
153 libguestfs fails to launch
155 660687 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=660687
156 guestmount: "touch" command fails: touch: setting times of `timestamp': Invalid argument
158 677870 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=677870
159 [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab
161 682980 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682980
162 libguestfs incorrectly detects Red Hat desktop as 'redhat-based' instead of 'redhat'
164 688062 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688062
165 fish: add luks-open mapped device to tab completion list
167 696451 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696451
168 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
170 696484 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696484
171 [RFE] virt-v2v show the warning info after convert rhel4u8 guest if comment a line of swap in the fstab
173 700342 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700342
174 virt-inspector resports unknown filesystem UUID
176 672491 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672491
177 RFE: guestfs_last_errno should be exposed in perl bindings
179 713678 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713678
180 Not all febootstrap messages are redirected to log callbacks
182 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
183 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
185 627835 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627835
186 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
188 539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746
189 launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed
191 503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134
192 guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting
194 541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618
195 guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically
197 661280 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661280
198 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such file or directory"
200 666578 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666578
201 libguestfs: unknown filesystem label SWAP-sda2
203 --------------------------------------------------
204 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
205 You can help by testing the fixes.
207 691389 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691389
208 Extended attributes don't work over guestmount (FUSE)
210 501882 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
211 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
213 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
214 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
216 576879 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
217 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
219 584228 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
220 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
222 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
223 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
225 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
226 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
228 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
229 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
231 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
232 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
234 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
235 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
237 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
238 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
240 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
241 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
243 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
244 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
246 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
247 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
249 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
250 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
252 657499 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657499
253 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
255 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
256 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
258 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
259 Some String parameters should be OptString
261 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
262 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
264 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
265 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
267 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
268 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
270 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
271 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
273 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
274 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
276 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
277 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
279 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
280 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
282 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
283 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
285 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
286 virt-resize --shrink fails
288 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
289 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
291 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
292 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
294 638899 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
295 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
297 638901 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
298 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
300 639405 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
301 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
303 639986 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639986
304 virt-df --csv does not properly quote " in libvirt domain names
306 640961 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640961
307 Document that grub-install might be needed for old Linux guests after virt-resize
309 642826 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642826
310 virt-resize converts any other image format to raw without notifying user, instructions do not account for this
312 642929 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
313 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
315 642930 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
316 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
318 642932 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
319 guestmount options should match guestfish options
321 642933 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
322 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
324 642934 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
325 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
327 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
328 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
330 646432 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646432
331 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from guestfs_mountpoints
333 646821 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646821
334 virt-df should have --uuid option
336 646822 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646822
337 libguestfs trace mode should not print long binary strings
339 652796 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652796
340 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from the binary distribution
342 655554 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655554
343 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
345 663407 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663407
346 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
348 --------------------------------------------------
349 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
351 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
352 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation