1 NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs".
2 Last updated: 2010-10-19 15:17:36
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 501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884
42 virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps
44 501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886
45 exec: chroot not found
47 507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278
48 libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64
50 547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479
51 NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write
53 554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829
54 SELinux handling could be done better.
56 555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803
57 virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding
59 572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337
60 libguestfs should support gptsync
62 578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103
63 [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries
65 592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910
66 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context
68 593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511
69 [RFE] function to get partition name
71 596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354
72 guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML
74 596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761
75 Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort
77 598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772
78 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
80 599503 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599503
81 document that mkmountpoint and umount-all cannot be mixed
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 613593 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613593
99 Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.1
101 615223 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615223
102 vfs-type could not read just-created filesystem
104 617436 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617436
105 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
107 617440 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617440
108 guestfish: fails to tilde expand '~' when the $HOME env is unset
110 619345 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619345
111 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
113 624035 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624035
114 guestfish "upload /file foo" command hangs or gives a protocol error
116 624334 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624334
117 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
119 624335 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624335
120 blockdev-setbsz succeeds, but does not affect blockdev-getbsz
122 627468 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627468
123 [RFE]It's better to emphasize "libguestfs-winsupport" in V2V manpage or error output
125 627675 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627675
126 libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
128 627832 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627832
129 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
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 636061 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636061
138 [abrt] guestfish-1.2.11-1.fc12: malloc_consolidate: Process /usr/bin/guestfish was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
140 637244 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637244
141 virt-inspector has noisy start when inspecting 64-bit disk image from 32-bit host
143 637251 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637251
144 virt-inspector fails to recognize data-only NTFS disk image
146 637252 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637252
147 virt-resize has no 32-bit support
149 638899 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638899
150 /dev/mapper paths should not be returned from C inspection APIs
152 638901 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638901
153 Appliance filename should not contain repository name
155 639405 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639405
156 Interrupted cached appliance creation leaves libguestfs unusable
158 642821 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642821
159 virt-resize falls over on a disk image with a logical swap partition
161 642929 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642929
162 C inspection code should ignore /dev/fd* in /etc/fstab
164 642930 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642930
165 virt-inspector (Sys::Guestfs::Lib) should use C inspection APIs
167 642932 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642932
168 guestmount options should match guestfish options
170 642933 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642933
171 guestfs_list_filesystems should be used in all possible places
173 642934 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642934
174 No way to specify disk format when adding a disk to libguestfs
176 501882 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882
177 /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up
179 583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974
180 mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image
182 584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228
183 tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img
185 502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074
186 running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest
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 639601 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639601
198 "virt-ls" command failed to parse domain name "#"
200 639602 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639602
201 ""virt-list-filesystems" fails to parse the command line argument if the domain name is "#".
203 --------------------------------------------------
204 Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed.
205 You can help by testing the fixes.
207 507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810
208 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
210 576879 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879
211 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
213 585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221
214 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
216 585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222
217 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
219 585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223
220 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
222 591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142
223 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
225 591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155
226 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
228 591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250
229 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
231 592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883
232 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
234 501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889
235 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
237 582484 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484
238 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
240 588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651
241 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
243 501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893
244 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
246 501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894
247 Some String parameters should be OptString
249 521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674
250 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
252 597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118
253 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
255 597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135
256 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
258 597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145
259 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
261 599464 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599464
262 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
264 602592 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602592
265 [RFE] expose guestfs_close in perl bindings
267 619334 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619334
268 RFE: Enable coredump capture in the appliance
270 633096 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633096
271 virt-resize calculates block device size incorrectly, doesn't work with qcow2 target
273 633766 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633766
274 virt-resize --shrink fails
276 634246 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634246
277 guestfs_part_get_parttype returns "loop" when run against a partition, LV or filesystem
279 635969 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635969
280 glob echo mkfs ext2 /dev/vd[b-t]1 prints garbage
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 643624 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643624
292 libguestfs tools documentation should describe how to quote guest domain names from shell
294 --------------------------------------------------
295 These bugs are in the VERIFIED state.
297 613562 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613562
298 virt-v2v | rhel6 v2v doesn't support install the guest driver by rhn
300 617165 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617165
301 mount operation failed and hung on some images which running in read-only mode
303 579664 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664
304 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
306 598771 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598771
307 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
309 598807 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598807
310 add_cdrom does not work in RHEL 6
312 600148 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600148
313 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
315 604552 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=604552
316 libguestfs has extra characters after %{?dist}
318 609990 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609990
319 guestfish: using -m option in conjunction with --listen option causes appliance to die
321 615870 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615870
322 libguestfs-find-requires.sh is not autogenerating dependencies for libguestfs
324 616438 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616438
325 libguestfs missing runtime Requires: binutils
327 616753 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616753
328 libguestfs will use the wrong augeas lens for /etc/modules.conf
330 619826 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619826
331 [RFE] Need a way to determine if a particular block device is a logical volume
333 636454 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636454
334 [RFE] Need a way to determine if a particular block device is a logical volume