1 Release notes for libguestfs 1.4.0
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3 [updated to 6c27155621f75351a3b18237ac7631f0eb12c336]
5 These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
6 stable/dev branch split (1.2.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
7 the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
11 - guestfish lets you choose a prepared disk image, eg:
14 - Add write support to guestmount (FUSE) module.
16 - virt-resize can now resize the content of partitions and logical
17 volumes in the guest, and we fully support shrinking guests.
19 - Bash tab-completion script for guestfish.
21 - Add ZFS support to virt-rescue.
23 - New tool 'virt-make-fs' for creating filesystems with content.
25 - Allow suffixes on any guestfish number parameter, eg. "1M".
27 - guestfish 'man' command opens the manual page.
29 - guestfish supports a "heredoc" syntax for uploading files:
34 - Some guestfish commands now print their output in octal or hex
35 where appropriate (RHBZ#583242).
37 - Allow dash prefix on guestfish command line. This ignores any
38 error from the second command: (RHBZ#578407)
39 guestfish -- cmd1 : -cmd2 : cmd3
41 - guestfish -h / help command now returns an error for non-existent
42 commands (RHBZ#597145).
44 - New 'supported' command in guestfish to list optional groups of
45 commands which are supported by the daemon / configuration.
47 - virt-inspector and guestfish -i now work for filenames which
48 contain spaces (RHBZ#507810).
50 - Change the protocol to use link-local addresses, to avoid
51 conflicting with any address that the host might be using
54 - libguestfs now sets the correct time and timezone on filesystem
57 - Sort the domains into alphabetical order in virt-df.
59 - Make mkfs-b command work for FAT and NTFS by mapping the blocksize
60 parameter to the cluster size (RHBZ#599464).
62 - Add version numbers to Perl modules (RHBZ#521674).
64 - Localization now works for all the libguestfs tools (RHBZ#559963).
66 - Tools now support filesystem-on-image VMs (RHBZ#590167).
68 - virt-list-partitions has a '-t' option to show the total size of disks.
70 - Include extra Augeas lenses in the supermin appliance (Matthew Booth).
72 - Multiple fixes for RHEL 5 compatibility.
74 - Multiple fixes for Debian/Ubuntu compatibility.
76 - Multiple revisions to improve the documentation.
80 - Fix a potential DoS in virt-inspector and virt-v2v if a specially
81 crafted disk image contained a char device in place of one of the
82 configuration files that we read under /etc (RHBZ#582484).
86 - aug-clear - clear Augeas path
87 - available-all-groups - return a list of all optional groups
88 - base64-in - upload base64-encoded data to file
89 - base64-out - download file and encode as base64
90 - checksum-device - compute checksums on the contents of a device
91 - checksums-out - compute checksums of multiple files in a directory
92 - debug-upload - upload a file to the appliance
93 - fallocate64 - preallocate a file in the guest filesystem
94 - fill-pattern - fill a file with a repeating pattern of bytes
95 - get-umask - get the current umask
96 - lvresize-free - expand an LV to fill free space
97 - ntfsresize - resize an NTFS filesystem
98 - ntfsresize-size - resize an NTFS filesystem (with size)
99 - part-del - delete a partition
100 - part-get-bootable - get the bootable flag of a partition
101 - part-get-mbr-id - get the MBR type byte of a partition
102 - part-set-mbr-id - set the MBR type byte of a partition
103 - pvresize-size - resize a physical volume (with size)
104 - pwrite - write to part of a file
105 - resize2fs-size - resize an ext2/3/4 filesystem (with size)
106 - txz-in - unpack compressed tarball to directory (RHBZ#580556)
107 - txz-out - pack directory into compressed tarball (RHBZ#580556)
108 - vfs-label - get the filesystem label
109 - vfs-uuid - get the filesystem UUID
110 - vgscan - rescan for LVM physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes
111 - write - create a new file
112 - zero-device - write zeroes to an entire device
116 - Extend the generator to support testing optional features.
117 - Stricter checks on input parameters to many calls (RHBZ#501893 RHBZ#501894)
118 - Extend the protocol to support sending arbitrary 8 bit data buffers.
119 - Ship 'BUGS' file with releases. This is a summary of the bugs in
120 the Red Hat Bugzilla database.
121 - Unify supermin appliance building into one place, in febootstrap 2.7.
122 - Fix the protocol code to handle the case where both ends send cancel
123 messages at the same time.
127 - 599464 mkfs-b does not support vfat/ntfs
128 - 598309 part-list and several other cmd failed on libguestfs on RHEL5
129 - 597145 guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command
130 - 597135 guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter
131 - 597118 A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label
132 - 597112 get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID
133 - 596776 virt-inspector doesn't discover modprobe aliases on RHEL 3 guests
134 - 596763 Updates to Spanish translation
135 - 593292 Updates to Spanish translation
136 - 592883 can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd
137 - 592360 Updates to Spanish translation
138 - 591250 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
139 - 591155 virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable
140 - 591142 virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images
141 - 590167 virt-inspector and other virt tools should be able to handle filesystem-on-image VMs
142 - 589039 guestfish read-file cmd will cause daemon hang when read large files
143 - 588851 guestfs_launch() returns -1, but guestfs_last_error() == NULL
144 - 588763 libguestfs should use non-public or link-local addresses for appliance network
145 - 588733 Updates to Spanish translation
146 - 588651 guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint
147 - 587484 lvresize can't reduce size of a volumn
148 - 585961 Updates to Spanish translation
149 - 585223 ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems
150 - 585222 pvresize should support shrinking PVs
151 - 585221 resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems
152 - 584038 Updates to Spanish translation
153 - 583554 [FEAT] mknod-mode command is needed to set mode explicitly
154 - 583242 [RFE] guestfish should print outputs in a suitable base (eg. octal for modes)
155 - 582993 guestfish eats words when tab completing case (in)sensitive paths
156 - 582953 Misleading help information about lvcreate command
157 - 582948 mknod command doesn't make block, character or FIFO devices
158 - 582929 mknod doesn't check for invalid mode
159 - 582901 guestfish chmod/umask commands do not check invalid mode value
160 - 582899 guestfish:sparse is missed from command autocomplete list
161 - 582891 [Feature Request] behavior and return value of guestfish umask cmd should be changed
162 - 582548 [mknod] umask shouldn't take effect when mode is set explicitly
163 - 582484 some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly
164 - 582252 Updates to Spanish translation
165 - 581501 Updates to Spanish translation
166 - 580650 virt-inspector warns "No grub default specified at /usr/lib/perl5/Sys/Guestfs/Lib.pm at [...]"
167 - 580556 request for libguestfs to support .txz tarballs
168 - 580246 tar-in command hangs if uploading more than available space
169 - 580016 aug-ls in guestfish does not take augeas variable as argument
170 - 579664 guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation
171 - 579608 multiple commands in guestfish can not work for symbol links
172 - 579155 libguestfs hangs if qemu doesn't start (in null vmchannel mode)
173 - 578407 the prefix '-' in sub-command isn't handled by guestfish in remote control mode
174 - 576879 libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks
175 - 559963 libguestfs Perl programs do set locale, but still localization doesn't work
176 - 521674 Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers
177 - 516096 Race condition in test_swapon_label_0: /sbin/blockdev: BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy
178 - 507810 guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames
179 - 502533 Updated Polish translation of libguestfs
180 - 501894 Some String parameters should be OptString
181 - 501893 String parameters should be checked for != NULL
182 - 501889 write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL
183 - 484986 grub-install fails on virtio disk
185 Release notes for previous versions of libguestfs
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189 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-November/msg00095.html
192 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-August/msg00281.html
195 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-July/msg00059.html
198 https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2009-July/msg00023.html