Update to latest gnulib for stable-1.8 branch.

[libguestfs.git] / generator / generator_actions.ml

diff --git a/generator/generator_actions.ml b/generator/generator_actions.ml
index 1ca4607..781142d 100644 (file)
--- a/generator/generator_actions.ml
+++ b/generator/generator_actions.ml
@@ -1569,7 +1569,12 @@ do not overwrite original.  Overrides C<AUG_SAVE_BACKUP>.
 
 =item C<AUG_TYPE_CHECK> = 4
 
-Typecheck lenses (can be expensive).
+Typecheck lenses.
+
+This option is only useful when debugging Augeas lenses.  Use
+of this option may require additional memory for the libguestfs
+appliance.  You may need to set the C<LIBGUESTFS_MEMSIZE>
+environment variable or call C<guestfs_set_memsize>.
 
 =item C<AUG_NO_STDINC> = 8
 
@@ -2751,7 +2756,7 @@ any partition tables, filesystem superblocks and so on.
 
 See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
 
-  ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"], []), 86, [],
+  ("grub_install", (RErr, [Pathname "root"; Device "device"], []), 86, [Optional "grub"],
    (* See:
     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484986
     * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479760
@@ -2761,12 +2766,32 @@ See also: C<guestfs_zero_device>, C<guestfs_scrub_device>.");
        ["write"; "/boot/grub/device.map"; "(hd0) /dev/vda"];
        ["grub_install"; "/"; "/dev/vda"];
        ["is_dir"; "/boot"]])],
-   "install GRUB",
+   "install GRUB 1",
    "\
-This command installs GRUB (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
+This command installs GRUB 1 (the Grand Unified Bootloader) on
 C<device>, with the root directory being C<root>.
 
-Note: If grub-install reports the error
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+There is currently no way in the API to install grub2, which
+is used by most modern Linux guests.  It is possible to run
+the grub2 command from the guest, although see the
+caveats in L<guestfs(3)/RUNNING COMMANDS>.
+
+=item *
+
+This uses C<grub-install> from the host.  Unfortunately grub is
+not always compatible with itself, so this only works in rather
+narrow circumstances.  Careful testing with each guest version
+is advisable.
+
+=item *
+
+If grub-install reports the error
 \"No suitable drive was found in the generated device map.\"
 it may be that you need to create a C</boot/grub/device.map>
 file first that contains the mapping between grub device names
@@ -2775,7 +2800,9 @@ a file containing:
 
  (hd0) /dev/vda
 
-replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.");
+replacing C</dev/vda> with the name of the installation device.
+
+=back");
 
   ("cp", (RErr, [Pathname "src"; Pathname "dest"], []), 87, [],
    [InitScratchFS, Always, TestOutput (
@@ -4996,6 +5023,15 @@ it to local file C<tarball> (as an xz compressed tar archive).");
    "\
 This command resizes an NTFS filesystem, expanding or
 shrinking it to the size of the underlying device.
+
+I<Note:> After the resize operation, the filesystem is marked
+as requiring a consistency check (for safety).  You have to boot
+into Windows to perform this check and clear this condition.
+Furthermore, ntfsresize refuses to resize filesystems
+which have been marked in this way.  So in effect it is
+not possible to call ntfsresize multiple times on a single
+filesystem without booting into Windows between each resize.
+
 See also L<ntfsresize(8)>.");
 
   ("vgscan", (RErr, [], []), 232, [],