Improved error if virt-inspector cannot find OSes in image (RHBZ#591142).

[libguestfs.git] / perl / lib / Sys / Guestfs / Lib.pm

diff --git a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs/Lib.pm b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs/Lib.pm
index b6c4a31..4305b19 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs/Lib.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Sys/Guestfs/Lib.pm
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ like:
    '/dev/VG/Root' => \%os,
  }
 
-(There can be multiple roots for a multi-boot VM).
+There can be multiple roots for a multi-boot VM, but this function
+will throw an error if no roots (ie. OSes) could be found.
 
 The C<\%os> hash contains the following keys (any can be omitted):
 
@@ -1184,6 +1185,11 @@ sub inspect_operating_systems
         }
     }
 
+    # If we didn't find any operating systems then it's an error (RHBZ#591142).
+    if (0 == keys %oses) {
+        die __"No operating system could be detected inside this disk image.\n\nThis may be because the file is not a disk image, or is not a virtual machine\nimage, or because the OS type is not understood by virt-inspector.\n\nIf you feel this is an error, please file a bug report including as much\ninformation about the disk image as possible.\n";
+    }
+
     return \%oses;
 }
 
@@ -1643,8 +1649,14 @@ sub _check_for_kernels
                 }
                 $config{cmdline} = join(' ', @args) if(scalar(@args) > 0);
 
-                my $kernel =
-                    inspect_linux_kernel($g, $path, $os->{package_format});
+                my $kernel;
+                if ($g->exists($path)) {
+                    $kernel =
+                        inspect_linux_kernel($g, $path, $os->{package_format});
+                } else {
+                    warn __x("grub refers to {path}, which doesn't exist\n",
+                             path => $path);
+                }
 
                 # Check the kernel was recognised
                 if(defined($kernel)) {