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Better handling of trailing \n problem.
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schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands
-in the context of the guest. Also you can mount guest filesystems on
-the host (requires root privs and NFS).
+in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP.
Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management
Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management
-programs (or management programs written in other languages, if people
-contribute the language bindings). You can also use it from shell
-scripts or the command line.
+programs (or management programs written in OCaml, Perl or Python).
+You can also use it from shell scripts or the command line.
Libguestfs was written by Richard W.M. Jones (rjones@redhat.com).
For discussion please use the fedora-virt mailing list:
Libguestfs was written by Richard W.M. Jones (rjones@redhat.com).
For discussion please use the fedora-virt mailing list:
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-36,8
+34,20
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Requirements
- XDR, rpcgen
- XDR, rpcgen
+- Augeas (http://augeas.net/)
+
+- perldoc (pod2man, pod2text) to generate the manual pages and
+other documentation.
+
+- (Optional) OCaml if you want to rebuild the generated files, and
+also to build the OCaml bindings
+
- (Optional) local Fedora mirror
- (Optional) local Fedora mirror
+- (Optional) Perl if you want to build the perl bindings
+
+- (Optional) Python if you want to build the python bindings
+
Running ./configure will check you have all the requirements installed
on your machine.
Running ./configure will check you have all the requirements installed
on your machine.
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-69,7
+79,7
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Notes on cross-architecture support
At the moment we basically don't support cross-architecture or
32-on-64. This limits what is possible for some guests. Filesystem
At the moment we basically don't support cross-architecture or
32-on-64. This limits what is possible for some guests. Filesystem
-operations and
NFS
export will work fine, but running commands in
+operations and
FTP
export will work fine, but running commands in
guests may not be possible.
To enable this requires work for cross-architecture and 32-on-64
guests may not be possible.
To enable this requires work for cross-architecture and 32-on-64
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-93,6
+103,13
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choose a Fedora mirror which is close to you, set this with
'./configure --with-mirror=[...]', and then proxy the whole lot
through squid by setting http_proxy environment variable).
'./configure --with-mirror=[...]', and then proxy the whole lot
through squid by setting http_proxy environment variable).
+You will also need to substantially increase the squid configuration
+limits:
+http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_Mock_to_test_package_builds#Using_Squid_to_Speed_Up_Mock_package_downloads
+
+IntelligentMirror is another possibility, although I couldn't get it
+to work for me.
+
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