X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=BUGS;h=e417c381c17aff6bab9a4e39eb64e163d2aed5ac;hp=00ce125d5158299136758b53d62ce7111227fea5;hb=fbe0802f9d237837d10026471186b1ef973c0877;hpb=080545d0f87cca424420d05a743ab1f42becb72f diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS index 00ce125..e417c38 100644 --- a/BUGS +++ b/BUGS @@ -1,74 +1,177 @@ -[guestfish] Built-in commands like 'alloc' and 'help' don't auto-complete. +NOTE: This file is automatically generated from "update-bugs". +Last updated: 2010-06-02 18:42:14 -[libguestfs] /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up -sometimes. This appears to happen (only?) if the main program -segfaults. +This contains a local list of the bugs that are open against +libguestfs. Bugs are tracked in the Red Hat Bugzilla database +at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ and to report a new bug you +should follow this link: -[libguestfs] qemu process not cleaned up occasionally. This appears -to happen only if the main program or library segfaults, in which case -the atexit handler which would normally perform cleanup is not run. -sometimes. This appears to happen (only?) if the main program -segfaults. -[testing a hacky fix to this] +https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools -[kernel?] Kernel boot times are significantly slower for Fedora 11/12 -than for Fedora 10, like 2-3 times slower. This greatly affects the -time it takes to launch the subprocess (although it does still work). -[fixed - was a KVM bug] +When reporting a new bug, please check: -[java] Java bindings documentation messed up. See: -http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingdoccomments/ + - That the bug has not been reported already. + - That you are testing a recent version. + - Describe the bug accurately, and give a way to reproduce it. + - Include the version of libguestfs, distro version and any other + relevant information. + - Attach the complete output of "libguestfs-test-tool". -[libguestfs] If qemu process is a shell script, then it is not cleaned -up correctly, even on "good" exit. This is because we need to set up -a new process group (see commented code for doing setpgid). -[fixed? - added documentation in the manual page that you have to -do 'exec qemu' in the wrapper. However I still notice that the -recovery process kills qemu, instead of it being killed by the -parent process, or at least that's what I think is happening] +-------------------------------------------------- +Bugs in NEW or ASSIGNED state are open and waiting for someone to fix. -[libguestfs] Some occasional data corruption, certainly on tgz-out. -Try using tgz-out on a very large directory. -[we think this is fixed by 64a6a828bd318622420cf3018899392fd80c14e7] +563450 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563450 + list-devices returns devices of different types out of order -[libguestfs] futimens (do_touch) not available in glibc 2.5 -(reported by Charles Duffy) -[fixed] +547488 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547488 + guestfish cannot tab complete filenames that contain spaces -[ocaml] Does not compile with OCaml 3.09.3 from RHEL 5 -(reported by Charles Duffy) -[fixed] +501884 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501884 + virt-inspector still configured, even if there are missing deps -[inspector] If there are missing Perl module deps, it still -configures the inspector. (eg. if perl-Sys-Virt is missing). +501886 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501886 + exec: chroot not found -[build] "exec: chroot not found" -Setting PATH to include /usr/sbin solves this temporarily. +507278 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507278 + libguestfs fails to build on Fedora sparc64 -[libguestfs] FileOut parameters can cause -"internal error: reply callback called twice" -This bug is rare but well-understood. Unfortunately it's also -quite hard to fix cleanly. +547479 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547479 + NTFS partitions sometimes fail to mount if mounted read/write -[libguestfs] write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL. +554829 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554829 + SELinux handling could be done better. -[perl] Perl bindings cause a segfault when you call any command which -takes a StringList (eg. $g->command). -[should be fixed now] +555803 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555803 + virt-tar error: tgz_out error in chunked encoding -[libguestfs] OptString parameters in the bindings are often not -handled correctly. For example in OCaml (but this is NOT exclusive -to OCaml), OptString should become 'string option'. +572337 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572337 + libguestfs should support gptsync -[libguestfs] Certain functions such as 'set-path' can take NULL -parameters, but the parameters are not OptString. +578103 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=578103 + [RFE] Tool to Compare Windows Registry Entries -[tests] command and command-lines tests fail if test-command binary -cannot be statically linked by libtool. The workaround is to install -glibc-static. +592910 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592910 + 'guestfish --remote run' hangs in a shell command substitution context -[tests] Should be possible to conditionally skip tests based on a -runtime check. +593511 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=593511 + [RFE] function to get partition name -[fedora] Depends on 'qemu' but should depend on the real subpackage, -eg. qemu-kvm or qemu-system-x86_64 or whatever. [reported by markmc] +596354 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596354 + guestfish.1.html and guestfs.3.html declared "XHTML 1.0 Strict" but are not in fact well-formed XML + +596761 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596761 + Ctrl- causes guestfish to abort + +598771 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598771 + guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command + +598772 NEW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598772 + guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command + +501882 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501882 + /tmp/libguestfs temporary directory is not cleaned up + +583974 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=583974 + mount hangs there when you lack proper permission to guest image + +584228 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584228 + tgz-in/tar-in command hang when run with a vfat img + +502074 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502074 + running commands segfault randomly, with 32 bit host and guest, when host is a Xen or VMWare guest + +539746 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539746 + launch fails when run inside a Xen guest, when no non-PV kernels are installed + +582484 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582484 + some guestfish sub commands can not handle special files properly + +503134 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503134 + guestfish's list splitting does not recognize internal quoting + +541618 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541618 + guestfish not able to mount freebsd ufs2 partitions automatically + +598807 ASSIGNED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598807 + add_cdrom does not work in RHEL 6 + +-------------------------------------------------- +Bugs in MODIFIED, POST or ON_QA state are fixed. +You can help by testing the fixes. + +507810 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507810 + guestfish -i / virt-inspector cannot handle spaces in filenames + +576879 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=576879 + libguestfs protocol loses synchronization if you 'upload' before mounting disks + +585221 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585221 + resize2fs should support shrinking filesystems + +585222 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585222 + pvresize should support shrinking PVs + +585223 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585223 + ntfsresize should support shrinking filesystems + +591142 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591142 + virt-inspector should give an error for unrecognized disk images + +591155 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591155 + virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if a disk image is not writable + +591250 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591250 + virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format + +592883 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592883 + can not edit files on images mounted with guestmount cmd + +501889 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501889 + write-file does not support strings containing ASCII NUL + +588651 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588651 + guestfish 'strings-e' cmd does not give proper error message or hint + +501893 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501893 + String parameters should be checked for != NULL + +501894 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501894 + Some String parameters should be OptString + +521674 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521674 + Perl modules are unversioned, but should carry version numbers + +596776 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596776 + virt-inspector doesn't discover modprobe aliases on RHEL 3 guests + +597112 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597112 + get-e2uuid should use blkid instead of "tune2fs -l" to get filesystem UUID + +597118 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597118 + A warning should be given in the help of mke2journal-L for the length of label + +597135 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597135 + guestfish write-file cmd does not check "size" parameter + +597145 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597145 + guestfish 'help' command should indicate error in exit status with an unknown command + +598309 MODIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598309 + part-list and several other cmd failed on libguestfs on RHEL5 + +579664 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579664 + guestfish doesn't report error when there is not enough space for image allocation + +582144 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582144 + $g->aug_set doesn't allow a NULL value + +592052 ON_QA https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592052 + Need to backport upstream patch to allow optional parts of the libguestfs appliance into RHEL + +-------------------------------------------------- +These bugs are in the VERIFIED state. + +594010 VERIFIED https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=594010 + Commands running inside libguestfs appliance (eg yum) could not see 10.x network + +End of BUGS file.