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Richard W.M. Jones
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
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=head1 RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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I<NOTES UPDATED TO COMMIT 47410e79995f9d8c5fb9739ca4609c78e13218ee>
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I<NOTES UPDATED TO COMMIT 56287d16ebde3d892ed4886724573015e39f79fa>
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These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
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stable/dev branch split (1.18.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
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@@ -41,11 +41,23 @@ libguestfs handle (up to 255).
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Libguestfs can now handle E<gt> 25 disks, in all APIs, tools and tests.
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Several libguestfs APIs were reimplemented so they no longer suffer
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from any protocol limits. The reimplemented APIs are:
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C<guestfs_cat>, C<guestfs_find>, C<guestfs_read_file>,
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C<guestfs_read_lines>, C<guestfs_write>, C<guestfs_write_append>,
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C<guestfs_lstatlist>, C<guestfs_lxattrlist>,
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C<guestfs_readlinklist>, C<guestfs_ls>.
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=head3 virt tools
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C<guestfish touch 'win:c:\new_file'> now works as expected.
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C<rsync> and C<ssh> commands are now availble in virt-rescue.
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C<guestfish> has a new I<--network> option, which enables the user
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network in libguestfs.
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C<rsync> and C<ssh> commands are now availble in virt-rescue. In
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addition, C<rsync> can be used through the API for doing incremental
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copies.
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C<virt-sparsify> uses qcow2 v3 for increased efficiency.
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@@ -69,6 +81,15 @@ remove ABRT data (Wanlong Gao)
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remove puppet keys and log files (Wanlong Gao)
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=item *
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remove process accounting files (Wanlong Gao)
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=item *
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new I<--firstboot> parameter allowing firstboot scripts
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for customizing guests
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=back
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C<virt-make-fs> can now create virtual floppy disks (VFDs).
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@@ -79,6 +100,17 @@ C<guestmount> has a I<--pid-file> option.
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In Ruby, optional arguments hash is optional.
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In Python, optional arguments now don't use special "sentinel"
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values, so any integer can be passed as an optional argument.
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Erlang bindings now come with examples and tests.
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Erlang bindings now handle 64 bit integer parameters correctly.
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The automated 'bindtests' now test for 64 bit cleanliness in parameter
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passing. Several bugs in the bindings were found and fixed as a
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result.
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=head3 ports
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Libguestfs without the appliance can be compiled on Mac OS X
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@@ -114,14 +146,22 @@ L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788642>
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canonical-device-name
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device-index
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filesystem-available
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fill-dir
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fstrim
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ls0
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max-disks
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nr-devices
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rsync
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rsync-in
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rsync-out
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shutdown [backported to 1.16 and 1.18]
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tar-in [added compress flag]
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tar-out [added compress, numericowner, exclude flags]
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umount [added force and lazy optional arguments]
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utsname
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xfs-growfs
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xfs-info
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xfs-admin (thanks Wanlong Gao)
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xfs-growfs (thanks Wanlong Gao)
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xfs-info (thanks Wanlong Gao)
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=head2 Internals
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@@ -129,6 +169,10 @@ qemu E<ge> 1.1.0 is required.
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febootstrap E<ge> 3.19 is required.
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libvirt is optional, but if you want to use the new libvirt
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backend for launching the appliance then libvirt E<ge> 0.10.0 would
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be required.
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Functions which previously had no optargs can now be converted to ones
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with optargs, making extending the API much more flexible. Source and
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binary backwards compatibility is preserved for users of the API.
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@@ -154,6 +198,10 @@ C<ntfsresize> / C<ntfsresize_opts>
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=item *
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C<tar_in> and C<tar_out>
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=item *
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C<umount>
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=back
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@@ -191,6 +239,14 @@ C<run --test> flag for running tests with minimal output.
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=over 4
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/847881>
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RFE: allow extra arguments (like --exclude) to tar-out
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/847880>
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tar-out should allow (or force) --numeric-owner
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/845522>
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guestfish "copy-out / localdir" command fails with "No such file or directory"
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NAME
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RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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NOTES UPDATED TO COMMIT 47410e79995f9d8c5fb9739ca4609c78e13218ee
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NOTES UPDATED TO COMMIT 56287d16ebde3d892ed4886724573015e39f79fa
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These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
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stable/dev branch split (1.18.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
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@@ -34,11 +34,21 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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Libguestfs can now handle > 25 disks, in all APIs, tools and tests.
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Several libguestfs APIs were reimplemented so they no longer suffer
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from any protocol limits. The reimplemented APIs are: guestfs_cat,
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guestfs_find, guestfs_read_file, guestfs_read_lines, guestfs_write,
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guestfs_write_append, guestfs_lstatlist, guestfs_lxattrlist,
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guestfs_readlinklist, guestfs_ls.
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virt tools
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guestfish touch 'win:c:\new_file' now works as expected.
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rsync and ssh commands are now availble in virt-rescue.
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guestfish has a new --network option, which enables the user network in
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libguestfs.
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rsync and ssh commands are now availble in virt-rescue. In addition,
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rsync can be used through the API for doing incremental copies.
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virt-sparsify uses qcow2 v3 for increased efficiency.
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@@ -52,6 +62,11 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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* remove puppet keys and log files (Wanlong Gao)
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* remove process accounting files (Wanlong Gao)
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* new --firstboot parameter allowing firstboot scripts for
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customizing guests
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virt-make-fs can now create virtual floppy disks (VFDs).
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guestmount has a --pid-file option.
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@@ -60,6 +75,16 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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In Ruby, optional arguments hash is optional.
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In Python, optional arguments now don't use special "sentinel" values,
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so any integer can be passed as an optional argument.
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Erlang bindings now come with examples and tests.
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Erlang bindings now handle 64 bit integer parameters correctly.
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The automated 'bindtests' now test for 64 bit cleanliness in parameter
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passing. Several bugs in the bindings were found and fixed as a result.
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ports
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Libguestfs without the appliance can be compiled on Mac OS X (Masami
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@@ -95,14 +120,22 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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canonical-device-name
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device-index
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filesystem-available
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fill-dir
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fstrim
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ls0
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max-disks
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nr-devices
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rsync
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rsync-in
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rsync-out
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shutdown [backported to 1.16 and 1.18]
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tar-in [added compress flag]
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tar-out [added compress, numericowner, exclude flags]
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umount [added force and lazy optional arguments]
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utsname
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xfs-growfs
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xfs-info
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xfs-admin (thanks Wanlong Gao)
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xfs-growfs (thanks Wanlong Gao)
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xfs-info (thanks Wanlong Gao)
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Internals
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@@ -110,6 +143,9 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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febootstrap ≥ 3.19 is required.
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libvirt is optional, but if you want to use the new libvirt backend for
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launching the appliance then libvirt ≥ 0.10.0 would be required.
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Functions which previously had no optargs can now be converted to ones
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with optargs, making extending the API much more flexible. Source and
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binary backwards compatibility is preserved for users of the API. APIs
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@@ -123,6 +159,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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* ntfsresize / ntfsresize_opts
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* tar_in and tar_out
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* umount
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The way that libguestfs APIs are represented in the generator has
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@@ -156,6 +194,14 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.18.0..
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/847881
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RFE: allow extra arguments (like --exclude) to tar-out
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/847880
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tar-out should allow (or force) --numeric-owner
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/845522
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guestfish "copy-out / localdir" command fails with "No such file or
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@@ -1558,3 +1604,49 @@ SEE ALSO
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guestfs-recipes(1), guestfs-testing(1), guestfs(3), guestfish(1),
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http://libguestfs.org/
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AUTHOR
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Richard W.M. Jones
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
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option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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BUGS
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To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Vi
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rtualization+Tools
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To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=
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Virtualization+Tools
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When reporting a bug, please supply:
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* The version of libguestfs.
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* Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
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source, etc)
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* Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
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* Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
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into the bug report.
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