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Update release notes.
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Richard W.M. Jones
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
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=begin comment
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NOTE! Pre-release notes for the next stable version of libguestfs.
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Updated to commit c164cc9bea89aa627dad4338469c26a1a70b61f5
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Updated to commit 17090bd09f25c490bce9a5159d54bcabb7a8ecc2
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=end comment
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@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ C<guestfish touch 'win:c:\new_file'> now works as expected.
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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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You can set C<GUESTFISH_PS1> to use fancy fonts in C<guestfish>.
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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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@@ -120,6 +122,10 @@ remove HOSTNAME field from C<ifcfg-eth*> files (Wanlong Gao)
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miscellaneous improvements for SuSE (Olaf Hering)
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=item *
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remove man pages cache (Wanlong Gao)
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=back
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C<virt-make-fs> can now create virtual floppy disks (VFDs).
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@@ -141,6 +147,9 @@ 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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Better handling of blocking and non-blocking functions should make
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libguestfs calls more efficient.
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=head3 inspection
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Windows guests with unlimited-sized Registries are now supported.
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@@ -150,6 +159,8 @@ in guests.
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Better support for SuSE guests (Olaf Hering).
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Return the architecture of installed applications (John Eckersberg).
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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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@@ -195,15 +206,20 @@ L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788642>
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filesystem-available
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fill-dir
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fstrim
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get-cachedir
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get-libvirt-requested-credentials
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get-libvirt-requested-credential-prompt
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get-libvirt-requested-credential-challenge
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get-libvirt-requested-credential-defresult
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get-tmpdir
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hivex-*
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inspect-list-applications2 (John Eckersberg)
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ls0
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max-disks
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mke2fs (Wanlong Gao)
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mklost-and-found
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mkswap [added label and uuid optional arguments]
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mktemp (Wanlong Gao)
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nr-devices
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parse-environment
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parse-environment-list
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@@ -211,8 +227,10 @@ L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788642>
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rsync
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rsync-in
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rsync-out
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set-cachedir
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set-libvirt-supported-credentials
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set-libvirt-requested-credential
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set-tmpdir
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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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@@ -223,6 +241,11 @@ L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788642>
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xfs-info (Wanlong Gao)
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xfs-repair (Wanlong Gao)
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In the C API only:
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guestfs_push_error_handler
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guestfs_pop_error_handler
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=head2 Internals
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qemu E<ge> 1.1.0 is required.
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@@ -270,13 +293,17 @@ C<umount>
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=back
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The way that libguestfs APIs are represented in the generator
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has changed to use an OCaml struct instead of a tuple. This
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makes it far more flexible. For details see commit 39d1a7db.
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The way that libguestfs APIs and structures are represented in the
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generator has changed to use an OCaml struct instead of a tuple. This
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makes it far more flexible. For details see commits 39d1a7db
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and eb185eef.
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Launch backends are now located in separate files
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eg. C<src/launch-appliance.c>, C<src/launch-libvirt.c>.
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Generated action code is now split over several C<src/action*.c>
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files, for faster compilation.
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POD (documentation) is now generated using a rewritten Perl
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program instead of pod2* + shell scripts.
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@@ -332,6 +359,18 @@ suppress progress bars if stdout is not a tty.
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There is now a C<./configure --without-libvirt> option. This is
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useful for testing that the code still compiles without libvirt.
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There is now an internal mini-library for running commands. This
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allows us to redirect errors from external commands into events.
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Code for handling temporary directories and the appliance cache was
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completely overhauled.
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Code for temporarily ignoring/disabling errors now looks like this:
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guestfs_push_error_handler (g, NULL, NULL);
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guestfs_mkdir (g, "/foo"); /* We don't care if this fails. */
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guestfs_pop_error_handler (g);
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=head2 Bugs fixed
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./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.18.0..
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@@ -342,6 +381,14 @@ useful for testing that the code still compiles without libvirt.
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SELinux policy ought to allow qemu to write to unconfined_u:object_r:user_tmp_t:s0
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/859949>
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RFE: inspect-list-applications does not return the architecture of RPM packages
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/859885>
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inspect-list-applications does not list all installed RPM packages with same name and different versions
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/859876>
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guestfish printed paths are not canonicalized
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@@ -430,6 +477,10 @@ virt-make-fs -t fat fails with an obscure error message
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Inspection fails when /etc/HOSTNAME is empty
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/713678>
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Not all febootstrap messages are redirected to log callbacks
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=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/627675>
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libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
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@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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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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You can set GUESTFISH_PS1 to use fancy fonts in guestfish.
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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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@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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* miscellaneous improvements for SuSE (Olaf Hering)
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* remove man pages cache (Wanlong Gao)
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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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@@ -95,6 +99,9 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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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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Better handling of blocking and non-blocking functions should make
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libguestfs calls more efficient.
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inspection
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Windows guests with unlimited-sized Registries are now supported. By
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@@ -103,6 +110,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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Better support for SuSE guests (Olaf Hering).
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Return the architecture of installed applications (John Eckersberg).
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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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@@ -148,15 +157,20 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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filesystem-available
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fill-dir
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fstrim
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get-cachedir
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get-libvirt-requested-credentials
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get-libvirt-requested-credential-prompt
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get-libvirt-requested-credential-challenge
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get-libvirt-requested-credential-defresult
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get-tmpdir
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hivex-*
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inspect-list-applications2 (John Eckersberg)
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ls0
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max-disks
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mke2fs (Wanlong Gao)
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mklost-and-found
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mkswap [added label and uuid optional arguments]
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mktemp (Wanlong Gao)
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nr-devices
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parse-environment
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parse-environment-list
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@@ -164,8 +178,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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rsync
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rsync-in
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rsync-out
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set-cachedir
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set-libvirt-supported-credentials
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set-libvirt-requested-credential
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set-tmpdir
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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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@@ -176,6 +192,11 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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xfs-info (Wanlong Gao)
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xfs-repair (Wanlong Gao)
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In the C API only:
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guestfs_push_error_handler
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guestfs_pop_error_handler
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Internals
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qemu ≥ 1.1.0 is required.
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@@ -204,13 +225,17 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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* umount
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The way that libguestfs APIs are represented in the generator has
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changed to use an OCaml struct instead of a tuple. This makes it far
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more flexible. For details see commit 39d1a7db.
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The way that libguestfs APIs and structures are represented in the
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generator has changed to use an OCaml struct instead of a tuple. This
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makes it far more flexible. For details see commits 39d1a7db and
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eb185eef.
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Launch backends are now located in separate files eg.
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src/launch-appliance.c, src/launch-libvirt.c.
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Generated action code is now split over several src/action*.c files,
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for faster compilation.
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POD (documentation) is now generated using a rewritten Perl program
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instead of pod2* + shell scripts.
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@@ -265,6 +290,18 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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There is now a ./configure --without-libvirt option. This is useful for
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testing that the code still compiles without libvirt.
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There is now an internal mini-library for running commands. This allows
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us to redirect errors from external commands into events.
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Code for handling temporary directories and the appliance cache was
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completely overhauled.
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Code for temporarily ignoring/disabling errors now looks like this:
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guestfs_push_error_handler (g, NULL, NULL);
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guestfs_mkdir (g, "/foo"); /* We don't care if this fails. */
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guestfs_pop_error_handler (g);
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Bugs fixed
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./bugs-in-changelog.sh 1.18.0..
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@@ -274,6 +311,16 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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SELinux policy ought to allow qemu to write to
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unconfined_u:object_r:user_tmp_t:s0
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/859949
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RFE: inspect-list-applications does not return the architecture of
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RPM packages
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/859885
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inspect-list-applications does not list all installed RPM packages
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with same name and different versions
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/859876
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guestfish printed paths are not canonicalized
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@@ -371,6 +418,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.20
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Inspection fails when /etc/HOSTNAME is empty
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/713678
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Not all febootstrap messages are redirected to log callbacks
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/627675
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libguestfs inspector code cannot handle /dev/disk/by-id/* paths
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