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Richard W.M. Jones
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
=begin comment
UPDATED TO 32736857b3590554c4707cfe33eebed0ccc04abe
UPDATED TO a48ade569d485a114d29da358e4a2c36429b7ebb
=end comment
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ several modern features of qemu which make it run many times faster
than before. L<virt-v2v(1)> can import from: VMware vCenter, VMware
OVA files, local disk files, libvirt, RHEL 5 Xen. It can output to:
oVirt or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV-M), OpenStack Glance,
libvirt.
libvirt, qemu, local disk files.
L<virt-log(1)> is a new tool for listing log files from guests. It
supports a variety of guests including Linux traditional, Linux using
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ New L<virt-builder(1)> and L<virt-customize(1)> I<--chmod> option.
L<virt-sysprep(1)> will now remove: systemd journals, anaconda logs,
lightdm logs, debian-installer files, apt logs, exim logs, ConsoleKit
logs, and several other log files. The virt-sysprep C<user-account>
logs, firewalld logs, grubby logs, proftpd logs, libvirt/libxml logs,
and several other log files. The virt-sysprep C<user-account>
operation is now able to remove or keep particular user accounts.
(Pino Toscano).
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ L<virt-cat(1)>, L<virt-edit(1)>, L<virt-ls(1)> now support the I<-m>
option, allowing you to override automatic inspection of guests and
instead specify where to mount partitions (Pino Toscano).
The virt tools now have coloured output: green for OK, red for errors,
blue for warnings.
=head3 Language bindings
You can build a Python distribution using C<make -C python sdist>
@@ -76,7 +80,6 @@ Ruby bindings have switched from C<Test::Unit> to C<MiniTest>.
The Java bindings are now compatible with OpenJDK 8 (Pino Toscano).
=head3 Inspection
Oracle Linux is returned as C<oraclelinux> (Nikos Skalkotos).
@@ -84,10 +87,15 @@ Oracle Linux is returned as C<oraclelinux> (Nikos Skalkotos).
Linux guests which do not have C</etc/fstab> can now be handled
(Pino Toscano).
Minix is returned as C<minix> (Pino Toscano).
=head3 Architectures
Aarch64 (64 bit ARM) support has been added.
Inspection and the C<guestfs_file_architecture> call can now recognize
arm (32 bit) and aarch64 guests.
=head2 Security
=over 4
@@ -107,6 +115,12 @@ This was fixed in libguestfs E<ge> 1.27.9 and the fix was backported
to stable versions E<ge> 1.26.2, E<ge> 1.24.9, E<ge> 1.22.10 and E<ge>
1.20.13. (Thanks: Dan Berrange, Pino Toscano).
=item Shellshock (bash CVE-2014-6271)
This bash bug indirectly affects libguestfs. For more information
see:
L<https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-September/msg00252.html>
=back
=head2 API
@@ -131,6 +145,15 @@ Convert a directory within the disk image to cpio format.
Fetch precise journal times, see L<sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3)>.
=item C<guestfs_lstatns>
=item C<guestfs_lstatnslist>
=item C<guestfs_statns>
Enhanced versions of C<guestfs_lstat>, C<guestfs_lstatlist>,
C<guestfs_stat> which return nanosecond timestamps.
=back
=head2 Build changes
@@ -146,6 +169,10 @@ Flex and bison are now required dependencies.
=head2 Internals
User-Mode Linux (UML) is no longer a supported backend (although still
available). It will be supported again once someone steps in and
fixes various regressions and brokenness in the UML (Linux) kernel.
You can now connect gdb to qemu by specifying
C<LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=gdb>
@@ -173,6 +200,24 @@ The code for editing files used by L<virt-edit(1)>, L<guestfish(1)>
C<edit> command, L<virt-customize(1)> I<--edit> option and more is now
shared between all these utilities (thanks Pino Toscano).
The FUSE tests were rewritten in C to ensure finer control over how
system calls are tested.
The C<update-bugs.sh> script has been fixed so it should no longer
create an empty C<BUGS> file if the Bugzilla server is unavailable.
The L<virt-resize(1)> tests now use a stochastic method to ensure much
deeper and broader testing.
When the network is enabled, the appliance now uses DHCP to acquire an
IP address.
If libvirt is being used then the appliance will connect to C<virbr0>
(can be overridden by setting
C<LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=network_bridge=E<lt>some_bridgeE<gt>>).
This enables full-featured network connections, with working ICMP,
ping and so on.
=head2 Bugs fixed
=begin comment
@@ -183,6 +228,62 @@ shared between all these utilities (thanks Pino Toscano).
=over 4
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148355>
virt-filesystems: incorrect LVM vg name when listing Fedora 21 Alpha Atomic image filesystems
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148072>
Option missing --no-selinux-relabel
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148012>
RFE: Allow qemu-bridge-helper to be used to implement guestfs_set_network
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1146815>
virt-v2v prints warning: /files/etc/fstab/8/spec references unknown device "cdrom"
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1146275>
regression setting root password with virt-builder/virt-customize
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1146017>
virt-v2v -v -x during windows guest conversion will hang at hivex: hivex_open: used block id ……
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1145995>
Improve the error info when converting windows guest with unclean file system
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144891>
RFE: stat calls do not return nanosecond timestamps
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144766>
futimens() is a no-op via guestmount
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144201>
guestfish can not restore terminal's output colour when exit guestfish, if the terminal's background colour is black then it will make a inconvenient
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143949>
virt-customize option '--password-crypto' do not work
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143887>
Warning shows when converting guests to rhev:chown: changing ownership of ‘/tmp/v2v.u48xag/*.ovf’: Invalid argument
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143883>
warning shows when converting rhel7 guest:virt-v2v:could not update grub2 console: aug_get: no matching node (ignored)
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143866>
virt-v2v fails with error: cannot open Packages index using db5
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1142416>
part-get-name give 'libguestfs: error: part_get_name: parted does not support the machine output (-m)' error message when run 'part-get-name /dev/sda 1'
@@ -215,10 +316,18 @@ virt-v2v: error: disk sda has no defined format shows when converting xen hvm gu
virt-sysprep option '--user-accounts' don't work well
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1141145>
virt-v2v fails to convert xen pv guests.
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1141113>
virt-v2v fails to convert esx guests
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1140946>
qemu-img shows error message for backing file twice
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1140894>
No error messages output if append '--format qcow2' after '-a guest.img', guest.img is a raw format image file
@@ -303,6 +412,10 @@ RFE: non-polling mechanism to detect guestmount --no-fork readiness
scrub-file can't handle link file
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1099284>
typo errors in man pages
=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1098718>
RFE: virt-builder aliases

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@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
features of qemu which make it run many times faster than before.
virt-v2v(1) can import from: VMware vCenter, VMware OVA files, local
disk files, libvirt, RHEL 5 Xen. It can output to: oVirt or Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV-M), OpenStack Glance, libvirt.
Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV-M), OpenStack Glance, libvirt, qemu,
local disk files.
virt-log(1) is a new tool for listing log files from guests. It
supports a variety of guests including Linux traditional, Linux using
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
virt-sysprep(1) will now remove: systemd journals, anaconda logs,
lightdm logs, debian-installer files, apt logs, exim logs, ConsoleKit
logs, and several other log files. The virt-sysprep user-account
operation is now able to remove or keep particular user accounts. (Pino
Toscano).
logs, firewalld logs, grubby logs, proftpd logs, libvirt/libxml logs,
and several other log files. The virt-sysprep user-account operation is
now able to remove or keep particular user accounts. (Pino Toscano).
New guestmount(1) --fd option, allowing you to run guestmount captive
under another process.
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
allowing you to override automatic inspection of guests and instead
specify where to mount partitions (Pino Toscano).
The virt tools now have coloured output: green for OK, red for errors,
blue for warnings.
Language bindings
You can build a Python distribution using make -C python sdist
@@ -67,10 +71,15 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
Linux guests which do not have /etc/fstab can now be handled (Pino
Toscano).
Minix is returned as minix (Pino Toscano).
Architectures
Aarch64 (64 bit ARM) support has been added.
Inspection and the guestfs_file_architecture call can now recognize arm
(32 bit) and aarch64 guests.
Security
CVE-2014-0191 Network usage and entity resolution in XML parsing
@@ -88,6 +97,12 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
stable versions ≥ 1.26.2, ≥ 1.24.9, ≥ 1.22.10 and ≥ 1.20.13. (Thanks:
Dan Berrange, Pino Toscano).
Shellshock (bash CVE-2014-6271)
This bash bug indirectly affects libguestfs. For more information
see:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-September/msg00252.html
API
New APIs
@@ -108,6 +123,15 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
Fetch precise journal times, see sd_journal_get_realtime_usec(3).
guestfs_lstatns
guestfs_lstatnslist
guestfs_statns
Enhanced versions of guestfs_lstat, guestfs_lstatlist, guestfs_stat
which return nanosecond timestamps.
Build changes
Libguestfs can now be built with qemu 2.x.
@@ -121,6 +145,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
Internals
User-Mode Linux (UML) is no longer a supported backend (although still
available). It will be supported again once someone steps in and fixes
various regressions and brokenness in the UML (Linux) kernel.
You can now connect gdb to qemu by specifying
LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=gdb
@@ -148,8 +176,90 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
command, virt-customize(1) --edit option and more is now shared between
all these utilities (thanks Pino Toscano).
The FUSE tests were rewritten in C to ensure finer control over how
system calls are tested.
The update-bugs.sh script has been fixed so it should no longer create
an empty BUGS file if the Bugzilla server is unavailable.
The virt-resize(1) tests now use a stochastic method to ensure much
deeper and broader testing.
When the network is enabled, the appliance now uses DHCP to acquire an
IP address.
If libvirt is being used then the appliance will connect to virbr0 (can
be overridden by setting
LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND_SETTINGS=network_bridge=<some_bridge>). This enables
full-featured network connections, with working ICMP, ping and so on.
Bugs fixed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148355
virt-filesystems: incorrect LVM vg name when listing Fedora 21 Alpha
Atomic image filesystems
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148072
Option missing --no-selinux-relabel
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148012
RFE: Allow qemu-bridge-helper to be used to implement
guestfs_set_network
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1146815
virt-v2v prints warning: /files/etc/fstab/8/spec references unknown
device "cdrom"
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1146275
regression setting root password with virt-builder/virt-customize
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1146017
virt-v2v -v -x during windows guest conversion will hang at hivex:
hivex_open: used block id ……
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1145995
Improve the error info when converting windows guest with unclean
file system
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144891
RFE: stat calls do not return nanosecond timestamps
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144766
futimens() is a no-op via guestmount
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144201
guestfish can not restore terminal's output colour when exit
guestfish, if the terminal's background colour is black then it will
make a inconvenient
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143949
virt-customize option '--password-crypto' do not work
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143887
Warning shows when converting guests to rhev:chown: changing
ownership of ‘/tmp/v2v.u48xag/*.ovf’: Invalid argument
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143883
warning shows when converting rhel7 guest:virt-v2v:could not update
grub2 console: aug_get: no matching node (ignored)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1143866
virt-v2v fails with error: cannot open Packages index using db5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1142416
part-get-name give 'libguestfs: error: part_get_name: parted does not
@@ -189,10 +299,18 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
virt-sysprep option '--user-accounts' don't work well
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1141145
virt-v2v fails to convert xen pv guests.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1141113
virt-v2v fails to convert esx guests
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1140946
qemu-img shows error message for backing file twice
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1140894
No error messages output if append '--format qcow2' after '-a
@@ -283,6 +401,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
scrub-file can't handle link file
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1099284
typo errors in man pages
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1098718
RFE: virt-builder aliases