Update release notes for 1.28 release.

2026-03-21 22:53:37 +00:00 · 2014-10-18 09:02:18 +01:00
parent d3548012e9
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--- a/guestfs-release-notes.pod
+++ b/guestfs-release-notes.pod
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes

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 =head1 RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28

@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
 =head3 Tools

 L<virt-v2v(1)> and L<virt-p2v(1)> are tools for converting from
-foreign hypervisors or physical machines, to KVM.  These tools were
-previously a separate project.  The code for both tools has been
-integrated into the libguestfs tree.  As part of the refactoring,
-virt-p2v has been rewritten (from Ruby, now C), and virt-v2v now uses
-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, qemu, local disk files.
+foreign hypervisors (such as VMware or Xen) or physical machines, to
+KVM.  These tools were previously a separate project.  The code for
+both tools has been integrated into the libguestfs tree.  As part of
+the refactoring, virt-p2v has been rewritten (from Ruby, now C), and
+virt-v2v now uses 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, 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
@@ -228,6 +228,42 @@ ping and so on.

 =over 4

+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1153515>
+
+empty (but set) LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND prints libguestfs: error: invalid backend:
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1151766>
+
+libguestfs-bash-completion package contains file /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-log, but no _virt_log() function in that file
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1151738>
+
+typo error in man page of virt-edit
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1151033>
+
+virt-v2v conversions from VMware vCenter server run slowly
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150880>
+
+virt-v2v: warning: display <graphics type='sdl'> was ignored when converting rhel5 guest with sdl graphics
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150867>
+
+'copy-file-to-file /src /dest' create file /dest even if command 'copy-file-to-file /src /dest' failed
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150815>
+
+Can not find "RECURSIVE LONG LISTING" in 'man virt-diff'
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150701>
+
+virt-v2v does not fstrim data disks and non-mounted filesystems
+
+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150475>
+
+Exporting 2+ disk guest to RHEV, only one disk shows after import
+
 =item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148355>

 virt-filesystems: incorrect LVM vg name when listing Fedora 21 Alpha Atomic image filesystems
@@ -256,6 +292,10 @@ virt-v2v -v -x during windows guest conversion will hang at hivex: hivex_open: u

 Improve the error info when converting windows guest with unclean file system

+=item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1145916>
+
+virt-v2v fails to convert win7 guest
+
 =item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144891>

 RFE: stat calls do not return nanosecond timestamps
@@ -466,7 +506,7 @@ virt-sparsify overwrites block devices if used as output files

 =item L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/812970>

-virt-rescue cannot set ><rescue> prompt, on Ubuntu 12.04
+virt-rescue cannot set E<ge>E<lt>rescueE<gt> prompt, on Ubuntu 12.04

 =back

--- a/guestfs-release-notes.txt
+++ b/guestfs-release-notes.txt
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
  Tools

    virt-v2v(1) and virt-p2v(1) are tools for converting from foreign
-    hypervisors or physical machines, to KVM. These tools were previously a
-    separate project. The code for both tools has been integrated into the
-    libguestfs tree. As part of the refactoring, virt-p2v has been
-    rewritten (from Ruby, now C), and virt-v2v now uses several modern
-    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, qemu,
-    local disk files.
+    hypervisors (such as VMware or Xen) or physical machines, to KVM. These
+    tools were previously a separate project. The code for both tools has
+    been integrated into the libguestfs tree. As part of the refactoring,
+    virt-p2v has been rewritten (from Ruby, now C), and virt-v2v now uses
+    several modern 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, 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
@@ -195,6 +195,47 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28

 Bugs fixed

+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1153515
+
+      empty (but set) LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND prints libguestfs: error: invalid
+      backend:
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1151766
+
+      libguestfs-bash-completion package contains file
+      /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-log, but no _virt_log()
+      function in that file
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1151738
+
+      typo error in man page of virt-edit
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1151033
+
+      virt-v2v conversions from VMware vCenter server run slowly
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150880
+
+      virt-v2v: warning: display <graphics type='sdl'> was ignored when
+      converting rhel5 guest with sdl graphics
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150867
+
+      'copy-file-to-file /src /dest' create file /dest even if command
+      'copy-file-to-file /src /dest' failed
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150815
+
+      Can not find "RECURSIVE LONG LISTING" in 'man virt-diff'
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150701
+
+      virt-v2v does not fstrim data disks and non-mounted filesystems
+
+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1150475
+
+      Exporting 2+ disk guest to RHEV, only one disk shows after import
+
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1148355

      virt-filesystems: incorrect LVM vg name when listing Fedora 21 Alpha
@@ -228,6 +269,10 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28
      Improve the error info when converting windows guest with unclean
      file system

+    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1145916
+
+      virt-v2v fails to convert win7 guest
+
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1144891

      RFE: stat calls do not return nanosecond timestamps
@@ -460,7 +505,7 @@ RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.28

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/812970

-      virt-rescue cannot set ><rescue> prompt, on Ubuntu 12.04
+      virt-rescue cannot set ≥<rescue> prompt, on Ubuntu 12.04

 RELEASE NOTES FOR LIBGUESTFS 1.26