Bug 592052

Summary:	Need to backport upstream patch to allow optional parts of the libguestfs appliance into RHEL
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Richard W.M. Jones <rjones>
Component:	libguestfs	Assignee:	Richard W.M. Jones <rjones>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	6.0	CC:	jzheng, llim
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libguestfs-1.2.7-1.el6.5	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2010-07-02 19:23:08 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	592051
Bug Blocks:	592053

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2010-05-13 18:37:01 UTC

Description of problem:

We need to backport this upstream patch:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-May/msg00083.html

This will allow us to build libguestfs with optional parts of the
libguestfs appliance (in particular, an optional part for Windows
support for V2V).

This is a risky patch, and needs a lot more testing before I'll
even put it upstream.

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2010-05-13 19:06:31 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

Comment 2 Lawrence Lim 2010-05-17 14:52:18 UTC

Hi Richard,
Do you have any suggestions on how we could test this patch effectively?

Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2010-05-17 15:07:13 UTC

After installing the new package, just run:

libguestfs-test-tool

If that completes successfully, then it worked.

In general terms, this patch is so fundamental to the operation
of libguestfs that virtually any conceivable test of libguestfs/
guestfish/... that NAY have already implemented will test it.

Comment 4 Richard W.M. Jones 2010-05-18 12:14:56 UTC

Built in brew:
https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=2451180

Comment 7 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-07-02 19:23:08 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.