Bug 704480

Summary:	virt-image:--prompt not take effect when create guest from xml file.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	zhe peng <zpeng>
Component:	python-virtinst	Assignee:	Cole Robinson <crobinso>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.7	CC:	dyuan, mzhan, nzhang
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Clone Of:	696498	Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-07-12 23:04:10 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	696498
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Description zhe peng 2011-05-13 10:11:20 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #696498 +++

Description of problem:
no prompting for required information when use virt-image --prompt to create guest from xml file

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-virtinst-0.500.5-3.el6.noarch


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.remove all guest,run command:
# virt-image --prompt virt-image.xml
there is no prompting for required.

strangely, if a same name domain exist,
[root@localhost tmp]# virsh list --all
 Id Name                 State
----------------------------------
  1 rhel6_x86_64_qcow2   running
  2 test                 running
  3 new                  running
 then run command:
[root@localhost tmp]# virt-image --prompt virt-image.xml 
ERROR    Guest name 'test' is already in use.
What is the name of your virtual machine? 
new


Creating guest new...
Creating domain...    
the prompting will shown up.
i check man help and --help of virt-image, all missing --prompt option detail,but --force exist.
  
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Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2011-06-21 05:25:16 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and Red Hat does not plan to fix this issue the currently developed update.

Contact your manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 3 Cole Robinson 2011-07-12 23:04:10 UTC

Since this has virtually no impact, it's not worth fixing at this point in RHEL5. Closing WONTFIX