Description of problem: When using virt-p2v from the kernel command line, if the final p2v.* parameter appears at the end of the command line, then a \n character is appended to it. For example, the following configuration won't work: APPEND [....] p2v.o=disk p2v.os=/var/tmp because virt-p2v will try to use directory "/var/tmp\n" on the conversion server. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-p2v upstream in <= 1.29.46, and also in RHEL 7.1 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: See my steps in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229262#c2 Actual results: In 'systemctl status p2v -l output' you will see: virt-v2v: error: -os /var/tmp : output directory does not exist or is not a directory Notice that the error message is split across two lines, indicating an invisible \n character appearing after /var/tmp
Upstream fix: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/6114c10df05cdb1662ac22930010fd45714f9c40
The fix in comment 1 wasn't quite correct. The following commits are needed: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/6114c10df05cdb1662ac22930010fd45714f9c40 https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/fc554d422a95f0cef21073a3a8ba0b2d8ddbab45 https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/cca4343203f18367033a56139231ff2518ad6655 https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/154251b3f0312864c460533ae28a09483fb70051
Tested with: livecd-p2v-201506091319.iso virt-v2v-1.28.1-1.38.el7.x86_64 libguestfs-1.28.1-1.38.el7.x86_64 1.Add after APPEND [....] p2v.o=disk p2v.os=/var/tmp in kernel command line. 2.Launch virt-p2v client,conversion starts successfully without error info in description. Refer to the above comments,move the bug to VERIFIED.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2183.html