Created attachment 1167288 [details] log.truncate-recursive Description of problem: virt-customize --truncate-recursive should give an error message when specifying a no-existing path. You can see the full log with -v -x in the attachment: log.truncate-recursive. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-1.32.5-3.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Prepare an rhel7 image: RHEL-Server-7.2-64-hvm.raw 2. Use --truncate-recursive to truncate a no-existing path # virt-customize -a RHEL-Server-7.2-64-hvm.raw --truncate-recursive /home/noexist [ 0.0] Examining the guest ... [ 3.7] Setting a random seed [ 3.7] Recursively truncating: /home/noexist [ 3.9] Finishing off Actual results: It finished with no error. Expected results: It should prompt an error looks like: No such path or directory Additional info:
Patch posted: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2016-June/msg00058.html
Verified with the packages: libguestfs-1.32.5-6.el7.x86_64 Verify steps: 1. Prepare an rhel7 image: RHEL-Server-7.2-64-hvm.raw 2. Use --truncate-recursive to truncate a no-existing path: # virt-customize -a RHEL-Server-7.2-64-hvm.raw --truncate-recursive /home/noexist [ 0.0] Examining the guest ... [ 3.4] Setting a random seed [ 3.4] Recursively truncating: /home/noexist virt-customize: error: libguestfs error: find0: /home/noexist: No such file or directory If reporting bugs, run virt-customize with debugging enabled and include the complete output: virt-customize -v -x [...] It gives obvious error as above. So 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/RHSA-2016-2576.html