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Description of problem:

The new virt-rescue is much better than the old version.  In particular,
major bugs like ^C killing the whole program are fixed.  Also supports
`-i' to mount all the disks and an escape key.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

libguestfs-1.36.2-3.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run: virt-rescue --scratch

Actual results:

Try using ^C - it will kill the whole program.

Expected results:

^C, ^Z should work as expected.

There is an escape key: try using ^] h

You can also do:

  $ virt-builder fedora-25
  $ virt-rescue -a fedora-25.img -i

and it should automatically mount the guest's disks under /sysroot
inside the rescue shell.

Backported patches are here:

https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commits/fedora-26

Verified with package:
libguestfs-1.36.10-2.el7.x86_64

Steps:

1. #virt-rescue --scratch
--------------------------------------------------
...
The virt-rescue escape key is ‘^]’.  Type ‘^] h’ for help.

Welcome to virt-rescue, the libguestfs rescue shell.

Note: The contents of / (root) are the rescue appliance.
You have to mount the guest's partitions under /sysroot
before you can examine them.

bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
><rescue> ^]q
--------------------------------------------------

2. ^C and ^Z don't kill the rescue shell.

3. ^]q (an escape key) will exit the rescue shell successfully.

So verified this bug.

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0677