Bug 578407 - the prefix '-' in sub-command isn't handled by guestfish in remote control mode
Summary: the prefix '-' in sub-command isn't handled by guestfish in remote control mode
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: libguestfs
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
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Blocks: 578409
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Reported: 2010-03-31 08:50 UTC by Qixiang Wan
Modified: 2010-05-21 00:31 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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: 578409 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2010-05-12 12:22:27 UTC
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Description Qixiang Wan 2010-03-31 08:50:52 UTC
Description of problem:
In remote control mode of guestfish, the server will normally exit if there is an error in a command. guestfish man page said if we prefix a command with a - character, then that command will not cause guestfish to exit,
but this doesn't work in remote control mode, seems the prefixal '-' in sub-command won't be handled by guestfish.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
guestfish-1.0.85-1.fc12.3

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:

1. $ eval `guestfish --listen`
2. $ guestfish --remote version
major: 1
minor: 0
release: 85
extra: 
3. $ guestfish --remote -- -lvs
-lvs: unknown command
4. $ guestfish --remote version
guestfish: remote: looks like the server is not running
  
Actual results:
'-' prefixed sub-commands is not recognized by guestfish, and this will cause the guestfish server exit in remote control mode.

Expected results:
sub-commands which prefixed with '-' character should be recognized by guestfish, and this should make guestfish ignore the errors of commands even in remote control mode.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Richard W.M. Jones 2010-04-13 21:28:53 UTC
This should be in the upstream (Virtualization Tools) product.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2010-04-20 19:12:22 UTC
libguestfs-1.2.3-1.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libguestfs-1.2.3-1.el5

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2010-04-20 22:25:53 UTC
libguestfs-1.2.3-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libguestfs-1.2.3-1.fc13

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2010-04-21 12:42:41 UTC
libguestfs-1.2.3-1.fc12.6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libguestfs-1.2.3-1.fc12.6

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2010-05-21 00:31:33 UTC
libguestfs-1.2.3-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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