Description of problem: My 'default' pool is located in /var/lib/libvirt/images. When I create a broken symlink in there, I can no longer refresh nor start again that pool: # ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/images/ lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 11 Aug 5 18:26 broken -> nonexistent ... # virsh pool-refresh default error: Failed to refresh pool default error: cannot open volume '/var/lib/libvirt/images/broken': No such file or directory That's very inconvenient. I use symlinks for many ISO files. When I remove the destination of such a symlink, I imagine libvirt should just skip that broken symlink and not fail completely. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-virtinst-0.500.3-4.fc13.noarch virt-manager-0.8.4-2.fc13.noarch libvirt-0.8.2-1.fc13.x86_64 virt-viewer-0.2.1-1.fc13.x86_64 libvirt-python-0.8.2-1.fc13.x86_64 libvirt-client-0.8.2-1.fc13.x86_64 virt-top-1.0.4-3.fc13.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create broken symlink in your default pool 2. virsh pool-refresh default or virsh pool-start default Actual results: pool can't be started Expected results: pool can be started and broken symlinks are skipped
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Still the same problem in Fedora 14.
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*** Bug 630440 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This was fixed in 0.8.7: commit 76965b800e40c2084f03c4359f614fd802087832 Author: Osier Yang <jyang> Date: Tue Dec 21 14:45:24 2010 +0800 storage: Ignore dangling symbolic link for filesystem pool If there is a dangling symbolic link in filesystem pool, the pool will fail to start or refresh, this patch is to fix it by ignoring it with a warning log. F14 is nearing end-of-life, so it's not worth back-porting this fix there; but F15 and F16 already have the fix. I'm closing this as WONTFIX for F14, and recommending upgrading instead.
(In reply to comment #10) > F14 is nearing end-of-life, so it's not worth back-porting this fix there; but > F15 and F16 already have the fix. I'm closing this as WONTFIX for F14, and > recommending upgrading instead. Then the correct resolution is CLOSED NEXTRELEASE, adjusting. I just tested libvirt-0.9.6-2.fc16.x86_64 and it really seems fixed. Thanks.