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Bug 719879 (libguestfs_rebase6.3) - Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.3
Summary: Rebase libguestfs in RHEL 6.3
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: libguestfs_rebase6.3
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: libguestfs
Version: 6.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 719877 731744 734208 751043
Blocks: 627835 647174 729076 731742 741183 747667 757071 760221 760223 760226 785305 785668
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-08 09:20 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2012-06-20 06:59 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libguestfs-1.16.19-1.el6
Doc Type: Rebase: Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Doc Text:
libguestfs has been rebased to a more recent upstream stable version. This new version has many new features and bug fixes, but remains backwards compatible with versions from earlier RHEL 6 releases.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 06:59:33 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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New features in libguestfs 1.8 -> 1.14 (RHEL 6.2 -> RHEL 6.3) (12.93 KB, text/plain)
2011-10-20 10:48 UTC, Richard W.M. Jones 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0774 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:29:50 UTC

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2011-07-08 09:20:29 UTC 
This bug is a placeholder.  We should consider rebasing
libguestfs in RHEL 6.3 to upstream stable version 1.12.x

Background information:
  libguestfs version numbers:
    http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#libguestfs_version_numbers
  libguestfs ABI guarantee:
    http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#abi_guarantee

The case for rebasing:

In RHEL 6.1/6.2 we ship libguestfs 1.7.17 + about 80 patches
on top.  These patches effectively bring libguestfs up to
(approximately) upstream stable version 1.8.1.

There are about 100 *more* commits along the 1.8.x stable branch that
we should probably include, which would mean we are shipping
a total of nearly 200 patches (once you also include patches for
other bug fixes and enhancements).

It would make a lot more sense therefore to rebase, and if we're
going to rebase then we might as well go all the way up to
libguestfs 1.12.x since there are so many extra features, and
since we guarantee ABI stability upstream.

Some reasons NOT to rebase:

- Rebasing requires us to rebase febootstrap also (see bug 719877).
  This rebase is going to be quite complex.

- The OCaml language binding has changed in a non-compatible way,
  although IIRC this binding is in the Optional repo.  Note that
  language bindings aren't covered by the upstream ABI guarantee.

- As usual there is a risk of regressions.
Comment 2 Richard W.M. Jones 2011-08-18 21:36:48 UTC 
There are 212 patches in libguestfs in RHEL 6.2.

$ ls -1 *.patch | wc -l
212

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0014-fuse-Fix-emulation-of-open-call.patch
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0016-docs-Link-to-guestfs-examples-3-after-simple-example.patch
0017-rescue-Add-note-about-using-virt-rescue-as-root-non-.patch
0018-rescue-Add-notes-about-networking.patch
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Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2011-10-20 10:48:08 UTC 
Created attachment 529233 [details]
New features in libguestfs 1.8 -> 1.14 (RHEL 6.2 -> RHEL 6.3)

ATTN QA:

This document summarises the new features that will be
added by this rebase.
Comment 4 John Walicki 2011-10-27 13:46:36 UTC 
+1
Comment 5 Richard W.M. Jones 2011-11-16 11:45:32 UTC 
Preview packages are available:

http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-6.3-preview/

Note these are not supported by Red Hat's official support channels.
Read the README file before using them.
Comment 8 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-04-26 13:16:11 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
libguestfs has been rebased to a more recent upstream stable version.  This new version has many new features and bug fixes, but remains backwards compatible with versions from earlier RHEL 6 releases.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 06:59:33 UTC 
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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html
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