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Bug 798197

Summary:	virt-resize confuses format and output_format variables; using --output-format sets the input format
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Richard W.M. Jones <rjones>
Component:	libguestfs	Assignee:	Richard W.M. Jones <rjones>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.3	CC:	grant_williamson, leiwang, mbooth, moli, qguan, qwan, virt-maint, walicki
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Regression
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	libguestfs-1.16.6-1.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	No Documentation needed	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	798196	Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-06-20 07:00:53 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	798196
Bug Blocks:

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2012-02-28 09:52:48 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #798196 +++

Description of problem:

virt-resize --output-format raw sets the *input* format to raw.
This is because the code for the --output-format flag is
accidentally setting the format variable (not output_format):

https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/blob/a93d4a9dc1aea6940886c85d4b09f21cbfc80969/resize/resize.ml#L101

(Bug found by Grant Williamson)

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

1.17.8

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
http://pastebin.com/VpsNjYEa

Comment 2 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-02-28 10:36:14 UTC

Upstream fix:
https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/88ba4da4d6c07762fc95c96ea67019f0ebf4677c

Comment 6 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-04-26 12:21:52 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:
No Documentation needed

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 07:00:53 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