Bug 798980 – Libguestfs live support should be disabled in RHEL 6 packages

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Bug 798980 - Libguestfs live support should be disabled in RHEL 6 packages

Summary:	Libguestfs live support should be disabled in RHEL 6 packages

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	libguestfs (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks:	889537
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Reported:	2012-03-01 07:43 EST by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified:	2012-12-21 11:03 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	libguestfs-1.16.6-1.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	No Documentation needed
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Clones:	889537 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed:	2012-06-20 03:00:56 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2012:0774	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2012-06-19 15:29:50 EDT

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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2012-03-01 07:43:04 EST

Description of problem:

For a while, libguestfs upstream has supported access to
guestfsd installed and running in Linux guests.  This lets
you modify live guests, which is normally not possible with
libguestfs.
(See: https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/libguestfs-live/#content )

However this feature isn't well tested and we shouldn't let
RHEL 6 users use it right now.

Therefore it should be disabled in the RHEL 6 packages that
we ship.

Comment 2 Mohua Li 2012-03-15 01:49:54 EDT

libguestfs-1.16.10-1.el6.x86_64, basic function for default mode "appliance" is ok, so fixed,  

><fs> set-attach-method unix:/tmp/guestfs
><fs> run
libguestfs: error: launch: In RHEL 6, only the 'appliance' method is supported.
In particular, "libguestfs live" is not supported.

Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2012-04-26 08:22:12 EDT

    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 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 03:00:56 EDT

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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