Bug 971207 – guestfish aug-init command fails: libguestfs: error: aug_init: Augeas initialization failed

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Bug 971207 - guestfish aug-init command fails: libguestfs: error: aug_init: Augeas initialization failed

Summary:	guestfish aug-init command fails: libguestfs: error: aug_init: Augeas initial...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	libguestfs (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.5
Hardware:	Unspecified Linux

Priority	high Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Keywords:	Regression, TestBlocker

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Reported:	2013-06-05 22:13 EDT by bfan
Modified:	2015-02-17 13:55 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	libguestfs-1.20.8-3.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	(This was a bug in Augeas, not in libguestfs)
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Last Closed:	2013-11-20 23:44:22 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:1536	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2013-11-20 19:40:55 EST

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Description bfan 2013-06-05 22:13:22 EDT

Description of problem:
aug-init failed with "Augeas initialization failed", I saw developer said that fixed in libguestfs-1.20.1-6.el7, but still exist in rhel6 rebase


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
libguestfs-1.20.8-1.el6.x86_64
augeas-1.0.0-4.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
$ guestfish -N fs  
><fs> mount /dev/sda1 /
><fs> aug-init / 1

 
Actual results:
libguestfs: error: aug_init: Augeas initialization failed


Expected results:
command execute succeffully

Additional info:

Comment 2 bfan 2013-06-05 22:31:57 EDT

test new package, augeas-1.0.0-5.el6.x86_64, also failed with same reason

Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2013-06-06 03:50:24 EDT

Upstream libguestfs:

$ guestfish -N fs -m /dev/sda1 aug-init / 1
[no errors]

RHEL 6.5:

$ guestfish -N fs -m /dev/sda1 aug-init / 1
libguestfs: error: aug_init: Augeas initialization failed

Adding -v -x to get full debugging doesn't give any more
information.  It could be happening because we built libguestfs
against the previous (RHEL 6.4) version of augeas, although
that's not supposed to happen.

Comment 4 Richard W.M. Jones 2013-06-06 09:08:55 EDT

Turns out it just needs a rebuild against the newest Augeas.

Comment 6 Richard W.M. Jones 2013-06-06 17:58:34 EDT

WFM with libguestfs 1:1.20.8-3.el6

Comment 7 bfan 2013-06-06 22:31:19 EDT

Verified with libguestfs-1.20.8-3.el6.x86_64


[root@dhcp-9-42 home]# guestfish -N fs  

Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for
editing virtual machine filesystems.

Type: 'help' for help on commands
      'man' to read the manual
      'quit' to quit the shell

><fs> trace 1
><fs> mount /dev/sda1 /
libguestfs: trace: mount "/dev/sda1" "/"
libguestfs: trace: mount = 0
><fs> aug-init / 1
libguestfs: trace: aug_init "/" 1
libguestfs: trace: aug_init = 0
><fs> 

Change status to verified

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-20 23:44:22 EST

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-2013-1536.html

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