Libguestfs - Jul 2009 - ANNOUNCE: libguestfs 1.0.64 released

I'm pleased to announce the release of libguestfs 1.0.64, the library
for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images.

Homepage:      http://libguestfs.org/
Downloads:     http://libguestfs.org/download/
Git repo:      http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libguestfs.git
Fedora builds: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8391

NOTE at present there is a bug in qemu's vmchannel which stops
libguestfs from working correctly with the very latest qemu from git.
Use a stable 0.10.X version, or apply this patch:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-07/msg01753.html

(These release notes include changes since the previous announcement,
which was for 1.0.59)

 * New tool: virt-cat.  This tool lets you copy out files from a
   guest.  See this page for some interesting and unexpected uses:
   http://libguestfs.org/virt-cat.1.html#examples

 * Added libguestfs-test-tool which is a tool you can use to
   diagnose qemu / kernel booting problems, and also make bug
   reports more useful.

 * [Sys::Guestfs::Lib] split $os->{version} into $os->{major_version}
   and $os->{minor_version}.  Add feature tags. (Matt Booth).

 * Allow TMPDIR to be used to override the location of temporary files.

 * Implement the guestfs_read_file call.

 * New calls guestfs_mkmountpoint and guestfs_rmmountpoint to allow
   some specialized read-only or nested filesystems to be mounted,
   particularly for examining live CDs.
  
http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/unpack-the-russian-doll-of-a-f11-live-cd/

 * New call guestfs_mountpoints to return a hash of device -> mountpoint.

 * Many documentation fixes, including an "API Overview" section
   which will help developers navigate parts of the now very large
   libguestfs API.
   http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#api_overview

 * Add ~ and ~username expansion in guestfish (RHBZ#511372).

 * Add kernel modules for reading DOS filesystems (Guido Gunther).

 * Add i18n support for Perl strings.

Bugs fixed:

 * Fix guestfish -i / virt-inspector when working with libvirt domain
   names, so now 'guestfish -i libvirtdom' really works.

 * Detect renamed guestfwd support for vmchannel in upstream qemu.

 * Always pass noapic on kernel command line (workaround for RHBZ#502058)

 * Workaround for udev timeouts.

 * Check /usr/libexec for qemu binary, for RHEL 5.4.

 * Multiple fixes for non-srcdir builds.

Rich.

-- 
Richard Jones, Emerging Technologies, Red Hat  http://et.redhat.com/~rjones
virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines.  Tiny program with many
powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc.
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:43:45PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones
wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce the release of libguestfs 1.0.64, the library
> for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images.
> 
> Homepage:      http://libguestfs.org/
> Downloads:     http://libguestfs.org/download/
> Git repo:      http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libguestfs.git
> Fedora builds:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8391
I've pushed Debian packages here:
    http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianLibvirtTeam#Packages
No changes except for dropping the patch applied upstream and adding a
missing qemu dependency.
Cheers,
 -- Guido