Richard W.M. Jones
2010-Dec-19 16:59 UTC
[Libguestfs] [ANNOUNCE] libguestfs 1.8.0 - tools for accessing and modifying VM disk images
We are pleased to announce the next stable release of libguestfs,
tools and a library for accessing, creating and modifying the contents
of virtual machines and disk images.
Home page: http://libguestfs.org/
Binary packages for:
Fedora: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8391
Debian: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/debian-packages/
Ubuntu: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/ubuntu-packages/
RHEL 6: http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/rhel6.1-libguestfs-preview/ (soon)
Here are the release notes (also at http://libguestfs.org/RELEASE-NOTES.txt )
Release notes for libguestfs 1.8.0
----------------------------------
These release notes only cover the differences from the previous
stable/dev branch split (1.6.0). For detailed changelogs, please see
the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball.
New features
- Support and packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
- Daily builds from git repository on Debian and Ubuntu to reduce risk
of regressions.
- Port to ArchLinux 'pacman' (thanks Thomas S Hatch).
- The following tools have been rewritten in C (originally in Perl):
. virt-cat
. virt-df
. virt-inspector
. virt-ls
. virt-rescue
- Some C tools support encrypted guests automatically. This is
supported in: guestfish, guestmount, virt-cat, virt-inspector,
virt-ls.
- New tool virt-filesystems (in C) which is a replacement for
virt-list-filesystems and virt-list-partitions, and has a superset
of the functionality of those tools.
- guestfish, guestmount and the C tools use unified command line option
parsing, so they support many common options such as '-a disk.img',
'-d libvirt-domain', '-x', '-v'. The old command
line option
parsing is preserved for compatibility in scripts etc.
- guestfish no longer has any dependencies on Perl
- New man pages containing programming examples: guestfs-examples(3) (C/C++),
guestfs-ocaml(3), guestfs-python(3), guestfs-ruby(3).
- Trace mode prints return values from API functions.
- virt-inspector can list applications installed in Windows guests, along
with a great deal of information about those applications.
- Add support for inspecting: Linux Mint, Mandriva, FreeBSD.
- guestfish --rw option (with no effect currently) to make potentially
dangerous write access explicit.
- guestfish --listen --csh for compatibility with csh, tcsh (thanks
Eric Blake).
- The first upstream version that introduced each API function is now
documented in guestfs(3).
- guestfs_last_errno allows you to retrieve the errno from the
daemon, correctly translated to the local operating system.
- Functions can now have optional parameters.
- Progress bars and progress notifications can now happen for upload
commands.
- Appliance builder more careful about not leaving temporary files
around in /tmp.
- getfattr/setfattr commands added to virt-rescue.
- ROADMAP file covers roadmap and goals for future releases.
Security
- New SECURITY section in guestfs(3) API documentation.
- virt-inspector no longer runs any guest commands.
- Inspection code is more careful about avoiding very large files
from guests which might previously have caused a denial of service.
- FUSE calls into guestmount are now traced when using guestmount -x.
New APIs
- add-domain
- add-drive-opts
- getxattr
- inspect-get-hostname
- inspect-get-package-format
- inspect-get-package-management
- inspect-get-roots
- inspect-list-applications
- lgetxattr
- mkfs-opts
Internals
- C programs now only link precisely with the libraries that they use.
- PCRE, libmagic, hivex and libvirt libraries are now completely
optional for building.
- Multiple memory leaks and file descriptor leaks fixed.
- Add a POD wrapper to unify generation of man pages and HTML files
across all programs.
- Source includes phony images of Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu and
Windows guests.
- Ruby bindings have 'make install' rule.
- <guestfs.h> is now a single file.
- <guestfs.h> does not require XDR headers.
- ocaml xml-light library is no longer required to build (thanks
Maxim Koltsov).
- ./configure --disable-[...] for each language binding (thanks
Maxim Koltsov).
- Old ocaml-viewer program removed (use guestfs-browser instead).
- New C API test type 'InitScratchFS' makes the tests run a little
more quickly.
- Excluded packages in the appliance are now listed in a separate
file appliance/excludelist.in, and can be customized per-distro.
Bugs fixed
- 663407 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths
- 661280 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such
file or directory"
- 657499 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail
- 655554 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector
- 654638 openssl updated to 1.0.0b libguestfs depends on exact file names
- 652796 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted
from the binary distribution
--
Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many
powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc.
http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top
Thomas S Hatch
2010-Dec-19 19:15 UTC
[Libguestfs] [ANNOUNCE] libguestfs 1.8.0 - tools for accessing and modifying VM disk images
The ArchLinux packages are available on the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44372 On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>wrote:> We are pleased to announce the next stable release of libguestfs, > tools and a library for accessing, creating and modifying the contents > of virtual machines and disk images. > > Home page: http://libguestfs.org/ > > Binary packages for: > Fedora: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8391 > Debian: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/debian-packages/ > Ubuntu: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/ubuntu-packages/ > RHEL 6: http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/rhel6.1-libguestfs-preview/(soon) > > Here are the release notes (also at > http://libguestfs.org/RELEASE-NOTES.txt ) > > Release notes for libguestfs 1.8.0 > ---------------------------------- > > These release notes only cover the differences from the previous > stable/dev branch split (1.6.0). For detailed changelogs, please see > the git repository, or the ChangeLog file distributed in the tarball. > > New features > > - Support and packages for Debian and Ubuntu. > > - Daily builds from git repository on Debian and Ubuntu to reduce risk > of regressions. > > - Port to ArchLinux 'pacman' (thanks Thomas S Hatch). > > - The following tools have been rewritten in C (originally in Perl): > > . virt-cat > . virt-df > . virt-inspector > . virt-ls > . virt-rescue > > - Some C tools support encrypted guests automatically. This is > supported in: guestfish, guestmount, virt-cat, virt-inspector, > virt-ls. > > - New tool virt-filesystems (in C) which is a replacement for > virt-list-filesystems and virt-list-partitions, and has a superset > of the functionality of those tools. > > - guestfish, guestmount and the C tools use unified command line option > parsing, so they support many common options such as '-a disk.img', > '-d libvirt-domain', '-x', '-v'. The old command line option > parsing is preserved for compatibility in scripts etc. > > - guestfish no longer has any dependencies on Perl > > - New man pages containing programming examples: guestfs-examples(3) > (C/C++), > guestfs-ocaml(3), guestfs-python(3), guestfs-ruby(3). > > - Trace mode prints return values from API functions. > > - virt-inspector can list applications installed in Windows guests, along > with a great deal of information about those applications. > > - Add support for inspecting: Linux Mint, Mandriva, FreeBSD. > > - guestfish --rw option (with no effect currently) to make potentially > dangerous write access explicit. > > - guestfish --listen --csh for compatibility with csh, tcsh (thanks > Eric Blake). > > - The first upstream version that introduced each API function is now > documented in guestfs(3). > > - guestfs_last_errno allows you to retrieve the errno from the > daemon, correctly translated to the local operating system. > > - Functions can now have optional parameters. > > - Progress bars and progress notifications can now happen for upload > commands. > > - Appliance builder more careful about not leaving temporary files > around in /tmp. > > - getfattr/setfattr commands added to virt-rescue. > > - ROADMAP file covers roadmap and goals for future releases. > > Security > > - New SECURITY section in guestfs(3) API documentation. > > - virt-inspector no longer runs any guest commands. > > - Inspection code is more careful about avoiding very large files > from guests which might previously have caused a denial of service. > > - FUSE calls into guestmount are now traced when using guestmount -x. > > New APIs > > - add-domain > - add-drive-opts > - getxattr > - inspect-get-hostname > - inspect-get-package-format > - inspect-get-package-management > - inspect-get-roots > - inspect-list-applications > - lgetxattr > - mkfs-opts > > Internals > > - C programs now only link precisely with the libraries that they use. > > - PCRE, libmagic, hivex and libvirt libraries are now completely > optional for building. > > - Multiple memory leaks and file descriptor leaks fixed. > > - Add a POD wrapper to unify generation of man pages and HTML files > across all programs. > > - Source includes phony images of Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu and > Windows guests. > > - Ruby bindings have 'make install' rule. > > - <guestfs.h> is now a single file. > > - <guestfs.h> does not require XDR headers. > > - ocaml xml-light library is no longer required to build (thanks > Maxim Koltsov). > > - ./configure --disable-[...] for each language binding (thanks > Maxim Koltsov). > > - Old ocaml-viewer program removed (use guestfs-browser instead). > > - New C API test type 'InitScratchFS' makes the tests run a little > more quickly. > > - Excluded packages in the appliance are now listed in a separate > file appliance/excludelist.in, and can be customized per-distro. > > Bugs fixed > > - 663407 readlink and readlinklist returns /sysroot/ in some paths > - 661280 virt-rescue: panic when shutting down: "/sbin/reboot: No such > file or directory" > - 657499 checksum: wrong check sum type causes umount to fail > - 655554 Whole disk paths are not made canonical by virt-inspector > - 654638 openssl updated to 1.0.0b libguestfs depends on exact file names > - 652796 ruby bindings not installed by 'make install', hence omitted from > the binary distribution > > > -- > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many > powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. > http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top > > _______________________________________________ > Libguestfs mailing list > Libguestfs at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/attachments/20101219/47f113b7/attachment.htm>