Libguestfs - Feb 2019 - Re: [PATCH] v2v: linux: do not uninstall open-vm-tools w/ ubuntu-server

ubuntu-server depends on open-vm-tools on Ubuntu, so if v2v tries to
uninstall open-vm-tools then dpkg will (rightfully) fail with a
dependency issue.

Since open-vm-tools is harmless after the conversion anyway (it will
not even run), then do not attempt to uninstall it if ubuntu-server is
installed too.

Followup of commit 2bebacf8bf611f0f80a66915f78653ce30b38129.
---
 v2v/convert_linux.ml | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/v2v/convert_linux.ml b/v2v/convert_linux.ml
index 3d61400b5..b4b2f24c4 100644
--- a/v2v/convert_linux.ml
+++ b/v2v/convert_linux.ml
@@ -289,6 +289,18 @@ let convert (g : G.guestfs) inspect source output rcaps  
     (* Uninstall VMware Tools. *)
     let remove = ref [] and libraries = ref [] in
+    (* On Ubuntu, the ubuntu-server metapackage depends on
+     * open-vm-tools, and thus any attempt to remove it will cause
+     * dependency issues.  Hence, special case this situation, and
+     * leave open-vm-tools installed in this case.
+     *)
+    let has_ubuntu_server +      if family = `Debian_family then
+        List.exists (
+          fun { G.app2_name = name } ->
+            name = "ubuntu-server"
+        ) inspect.i_apps
+      else false in
     List.iter (
       fun { G.app2_name = name } ->
         if String.is_prefix name "vmware-tools-libraries-" then
@@ -301,7 +313,7 @@ let convert (g : G.guestfs) inspect source output rcaps     
List.push_front name remove
         else if String.is_prefix name "open-vm-tools-" then
           List.push_front name remove
-        else if name = "open-vm-tools" then
+        else if name = "open-vm-tools" && not
has_ubuntu_server then
           List.push_front name remove
     ) inspect.i_apps;
     let libraries = !libraries in
-- 
2.20.1

On Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:57:08 CET Pino Toscano
wrote:
> ubuntu-server depends on open-vm-tools on Ubuntu, so if v2v tries to
> uninstall open-vm-tools then dpkg will (rightfully) fail with a
> dependency issue.
> 
> Since open-vm-tools is harmless after the conversion anyway (it will
> not even run), then do not attempt to uninstall it if ubuntu-server is
> installed too.
> 
> Followup of commit 2bebacf8bf611f0f80a66915f78653ce30b38129.
> ---
Forgot to append after this:

Thanks to: Ming Xie.

(already in my local copy)

-- 
Pino Toscano

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 06:00:08PM +0100, Pino Toscano
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:57:08 CET Pino Toscano wrote:
> > ubuntu-server depends on open-vm-tools on Ubuntu, so if v2v tries to
> > uninstall open-vm-tools then dpkg will (rightfully) fail with a
> > dependency issue.
> > 
> > Since open-vm-tools is harmless after the conversion anyway (it will
> > not even run), then do not attempt to uninstall it if ubuntu-server is
> > installed too.
> > 
> > Followup of commit 2bebacf8bf611f0f80a66915f78653ce30b38129.
> > ---
> 
> Forgot to append after this:
> 
> Thanks to: Ming Xie.
> 
> (already in my local copy)
Patch looks sensible, ACK.

Rich.

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