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2020 Apr 07
1
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
...ache of the supermin appliance starts to make little sense,
> > > and then a very simple solution is to point libguestfs to that extra
> > > space:
> > >
> > > $ dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d /path/to/big/temporary/space/libguestfs.XXXXXX)
> > > $ export LIBGUESTGS_CACHEDIR=$dir
> > > $ export TMPDIR=$dir # optionally
> > > $ libguestfs-test-tool
> > > [etc]
> > > $ rm -rf $dir
> > >
> > > Easy to use, already doable, solves all the issues.
> >
> > So AIUI there are a few problems with this (...
2020 Apr 07
5
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
...t usually containers are created
> fresh, the cache of the supermin appliance starts to make little sense,
> and then a very simple solution is to point libguestfs to that extra
> space:
>
> $ dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d /path/to/big/temporary/space/libguestfs.XXXXXX)
> $ export LIBGUESTGS_CACHEDIR=$dir
> $ export TMPDIR=$dir # optionally
> $ libguestfs-test-tool
> [etc]
> $ rm -rf $dir
>
> Easy to use, already doable, solves all the issues.
So AIUI there are a few problems with this (although I'm still
investigating and trying to make a local reproducer):
-...
2020 Apr 07
2
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
...ache of the supermin appliance starts to make little sense,
> > > and then a very simple solution is to point libguestfs to that extra
> > > space:
> > >
> > > $ dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d /path/to/big/temporary/space/libguestfs.XXXXXX)
> > > $ export LIBGUESTGS_CACHEDIR=$dir
> > > $ export TMPDIR=$dir # optionally
> > > $ libguestfs-test-tool
> > > [etc]
> > > $ rm -rf $dir
> > >
> > > Easy to use, already doable, solves all the issues.
> >
> > So AIUI there are a few problems with this (...
2020 Apr 07
0
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
...ed
> > fresh, the cache of the supermin appliance starts to make little sense,
> > and then a very simple solution is to point libguestfs to that extra
> > space:
> >
> > $ dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d /path/to/big/temporary/space/libguestfs.XXXXXX)
> > $ export LIBGUESTGS_CACHEDIR=$dir
> > $ export TMPDIR=$dir # optionally
> > $ libguestfs-test-tool
> > [etc]
> > $ rm -rf $dir
> >
> > Easy to use, already doable, solves all the issues.
>
> So AIUI there are a few problems with this (although I'm still
> investigatin...
2020 Apr 06
2
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 05:51:32PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> On Thursday, 2 April 2020 17:30:39 CEST Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 03:21:14PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> > > On Thursday, 2 April 2020 14:49:18 CEST Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > > > Previously we placed large files in g#get_cachedir () (usually
> > > > /var/tmp).
2020 Apr 07
0
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
...ause of this, and the fact that usually containers are created
fresh, the cache of the supermin appliance starts to make little sense,
and then a very simple solution is to point libguestfs to that extra
space:
$ dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d /path/to/big/temporary/space/libguestfs.XXXXXX)
$ export LIBGUESTGS_CACHEDIR=$dir
$ export TMPDIR=$dir # optionally
$ libguestfs-test-tool
[etc]
$ rm -rf $dir
Easy to use, already doable, solves all the issues.
This whole problem started from a QE report on leftover files after
failed migrations: bz#1820282. What this report doesn't say, however,
is that besi...
2020 Apr 07
0
Re: [PATCH virt-v2v] v2v: Allow temporary directory to be set on a global basis.
...iance starts to make little sense,
> > > > and then a very simple solution is to point libguestfs to that extra
> > > > space:
> > > >
> > > > $ dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d /path/to/big/temporary/space/libguestfs.XXXXXX)
> > > > $ export LIBGUESTGS_CACHEDIR=$dir
> > > > $ export TMPDIR=$dir # optionally
> > > > $ libguestfs-test-tool
> > > > [etc]
> > > > $ rm -rf $dir
> > > >
> > > > Easy to use, already doable, solves all the issues.
> > >
> > > So A...