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Hi, I am trying to get libguestfs-test-tool working on ubuntu. The first problem I had was that HiveX won't compile on ubuntu to due to some missing symbols (rpl-getopt, I see this has already been reported). Second problem is that if HiveX is not available, guestfish doesn't link because code refers to symbols which aren't compiled into libguestfs (I was able to work around this by

Hello! I'm trying to install libguestfs on Ubuntu 10.04 I've installed packages from here: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/ubuntu1004-packages/ I get kernel panic on running libguestfs_test_tool, here is outptut: libguestfs: new guestfs handle 0xa596c0 ===== Test starts here ===== LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 library version: 1.13.11 guestfs_get_append: (null) guestfs_get_attach_method:

Hi All, I am trying to run guestfish inside an Ubuntu instance running in VirtualBox. I'm running into problems, and my first question, is this setup even possible? I compiled and installed libguestfs-1.8.4. Running libguestfs-test-tool fails with the following output. Would appreciate any advice, Chris new guestfs handle 0x8b77958 ===== Test starts here ===== LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 library

Hello all, I tried unsuccessfully to run libguestfs on debian squeeze (with kernel from testing) using the packages you provide here: http://libguestfs.org/download/binaries/debian-packages/. The output I get from libguestfs-test tool is this: ===== Test starts here ===== LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 TMPDIR=(not set) libguestfs: new guestfs handle 0x17f32c0 library version: 1.14.0 guestfs_get_append:

I spent the last couple of days rethinking how we go about building the appliance, and the difficulties we have porting that to other Linux distros. I've come up with a much better way that works better and faster on (so far) Fedora and Debian (probably on Ubuntu too, not tried it), and should be much simpler to port to other distros. The current way is to do: +------------------+

--- configure.ac | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index da03c9f..7606bca 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ dnl For ArchLinux handler. AC_CHECK_PROG(PACMAN,[pacman],[pacman],[no]) dnl Required programs, libraries. -AC_PATH_PROG([INSMODSTATIC],[insmod.static],[no])

Hello-- I've been trying to build libguestfs 1.2.14 with the appliance enabled on an older type of system at my company. Getting all the required dependencies installed has been an arduous process, but I've finally hit an obstacle I don't know how to get around. The final output of "make": + febootstrap-run initramfs -- /sbin/depmod -a ABOUT-NLS BUGS COPYING COPYING.LIB

Good evening, I just tried following the steps in "Tip: Creating throwaway appliances with febootstrap"[1] on my workstation at home running Debian/unstable. I ran into problems: ,---- | $ mkdir supermin.d | $ febootstrap --names 'bash' 'coreutils' -o supermin.d | Get: 1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid/main bash amd64 4.1-3 [1325 kB] | Get: 2

--- helper/init.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/helper/init.c b/helper/init.c index 0ca3135..2b5dacf 100644 --- a/helper/init.c +++ b/helper/init.c @@ -163,8 +163,10 @@ main () chdir ("/"); - /* Run /init from ext2 filesystem. */ + mount_proc (); print_uptime (); + + /* Run /init from ext2 filesystem. */ execl

Systems such as Debian (and thus Ubuntu) operate with 64-bit programs in /lib, with /lib64 a symlink to it: as a result, they apply a patch to their glibc adjusting the default search path of the 64-bit dynamic loader (only used if the library is not found in ld.so.cache) to look in /lib, and instruct the 32-bit one to look in /lib32. Because fakechroot is implemented via LD_PRELOAD, it ends up

This patch changes libguestfs to use the ext2-based appliance, cached if possible. I've tested this with the alpha version of febootstrap from here: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=191338 and it at least passes the tests. There are some hacky bits right now: (1) We add the root -drive option last on the command line, then (in the initrd) reverse-search through the

Here you go, from the newest version: ************************************************************ * IMPORTANT NOTICE * * When reporting bugs, include the COMPLETE, UNEDITED * output below in your bug report. * ************************************************************

Ubuntu are now supplying a libguestfs package (or to be more accurate, they are just copying the Debian package) but it doesn't work out of the box. There is a bug in apt which we worked around in febootstrap 3.14, but the supplied version of febootstap is only 3.12. Hence you will get errors like this during installation: febootstrap: aptitude: error: no file was downloaded corresponding

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:02:36PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: > Hi again Rich, > > I'm trying to use febootstrap to install either rawhide or f13, > but my attempts are failing. > > $ sudo febootstrap fedora-13 /mnt/jubjub-f > ... > Running rpm_check_debug > ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: > libc.so.6()(64bit) is needed by procmail-3.22-25.fc12.x86_64

Use basename of external helper instead of 'no' for external supermin helpers. This gives a clear error messages what binary is actually missing, and it is now possible to install the missing package without recompiling libguestfs. In addition its now also possible to use private builds of supermin (if they are in PATH) with a given libguestfs binary package. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering

This error is with libguestfs 1.20. Calling guestfs_launch() with tracing on: supermin helper [00065ms] finished creating appliance libguestfs: checksum of existing appliance: 2bd6811426e14b6fb661b4d52cebd6c21a41df1a068e8acf6a7a08e3b3bd4ada libguestfs: trace: get_cachedir libguestfs: trace: get_cachedir = "/var/tmp" libguestfs: [00071ms] begin building supermin appliance libguestfs:

Hi, First, I'd like to thank you for your nice effort of the febootstrap tool. I understand there are 2 major versions of this tool the first has the syntax of "febootstrap fedora-12 ./f12" while the second has the syntax "febootstrap --names ....." Is it correct? I also understand the second one is used only to create a minimal system. is it correct too? But what about

Hi all, On the most libguestfs commands (guestfish, virt-*), I have always the same message: "febootstrap-supermin-helper: ext2: parent directory not found: /lib: File not found by ext2_lookup" I'm aware of a similar bug with the old package [1]: "Note on febootstrap (may not be directly related to this bug): You need 3.14 to work around that. I would recommend using at least

The test for febootstrap-to-initramfs' --nocompress option was always failing for me on F11. Here's why: $ bash ~/w/co/libguestfs:210-comment-fix $ t=`febootstrap-to-initramfs 2>&1` [Exit 1] $ if ! echo $t|grep -sq -- --nocompress; then echo not found; fi not found Notice: without quotes, the [--nocompress] term expands to "k",

On those systems "$(OCAMLFIND) $(OCAMLBEST)" was resolved as "ocamlfind byte" which did not work. --- Makefile.am | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 109d2c8..4dc6f12 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ SOURCES_ML = $(filter %.ml,$(SOURCES)) BOBJECTS =