Issued:

2017-09-05

Updated:

2017-09-05

RHBA-2017:2582 - libguestfs bug fix update

Synopsis

libguestfs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated libguestfs packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The libguestfs packages contain a library used for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 implemented a feature that enabled the virt-v2v utility to automatically remove VMware tools from Linux guest virtual machines that virt-v2v is converting. However, when the VMware tools on the source guest were installed from a tarball, this feature did not work correctly. As a consequence, the virt-v2v conversion took significantly longer and, in some cases, became unresponsive. With this update, virt-v2v does not attempt to remove VMware tools that were installed from a tarball, which prevents the described problem from occurring. Note that VMware tools installed using RPM packages are still removed during the conversion. (BZ#1480623)

Users of libguestfs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• libguestfs-inspect-icons-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• libguestfs-gobject-devel-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-java-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-rescue-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-tools-c-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-man-pages-ja-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• libguestfs-javadoc-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• virt-p2v-maker-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-debuginfo-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-rsync-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• python-libguestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-benchmarking-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-tools-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• lua-guestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-xfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• ocaml-libguestfs-devel-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-gobject-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-man-pages-uk-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• libguestfs-devel-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-gobject-doc-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• libguestfs-java-devel-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-bash-completion-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.noarch.rpm
• virt-dib-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• virt-v2v-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.src.rpm
• ocaml-libguestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• perl-Sys-Guestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• ruby-libguestfs-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
• libguestfs-gfs2-1.36.3-6.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1480623

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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