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       guestfs-tools-release-notes - guestfs tools release Notes

RELEASE NOTES FOR GUESTFS TOOLS 1.50

       These are the release notes for guestfs tools stable release 1.50.  This describes the major changes
       since 1.48.

       Guestfs tools 1.50.0 was released on 7 February 2023.

   Security
       CVE-2022-2211
           https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2100862

           A  buffer  overflow  was found in the --key option of several guestfs tools.  For more information on
           this low severity bug see the bug report above (Laszlo Ersek).

   New virt-drivers tool
       This new tool can examine a disk image to determine:

       •   Whether it uses BIOS or UEFI for booting

       •   What bootloader it uses (Linux only)

       •   What kernels may be chosen at boot time (Linux only)

       •   What device drivers (kernel modules) are installed

       This is useful for determining how (or if) a guest can boot on a virtualization hypervisor.

   virt-customize
       --selinux-relabel is now the default for SELinux guests.  You no longer need to specify  this  flag.   In
       the   rare   case  where  you  don't  want  to  relabel  a  guest  after  customizing  it,  you  can  use
       --no-selinux-relabel.  Note this is not needed for  non-SELinux  guests,  it  will  do  the  right  thing
       automatically (Laszlo Ersek).

       New  --inject-qemu-ga  and  --inject-virtio-win operations which respectively inject QEMU Guest Agent and
       virtio-win drivers into Windows guests.

       Rocky Linux guests are now supported (thanks Harry Benson).

   virt-inspector
       Virt-inspector now outputs the new <build_id> element containing the guest build ID, if using  libguestfs
       ≥ 1.50.

   virt-sysprep
       New "lvm-system-devices" operation for removing LVM2's system.devices file.  This avoids certain problems
       when cloning a VM (Laszlo Ersek).

       Virt-sysprep supports guests using LUKS logical volumes on top of LVM (Laszlo Ersek).

   Common changes
       All  the  tools supporting the --key option can now use Clevis/Tang to decrypt full disk encryption using
       this network-based scheme (Laszlo Ersek).

   Build changes
       Note that libguestfs now requires minimum OCaml 4.04.  It will not compile on RHEL 6.

       Note that libosinfo is a new required dependency.

       OCaml 4.14 is now supported.

       "./configure --disable-ocaml" and "./configure --disable-perl" now  disable  the  OCaml-  and  Perl-based
       tools respectively (thanks Simon Walter).

       Experimental support for compiling on macOS.

       When  running  "make  check-valgrind",  Valgrind logs are no longer written to separate files under tmp/.
       Instead the output is written to the normal test-name.log file.

   Bugs fixed
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2133443
           RFE: Support Rocky Linux in virt-customize

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2106286
           virt-sysprep: make an effort to support LUKS on LV

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2089748
           Removal of "--selinux-relabel" option breaks existing scripts

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2075718
           Having to use "--selinux-relabel" is not intuitive given Red Hat products default to selinux enabled.

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2072493
           [RFE] Request to add lvm system.devices cleanup operation to virt-sysprep

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2059545
           [RHEL 9.0][Nutanix] lvm partition "home" will lost with SCSI disk either in  the  new  cloned  VM  or
           restored from a snapshot

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2028764
           Install the qemu-guest-agent package during the conversion process

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1809453
           [RFE] Add support for LUKS encrypted disks with Clevis & Tang

       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1554735
           RFE: customize --selinux-relabel should be the default, with --no-selinux-relabel used to opt out

SEE ALSO

       http://libguestfs.org/

AUTHORS

       Laszlo Ersek
       Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE

       This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.

       This  program  is  distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General  Public
       License for more details.

       You  should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write
       to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

BUGS

       To     get      a      list      of      bugs      against      libguestfs,      use      this      link:
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

       To       report       a       new       bug       against       libguestfs,      use      this      link:
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

       When reporting a bug, please supply:

       •   The version of libguestfs.

       •   Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from source, etc)

       •   Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.

       •   Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output into the bug report.

guestfs-tools-1.52.0                               2024-04-01                guestfs-tools-release-notes-1.50(1)