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libvirt lxc should not rely on 'ip' and 'ifconfig' inside container

Bug #828211 reported by Scott Moser on 2011-08-17

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	libvirt (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Serge Hallyn

Bug Description

Currently, the lxc implementation invokes 'ip' and 'ifconfig' commands
inside a container using 'virRun'. That has the side effect of requiring
those commands to be present and to function in a manner consistent with
the usage.

some linux's (more common in embedded-ish) will not have /sbin/ip or /sbin/ifconfig.
specifically, ttylinux does not have the ip executable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libvirt-bin 0.9.2-4ubuntu11 [modified: usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_lxc]
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.0.0-8.11-virtual 3.0.1
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-virtual x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 17 17:14:15 2011
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libvirt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote on 2011-08-17:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote on 2011-08-17:

suggested debdiff Edit (5.3 KiB, text/plain)

This debdiff is not yet tested in practice, only that the functions do what i expected.

Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) on 2011-08-17

Changed in libvirt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium
assignee:	nobody → Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2011-08-18

tags:

added: patch

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote on 2011-08-23:

Posted this upstream at https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-August/msg01086.html

Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) on 2011-09-01

Changed in libvirt (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → In Progress

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote on 2011-09-01:

ACK'd here https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-September/msg00031.html

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-09-01:

This bug was fixed in the package libvirt - 0.9.2-4ubuntu12

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libvirt (0.9.2-4ubuntu12) oneiric; urgency=low

  [Serge Hallyn]
  * do not rely on 'ip' or 'ifconfig' commands inside container (LP: #828211)
    Reported and fixed by Scott Moser <email address hidden>.
  * make ptmx a bind mount rather than a symlink (LP: #832123)

  [Chuck Short]
  * debian/arm-startup-fixes.patch: Dont detect DMI information on non-intel
    compatible arches.
-- Serge Hallyn <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:25:51 -0500