10:38 p.m.
Host has various /etc directories symlinked to a config git repo. Running
"virt-filesystems -a ./somevm.qcow2" fails with parent directory not found.
Commands ran as root. Filesystem is ZFS and /etc is same dataset as /.
Can Workaround by replacing symlink with regular copied directory.
OS: Debian Sid
virt-filesystems 1.52.3
supermin 5.2.2
Reproduce, command is from above virt-filesystems with "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1
LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1"
$ rm -r /var/tmp/.guestfs-0
$ /usr/bin/supermin --build --verbose --if-newer --lock /var/tmp/.guestfs-0/lock
--copy-kernel -f ext2 --host-cpu x86_64 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux gnu/guestfs/supermin.d -o
/var/tmp/.guestfs-0/appliance.d
supermin: version: 5.2.2
supermin: package handler: debian/dpkg
supermin: acquiring lock on /var/tmp/.guestfs-0/lock
supermin: build: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d
supermin: reading the supermin appliance
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz type
gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz type
gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles type
uncompressed excludefiles
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles type
uncompressed hostfiles
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz type
gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages type
uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-hfsplus
type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-reiserfs
type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-xfs type
uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz
type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: mapping package names to installed packages
supermin: resolving full list of package dependencies
supermin: build: 235 packages, including dependencies
supermin: build: 10764 files
supermin: build: 5622 files, after matching excludefiles
supermin: build: 5634 files, after adding hostfiles
supermin: build: 5634 files, after removing unreadable files
supermin: build: 5649 files, after munging
supermin: kernel: looking for kernel using environment variables ...
supermin: kernel: looking for kernels in /lib/modules/*/vmlinuz ...
supermin: kernel: looking for kernels in /boot ...
supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.21-amd64 = 6.12.21-amd64 (from
content)
supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/6.12.21-amd64
supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.16-amd64 = 6.12.16-amd64 (from
content)
supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/6.12.16-amd64
supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.13-amd64 = 6.12.13-amd64 (from
content)
supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/6.12.13-amd64
supermin: kernel: picked vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.21-amd64
supermin: kernel: kernel_version 6.12.21-amd64
supermin: kernel: modpath /lib/modules/6.12.21-amd64
supermin: ext2: creating empty ext2 filesystem
'/var/tmp/.guestfs-0/appliance.d.teh80a96/root'
supermin: ext2: populating from base image
supermin: *** parent directory not found ***
supermin: When reporting this error:
supermin: please include ALL the debugging information below
supermin: AND tell us what system you are running this on.
src=/var/tmp/superminaa2b2a.tmpdir/base.d/etc/udev/udev.conf
dest=/etc/udev/udev.conf
dirname=/holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/udev
basename=udev.conf
supermin: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found: /holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/udev: File not
found by ext2_lookup
supermin: failure: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found
Did workaround with udev, next SSH fails. Logs are the same up to this point
supermin: ext2: creating empty ext2 filesystem
'/var/tmp/.guestfs-0/appliance.d.3zru7brm/root'
supermin: ext2: populating from base image
supermin: *** parent directory not found ***
supermin: When reporting this error:
supermin: please include ALL the debugging information below
supermin: AND tell us what system you are running this on.
src=/var/tmp/superminb70190.tmpdir/base.d/etc/ssh/ssh_config
dest=/etc/ssh/ssh_config
dirname=/holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/ssh
basename=ssh_config
supermin: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found: /holo/hosts/lyoko/etc/ssh: File not
found by ext2_lookup
supermin: failure: ext2fs_namei: parent directory not found