Re: [Libguestfs] The latest v2v-server 0.8.5.1 blows up

On 12/12/2011 09:28 PM, Greg Scott wrote: > Trying to do a P2V; booted from the latest 0.8.5 CD and it immediately > died. What in the world does this error mean? > > [root@Fedora16-64P2V log]# more virt-p2v-server.1323724282.log > libguestfs: trace: close > virt-v2v: Can't use string ("/tmp/9_NlkdocoV/f76c1443-10d8-49"...) as > a HASH ref while "strict ref > s" in use at > /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys/VirtConvert/GuestfsHandle.pm line > 80,<> line 5. > [root@Fedora16-64P2V log]# It means you found a bug :) It looks like there's a bug which affects format/allocation conversions in recent builds. Are you doing a format/allocation conversion with your P2V? I.e. does your profile specify an allocation policy of sparse, or a format of qcow2? The immediate workaround would be to not do that. The bug is simple to fix. I'll try to do it today as the impact is pretty severe.