Re: [Libguestfs] libguestfs preview for RHEL 7.4

Just a friendly reminder that RHEL 7.4 preview packages of libguestfs and virt-v2v are available. You should be able to use them on top of either RHEL 7.3 or CentOS 7.3. http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-7.4-preview/

Instructions below. Rich. > As always: > > (1) THE PACKAGES ARE NOT SUPPORTED! Do not contact Red Hat Support > about these packages. However you are welcome to file bugs or send > comments to <libguestfs(a)redhat.com&gt;. The link for filing bugs is: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%... > > (2) These packages should work on top of RHEL 7.3 or CentOS 7.3. > > (3) To install the packages you should create a yum repo file like the > one below, and then use yum commands as normal: > > $ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/libguestfs-RHEL-7.4-preview.repo > [libguestfs-RHEL-7.4-preview] > name=libguestfs RHEL 7.4 preview > baseurl=http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-7.4-preview/ > enabled=1 > gpgcheck=0 > > Notable changes in packaging: > > - The 'virt-v2v' package now only includes virt-v2v, not virt-p2v. > > - To build your own virt-p2v bootable USB key, install 'virt-p2v-maker'. > > - virt-v2v installs Windows virtio drivers using a new technique > which tries to make the minimal possible changes to the Windows > registry. This may create exciting new bugs, so I'm particularly > interested in further testing in this area.