Re: [Libguestfs] [v2v PATCH 2/2] Consolidate handling of temporary files/dirs
On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 05:40:45PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
Create two temporary directories for all the files created during
the
virt-v2v run:
1) tmpdir, created as $TMPDIR/virt-v2v.XXXXXX, for all the small files
2) cachedir, created as $LIBGUESTFS_CACHEDIR/virt-v2v.XXXXXX, for the
big files (e.g. disks)
This way there is no need to manually schedule all the temporary files
and directories for removal when the application quits.
So part of the idea here is fine - having a single tmpdir for small
files and another single tmpdir for large files. That's a worthwhile
improvement on what I posted.
However the greater problem is this doesn't fix the containers problem
as far as I can see. We still are unable to separate out the location
of the libguestfs appliance from the large temporary overlay files
created by virt-v2v.
So I don't understand how this helps at all, and therefore at this
time I cannot approve it.
I'm installing another kubernetes install locally with NFS PVs so
hopefully I will have a better understanding of exactly what the
problem is later today.
Rich.
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