[Libguestfs] supermin and dpkg-divert

While trying to run libguestfs tests after building with "--enable-appliance --with-supermin-extra-options=--use-installed", I ran into a peculiar error message in the c-api test: ,---- | libguestfs: error: strings: /abssymlink: strings: error while loading | shared libraries: libbfd-2.24-multiarch.so: cannot open shared object | file: No such file or directory `---- The problem here is that I have the binutils-multiarch package installed which has used dpkg-divert(8) to override the "regular" binutils binaries. ,---- | $ dpkg-divert --list /usr/bin/strings | diversion of /usr/bin/strings to /usr/bin/strings.single by binutils-multiarch `---- I have been able to reproduce the problem with a minimal appliance (again, with binutils-multiarch installed): ,---- | $ supermin --prepare bash binutils coreutils libc-bin -o supermin.d --use-installed | $ cp init.tar supermin.d | $ supermin --build --format ext2 supermin.d -o appliance.d | $ qemu-system-x86_64 \ | > -display none \ | > -serial stdio \ | > -kernel appliance.d/kernel \ | > -initrd appliance.d/initrd \ | > -append 'console=ttyS0' \ | > -drive file=appliance.d/root,format=raw,if=virtio | [...] | I have no name!@(none):/# ldd /usr/bin/strings | linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffb1944000) | libbfd-2.24-multiarch.so => not found | libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f16c7429000) | libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f16c7210000) | libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f16c6e67000) | /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f16c762f000) `---- Here are some patches that have fixed the issue for me. Cheers, -Hilko