[Libguestfs] Fwd: virt-v2v-copy-to-local failed if dd does not support status=progress

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 04:51:57AM -0700, zhujinhe wrote: > If dd does not support status=progress, copy process will abort at the end. This is totally misguided. > We can use -q as a workaround in this circumstance, but it is frightening to newbee like me. Maybe we should improve this. > > suspicion： > ``` > if shell_command cmd <> 0 then > error (f_"ssh copy command failed, see earlier errors"); > ``` > > detail： > ``` > shell > virt-v2v-copy-to-local -v -ic xen+ssh://myxen_server guest > [ 0.0] Fetching the remote libvirt XML metadata ... > [ 1.6] Parsing the remote libvirt XML metadata ... > [ 1.6] Copying remote disk 1/2 to guest-disk1 > dd: invalid status flag: ‘progress’ > Try 'dd --help' for more information. > 40960+0 records in > 40960+0 records out > 42949672960 bytes (43 GB) copied, 876.05 seconds, 49.0 MB/s > virt-v2v-copy-to-local: error: ssh copy command failed, see earlier errors > > ``` This feature was added to the dd command in coreutils in Sept 2014, nearly 4 years ago. Which Linux distribution are you using? Rich.----------------------------------------------------------------- [root@localhost /]# rpm -qf /bin/dd coreutils-8.22-11.el7.x86_64 [root@localhost /]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core)