# HG changeset patch
# User john.levon@xxxxxxx
# Date 1215627958 25200
# Node ID c6d2254702a49d9674d6c549bd57cb87ac920e87
# Parent a2be1263c2f5d3f346cfc3501682073fce2e8966
Make --arch optional.
Default to the current system arch.
Signed-off-by: John Levon <john.levon@xxxxxxx>
diff --git a/man/en/virt-convert.1 b/man/en/virt-convert.1
--- a/man/en/virt-convert.1
+++ b/man/en/virt-convert.1
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "VIRT-CONVERT 1"
-.TH VIRT-CONVERT 1 "2008-07-01" "perl v5.8.8" "Virtual Machine Install Tools"
+.TH VIRT-CONVERT 1 "2008-07-04" "perl v5.8.8" "Virtual Machine Install Tools"
.SH "NAME"
virt\-convert \- convert virtual machines between formats
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@
Show the help message and exit
.IP "\-a \s-1ARCH\s0, \-\-arch=ARCH" 4
.IX Item "-a ARCH, --arch=ARCH"
-Architecture of the virtual machine (i686, x86_64, ppc)
+Architecture of the virtual machine (i686, x86_64, ppc). Defaults to
+that of the host machine.
.IP "\-v, \-\-hvm Create a fully virtualized guest image" 4
.IX Item "-v, --hvm Create a fully virtualized guest image"
Convert machine to a hvm/qemu based image (this is the default if paravirt is not specified)
diff --git a/man/en/virt-convert.pod b/man/en/virt-convert.pod
--- a/man/en/virt-convert.pod
+++ b/man/en/virt-convert.pod
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
=item -a ARCH, --arch=ARCH
-Architecture of the virtual machine (i686, x86_64, ppc)
+Architecture of the virtual machine (i686, x86_64, ppc). Defaults to
+that of the host machine.
=item -v, --hvm Create a fully virtualized guest image
diff --git a/virt-convert b/virt-convert
--- a/virt-convert
+++ b/virt-convert
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
from optparse import OptionParser
import virtinst.cli as cli
+import virtinst.util as util
import virtconv
import virtconv.vmconfig as vmconfig
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
opts.set_usage("%prog [options] inputdir|input.vmx "
"[outputdir|output.xml]")
opts.add_option("-a", "--arch", type="string", dest="arch",
+ default=util.get_default_arch(),
help=("Machine Architecture Type (i686/x86_64/ppc)"))
opts.add_option("-t", "--type", type="string", dest="type",
help=("Output virtualization type (hvm, paravirt"))
@@ -57,10 +59,6 @@
if len(args) > 2:
opts.error(("Too many arguments provided"))
- if (options.arch is None):
- opts.error(("Missing option value \n\nArchitecture: " +
- str(options.arch)))
-
# hard-code for now
if options.inputformat != "vmx":
opts.error(("Unsupported input format \"%s\"" % options.inputformat))
_______________________________________________
et-mgmt-tools mailing list
et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
