Since the error message originates from a log file it contains a trailing newline. Strip it as all error handling adds it's own newline. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/lxc/lxc_process.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c index 6b79bd737b..04642b56dd 100644 --- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c +++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c @@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ virLXCProcessReportStartupLogError(virDomainObj *vm, { size_t buflen = 1024; g_autofree char *errbuf = g_new0(char, buflen); + char *p; int rc; if ((rc = virLXCProcessReadLogOutput(vm, logfile, pos, errbuf, buflen)) < 0) @@ -1132,6 +1133,11 @@ virLXCProcessReportStartupLogError(virDomainObj *vm, if (rc == 0) return 0; + /* strip last newline */ + if ((p = strrchr(errbuf, '\n')) && + p[1] == '\0') + *p = '\0'; + virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("guest failed to start: %1$s"), errbuf); -- 2.41.0