If the debugging is enabled, the virCommand subsystem catches debug messages in the command output as well. In that case, we can't assume the string corresponding to command's stdout will start with specific prefix. But the prefix can be moved deeper in the string. This bug shows itself when parsing dnsmasq output: 2012-12-06 11:18:11.445+0000: 18491: error : dnsmasqCapsSetFromBuffer:664 : internal error cannot parse /usr/sbin/dnsmasq version number in '2012-12-06 11:11:02.232+0000: 18492: debug : virFileClose:72 : Closed fd 22' We can clearly see that the output of dnsmasq --version doesn't start with expected "Dnsmasq version " string but a libvirt debug output. --- src/util/dnsmasq.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/dnsmasq.c b/src/util/dnsmasq.c index 4f210d2..de0293a 100644 --- a/src/util/dnsmasq.c +++ b/src/util/dnsmasq.c @@ -641,9 +641,9 @@ dnsmasqCapsSetFromBuffer(dnsmasqCapsPtr caps, const char *buf) caps->noRefresh = true; - p = STRSKIP(buf, DNSMASQ_VERSION_STR); - if (!p) + if (!(p = strstr(buf, DNSMASQ_VERSION_STR))) goto fail; + p += sizeof(DNSMASQ_VERSION_STR) - 1; virSkipSpaces(&p); if (virParseVersionString(p, &caps->version, true) < 0) goto fail; -- 1.7.8.6 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list