Re: [virt-manager PATCH] virt-install: enable container to use "--boot init=INITPATH"

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On 01/29/2014 05:16 AM, Chen Hanxiao wrote:
> From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If we use "--boot init=INITPATH" style to set
> container's init, virt-install will complain:
> 
> "ERROR    Install methods (--location URL,
> --cdrom CD/ISO, --pxe, --import, --boot hd|cdrom|...)
> cannot be specified for container guests"
> 
> This patch will fix this bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  virt-install | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt-install b/virt-install
> index ca78d1e..835d445 100755
> --- a/virt-install
> +++ b/virt-install
> @@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ def build_installer(options, conn, virt_type):
>      elif options.import_install or options.boot:
>          if options.import_install and options.nodisks:
>              fail(_("A disk device must be specified with --import."))
> -        options.import_install = True
> +        if options.boot and not options.boot.startswith("init="):
> +            options.import_install = True
>          instclass = virtinst.ImportInstaller
>      elif virt_type == "exe":
>          instclass = virtinst.ContainerInstaller
> 

That boot check isn't sufficient, since someone could do --boot
OPT=VAL,init=... and the check wouldn't catch it.

What's the command line that's breaking here? We should add a test case for
it. And maybe there's another way to solve it, like moving the virt_type ==
"exe" check up or similar.

- Cole

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