[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#884110: libguestfs-perl: libguestfs perl bindings fails to report virtualdisk after upgrade from 1.34 to 1.36

[Emmanuel Kasper]

On 12/11/2017 03:37 PM, Hilko Bengen wrote:
> * Emmanuel Kasper:
> 
>> After upgrading libguestfs0 to 1.36, the sub routine disk_virtual_size
>> fails with a qemu-img error.
> 
> I assume that you mean the error below, am I correct?

Yes.

> ,----
> | qemu-img: Could not open '/dev/fd/3': Failed to get shared "write" lock
> | Is another process using the image?
> | qemu-img info: test1.vmdk: qemu-img info exited with error status 1, see debug messages above at bug.pl line 19.
> `----
> 
> Is the .vmdk file writable by the user running the script?
> 

Yes. Using the reproducer in the bug report, the vmdk is created as the
same user trying to read the virtual disk size.