[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#975545: virtinst: bombs out when virsh missing

[ydirson at free.fr]

Package: virtinst
Version: 1:3.1.0-1

virtinst should maybe "Recommends: libvirt-clients" ?


$ virt-install --virt-type kvm --name buster-amd64 \
> --location http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/ \
> --os-variant debian10 \
> --disk size=10 --memory 1000 \
> --graphics none \
> --console pty,target_type=serial \
> --extra-args "console=ttyS0"
WARNING  Requested memory 1000 MiB is less than the recommended 1024 MiB for OS debian10

Starting install...
Retrieving file linux...                                                                                                                                                | 5.0 MB  00:00:00
Retrieving file initrd.gz...                                                                                                                                            |  29 MB  00:00:02
Allocating 'buster-amd64.qcow2'                                                                                                                                         |  10 GB  00:00:00
Running text console command: virsh --connect qemu:///session console buster-amd64
Error launching ['virsh', '--connect', 'qemu:///session', 'console', 'buster-amd64']: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
WARNING  Console command returned failure.

Domain is still running. Installation may be in progress.
You can reconnect to the console to complete the installation process.