[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#845767: Bug#845767: lxc-create --help shows option --list for template downloader which is ignored

[Evgeni Golov]

Hey Michael,

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 04:36:05PM +0100, Michael Ablassmeier wrote:
> > lxc-create --template download --help 
> 
> shows something along the lines:
> 
> > Special arguments:
> > [..]
> > [ -l | --list ]: List all available images and exit.
> 
> but using the --list option is ignored ..
> 
> > lxc-create --template download --list
> 
> will not output a list of available images as
> described.

Yeah… You must pass --list to the template script, not to lxc-create:

 lxc-create --template download -- --list

But that will complain that you did not pass a container name *sigh*, so you end up with:

 lxc-create -t download -n foo -- -l
Setting up the GPG keyring
Downloading the image index

---
DIST	RELEASE	ARCH	VARIANT	BUILD
---
alpine	3.1	amd64	default	20161126_17:50
...
ubuntu	zesty	s390x	default	20161127_03:49
---
lxc-create: lxccontainer.c: create_run_template: 1290 container creation template for foo failed
lxc-create: tools/lxc_create.c: main: 318 Error creating container foo

Not nice, but there is your list.

Does that help you?

Regards
Evgeni