Your message dated Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:25:29 +0400
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and subject line Re: Bug#390444: qemu: misterious error message when the base
image is not there
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regarding qemu: misterious error message when the base image is not there
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390444: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=390444
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: qemu
Version: 0.8.2-1
Severity: normal
When the base image is not there, both qemu-img and qemu fail:
qemu: could not open hard disk image 'w98.qcow'
qemu-img: Could not open 'w98.qcow'
This error message is obscure: it should state that the base image cannot be
found.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages qemu depends on:
ii bochsbios 2.2.6-2 BIOS for the Bochs emulator
ii libasound2 1.0.12-1 ALSA library
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.11-3 Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii openhackware 0.4.1-2 OpenFirmware emulator for PowerPC
ii proll 18-2 JavaStation PROM 2.x compatible re
ii vgabios 0.6a-1 VGA BIOS software for the Bochs an
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages qemu recommends:
pn debootstrap <none> (no description available)
ii sharutils 1:4.2.1-15 shar, unshar, uuencode, uudecode
pn vde <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.7.0+dfsg-1
This issue has been fixed in upstream version 1.7.
New error message looks like this:
qemu: -hda test.qcow: could not open disk image test.qcow: Could not open
backing file: Could not open 'test.base': No such file or directory
Thanks,
/mjt
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