On 10/8/20 6:49 PM, Jakob Bohm wrote: > (Top posting because previous reply did so):
Which previous reply? Mine? I wrote "hi Jakob" then replied in-line, maybe you missed it? See below... > > If the bug was closed as "can't reproduce", why was a very similar bug > listed as fixed in RHSA-2019:2553-01 ? > > > On 2020-10-08 18:41, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >> Hi Jakob, >> >> On 10/8/20 6:32 PM, Jakob Bohm wrote: >>> Red Hat bugzilla bug 1655408 against qemu is listed by Red Hat as >>> fixed in >>> April 2019, but I cannot find the corresponding change on qemu.org (the >>> Changelog in the wiki is not a traditional changelog and doesn't cover >>> bugfix releases such as 5.0.1, the git commit log is too detailed to >>> search, the Red Hat bugzilla and security advisory pages do not link >>> red hat bugs back to upstream (launchpad) bugs or git changes. >>> >>> Here is the bug title (which also affects my Debian packaged qemu 5.0): >>> >>> VM can not boot up due to "Failed to lock byte 100" if cdrom has been >>> mounted on the host >>> >>> Further observation: >>> >>> The basic problem is that qemu-system refuses to start with the error >>> message "Failed to lock byte 100" when -drive points to a read-only >>> ISO file. For the reporter of the Red Hat bug, that was a mount-induced >>> read-only condition, in my case it is an NFS mount of a read-only >>> directory. >>> >>> The error message itself seams meaningless, as there is no particular >>> reason to request file locks on a read-only raw disk image. >>> >>> my qemu-system-x86_64 invocation contains the option (on one line): >>> >>> -drive if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on, >>> file=/mnt/someshare/path/gparted-live-1.1.0-5-amd64.iso,format=raw >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655408 has been >> closed due to lack of reproducer. Can you amend your information >> to the BZ? It will likely be re-opened. Thanks! ... here is my reply. Regards, Phil. >> >>> >>> Enjoy >>> >>> Jakob >>> -- >>> Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. https://www.wisemo.com >>> Transformervej 29, 2860 Søborg, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 >>> This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. >>> WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded >>> >> > > > Enjoy > > Jakob
