On 09/06/2011 11:22 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > On RHEL 6.1 if I do: > > virt-install --os-variant=fedora16 [...] > > it says: > > ERROR OS variant 'fedora16' does not exist in our dictionary for OS type > 'linux' > > It turns out that RHEL 6.1 virt-install only knows up to 'fedora14'. > > I'm wondering if it's a good idea for fedoraNN where NN > the highest > known version in the dictionary to assume the capabilities of the > highest known version automatically. Perhaps it could issue a > warning instead: > > WARNING OS variant 'fedora16' does not exist in our dictionary, assuming > 'fedora14' > > Good idea, or is this going to fail horribly in some scenario that I > haven't thought about? >
I've had similar thoughts, just never implemented it. I think as long as the prediction algorithm tries to be fairly specific it should be safe to do. - Cole _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
