[et-mgmt-tools] libvirt and query strings in EL 5.1 behaves differently than F9

[Michael DeHaan]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
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>>  If you're using virt-install
>> APIs for building the XML document, then it is virt-install's job to do
>> attribute escaping. This was broken in RHEL-5.1 and is fixed for 5.2
>> and Fedora 8 onwards
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=417051
>>
>> Dan.
>>   
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> So looking at what I posted previously, ex:
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>    http://server.example.com/?op=ks;profile=foo
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> ";" is (to my eyes) valid in XML.  It is, right?  Any idea why that 
> may cause an error on Pablo's system?
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> Pablo, we did confirm the version with just ";" and not "&" as the 
> seperator did break things, correct?

FYI -- Looking at his most recent pastebin, there's the version with the 
";" in it instead.

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> It would be nice if I could make that also work for 5.1 installs that 
> were out there as it reduces one extra point of user confusion about 
> where
> errors come from...
>
> --Michael
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