[Libguestfs] virt-v2v 1.38 fails to convert .vmx VM: setfiles ... Multiple same specifications for /.*.

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 02:21:24PM +0000, Зиновик Игорь Анатольевич wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard W.M. Jones [mailto:rjones at redhat.com]
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 3:27 PM
> > To: Зиновик Игорь Анатольевич <ZinovikIA at nspk.ru>
> > Cc: libguestfs at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] virt-v2v 1.38 fails to convert .vmx VM: setfiles ...
> > Multiple same specifications for /.*.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 09:31:33AM +0000, Зиновик Игорь Анатольевич
> > wrote:
> > > > Multiple same specifications for /.*.
> > ...
> > > > > setfiles:
> > > > > /sysroot/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts:
> > > > > Multiple
> > > > same specifications for /.*.
> >
> > My idea for reproducing this was:
> >
> > (1) Download your file_contexts file.
> >
> > (2) virt-builder fedora-27 \
> >         --upload file_contexts:/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts \
> >         --selinux-relabel
> >
> >
> > However I wasn't able to reproduce it (with policycoreutils-2.7-15.fc29.x86_64).
> > Also I don't see multiple ‘/.*’
> > lines in the file_contexts file.
> >
> > So I don't know.
> >
> > But it's still my opinion that it is a bug in policycoreutils.
> 
> Thanks for investigation, Richard. Is it somehow possible to disable `setfiles' invocation
> during virt-v2v conversion run? E.g. via environment variable?

You can do --no-selinux-relabel, but that disables relabelling
completely, which may mean that your VM won't boot.

Have you tried making edits to the file_contexts file to work
out exactly which part setfiles is complaining about?  That may
give some clues about a better workaround.

Rich.

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