[Libguestfs] [PATCH 2/2] Introduce a --key option in tools that accept keys

[Pino Toscano]

On Thursday, 20 September 2018 12:15:12 CEST Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> This would have been a bit easier to review if the keystore
> changes had been broken out from the tools changes.

I actually thought (even too much) about various ways of splitting it;
since I wanted to not become a new Buridan's ass [1], then I lumped it
all in a single patch.

Splitting is not an issue, so if you suggest a preferred layout I can
work on it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass

> I think Eric's / qemu's shared key stuff sounds very complex, and I
> wonder who uses it.  But in any case what you've proposed is
> extensible enough that we would be able to add other methods to pass
> the key in future.

As I suggested in my reply to Eric's email, we can always create a "fd"
selector, if needed.

-- 
Pino Toscano
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