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

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 05:26:26PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> 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.

Don't worry about it - it would have been easier, but I was able
to review it anyway.

I'd actually prefer if you pushed it as soon as possible so that
I can do a new upstream release today.

Also if you could look at the few patches I posted yesterday.

Rich.

> [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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