[Libguestfs] [libguestfs PATCH 1/2] guestfs_readdir(): rewrite with FileOut transfer, to lift protocol limit

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 05/03/22 12:38, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 08:59:13AM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> On 05/01/22 12:47, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>>> Although the protocol is an internal detail of libguestfs that we can
>>> change whenever we want, unfortunately some distros ship the binary
>>> appliance to their users, either the one we supply, or one built
>>> themselves.
>>
>> Urgh. I was aware that the proc_nr's must always match, but didn't think
>> they were treated as public ABI.
> 
> So I want to be clear for the record that they are not public ABI, and
> nothing about the protocol is stable.  But nevertheless we shouldn't
> break some distros, even if they are doing the wrong thing, when it
> only requires a trivial adjustment at our end.

Understood, thanks!
Laszlo