[libvirt] dhcp6, radvd, ip6tables, etc. (update)

[Gene Czarcinski]

On 10/30/2012 02:28 PM, Laine Stump wrote:
>> I now realize that I am going to need to get into virsh net-update
>> >since I am adding things to the xml specification and net-update will
>> >need to differentiate between dhcp4 and dhcp6 changes.
>> >
>> >Another thought that occurs to me is whether there has any
>> >consideration been given having a "virsh net-restart" which would just
>> >restart dnsmasq and radvd.  Typing stuff in for the command line of
>> >net-update is a little prone to typos.
> You can always put them in (temporary) files:-)
>
>> >   Wouldn't having net-edit and net-restart do what is intended for
>> >net-update.  Maybe there is a way to have net-update do the equivalent
>> >of net-edit/net-restart.  For example, if you only did "virsh
>> >net-update <network>" it would do it.
Oh so close and yet so far.

I have given the man-page for net-update a closer reading and now 
realize that I can use a terporary file and that scratch one of my 
itches.  As I read through that documentation I saw the --parent-index 
which allows you to select which <ip> definition you are changing.  Oh 
boy, this looks good.  I can use that to select if I am updating the 
ipv4 or ipv6 specification. Sounds good!  Too bad it does not work that 
way.  You check the family and if it is not ipv4, you quit.

Going with a minimum change, I propose changing that test to allow ipv4 
or ipv6.

BTW, there seem to be a number of things that do not work in 
net-update.  Aside from dns-host, is there anything else that is not 
there yet?

Also, I am updating and re-basing my patches against v1.0.0-rc2.  Is 
that a good choice for now?

Gene

Gene