[PATCH 0/2] Remove deprecated qemu-img backing file without format

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Wed Jul 7 21:17:38 UTC 2021


On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 04:35:58PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> We've gone enough release cycles without noticeable pushback on our
> intentions, so time to make it harder to create images that can form a
> security hole due to a need for format probing rather than an explicit
> format.
> 
> Eric Blake (2):
>   qcow2: Prohibit backing file changes in 'qemu-img amend'
>   qemu-img: Require -F with -b backing image

Ping.

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