[PATCH v2] virsh: Require --xpath for *dumpxml

Peter Krempa pkrempa at redhat.com
Mon Jul 25 07:27:24 UTC 2022


On Fri, Jul 08, 2022 at 15:01:50 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Historically, the dumpxml command reject any unknown arguments,
> for instance:
> 
>     virsh dumpxml fedora xxx
> 
> However, after v8.5.0-rc1~31 the second argument ('xxx') is
> treated as an XPath, but it's not that clearly visible.
> Therefore, require the --xpath switch, like this:
> 
>     virsh dumpxml fedora --xpath xxx
> 
> Yes, this breaks already released virsh, but I think we can argue
> that the pool of users of this particular function is very small.
> We also document the argument being mandatory:
> 
>    dumpxml [--inactive] [--security-info] [--update-cpu] [--migratable]
>            [--xpath EXPRESSION] [--wrap] domain
> 
> The sooner we do this change, the better.
> 
> The same applies for other *dumpxml functions (net-dumpxml,
> pool-dumpxml, vol-dumpxl to name a few).
> 
> Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2103524
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>


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