Updating domains definitions via API

[Michal Prívozník]

On 5/16/22 14:52, Darragh Bailey wrote:

> So perhaps this is less a bug with the loader/nvram XML element handling
> and more a documentation bug and a possible enhancement that possibly
> the virDomainDefineXMLFlags could consider accepting a flag to verify the
> returned domain XML is equivalent as a general fix for those applications
> that would find this useful?

Yes to the first part, but no the second. Comparing XMLs is not as easy
as you would think. For instance:

<domain id='1' type='kvm'>
  <uuid>123456</uuid>
  <name>myGuest</name>
</domain>

<domain type='kvm' id='1'>
  <name>myGuest</uuid>
  <uuid>123456</uuid>
</domain>

The former is just an example of possible user input, the latter is how
libvirt would format it. Obviously, these XMLs are equivalent, but not
stcmp() equal.

Michal