[Bug 659532] Re: vmbuilder XML is incomplete with libvirt 0.8.3 (No bootable devices)

[Jamie Strandboge]

Attached is a preliminary patch for vm-builder on maverick which adjusts
VMbuilder/disk.py to have a new 'self.format_type' attribute. This
attribute will normally be 'None', but will be set when a disk is
convert()ed. VMbuilder/plugins/libvirt/templates/libvirtxml*.tmpl is
then adjusted to supply the proper qemu image format to libvirt if the
format_type is set for the disk. Since libvirt defaults to 'raw' for
unspecified format types, this covers the default 'qcow2' case and
avoids setting the format type when using --raw.

Tested using:
$ sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite lucid --flavour virtual --arch i386  -o --libvirt qemu:///system
$ sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite lucid --flavour virtual --arch i386  -o --libvirt qemu:///system --raw /dev/loop1

** Patch added: "vm-builder_0.12.4-0ubuntu1.1.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/659532/+attachment/1689824/+files/vm-builder_0.12.4-0ubuntu1.1.debdiff

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vmbuilder XML is incomplete with libvirt 0.8.3 (No bootable devices)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659532
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