[Bug 697046] [NEW] Unable to create volumes on disk pools as parted support is missing

[Edwin Chiu]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 10.10 x64
libvirt-bin:
  Installed: 0.8.3-1ubuntu14
  Candidate: 0.8.3-1ubuntu14

Error:

root at codis:/etc/libvirt/storage# virsh vol-create-as --pool sde --name 1 --capacity 100M --allocation 100M
error: Failed to create vol 1
error: internal error ' /dev/sde mkpart --script primary ext2 17408B 106928639B' exited with non-zero status 1 and signal 0: libvir: error : cannot execute binary : No such file or directory

Similar error in syslog:
Jan  2 23:30:03 codis libvirtd: 23:30:03.221: error : virRunWithHook:857 : internal error ' /dev/sde mkpart --script primary 1000341504B 1524629503B' exited with non-zero status 1 and signal 0: libvir: error : cannot execute binary : No such file or directory#012

Pool "sde" is a disk pool using GPT format:
<pool type='disk'>
  <name>sde</name>
  <uuid>5bdde906-722c-981c-128c-bf4496f5c508</uuid>
  <capacity>0</capacity>
  <allocation>0</allocation>
  <available>0</available>
  <source>
    <device path='/dev/sde'/>
    <format type='gpt'/>
  </source>
  <target>
    <path>/dev</path>
    <permissions>
      <mode>0700</mode>
      <owner>-1</owner>
      <group>-1</group>
    </permissions>
  </target>
</pool>


>From build log, looks like parted headers are found, but not the binary, causing an empty DEFINE in config.h
Really this should be handled more gracefully, but that's another story....

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/libvirt/+builds?build_state=all

checking for DEVMAPPER... yes
checking for parted... no
checking parted/parted.h usability... yes
checking parted/parted.h presence... yes
checking for parted/parted.h... yes
checking for uuid_generate in -luuid... yes
checking for ped_device_read in -lparted... yes

Manually rebuilding it locally fixed the problem for me...

** Affects: libvirt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: disk kvm maverick pool virsh

** Tags added: disk kvm maverick pool virsh

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Title:
  Unable to create volumes on disk pools as parted support is missing