Bug 351374 – app-emulation/libvirt-0.8.7 missing log on sys-apps/iproute2 for virtual networks

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Albert W. Hopkins 2011-01-11 16:45:27 UTC]

I had upgraded to libvirt-0.8.7.  Then I noticed that my "default" virtual network did not auto-start, and could not be started manually.

I recompiled libvirt with debug and started debugging and saw:

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11:37:23.557: 86397: debug : virCommandRunAsync:1148 : About to run /sbin/ip addr add 192.168.122.1/24 broadcast 192.168.122.255 dev virbr0
11:37:23.557: 86397: debug : virExecWithHook:716 : /sbin/ip addr add 192.168.122.1/24 broadcast 192.168.122.255 dev virbr0
11:37:23.557: 86397: debug : virCommandRunAsync:1164 : Command result 0, with PID 86543
11:37:23.559: 86397: debug : virCommandWait:1226 : internal error Child process exited with status 1.
11:37:23.559: 86397: debug : virCommandRun:1049 : Result stdout: '' stderr: 'libvir: error : cannot execute binary /sbin/ip: No such file or directory
'
11:37:23.559: 86397: debug : networkAddAddrToBridge:1523 : internal error cannot set IP address on bridge 'virbr0'
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When downgrading to the previous version (0.8.6-r1). I did not experience this problem and the network started as usual.

When I installed iproute2, libvirt-0.8.7 started the virtual network.

So it appears to be a new dependency.

[Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2011-01-12 20:54:24 UTC]

New optional one as it should work fine without iproute2 if you use bridges and not routed networks.

[Comment 2 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2011-01-20 20:39:20 UTC]

Added a message to the ebuild.

[Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2011-02-02 19:20:57 UTC]

Message is added and virt-network USE flag now pulls these bits in.