Disk sizing information in the config file ignored

[David Peall]

I'm running ubuntu 14.10 and 15.04.

I have tried "rootsize" and the "part" configuration in the /etc/vmbuilder.cfg and both are ignored.

When adding the --rootsize, --swapsize or --part cmd line options the vm is build correctly.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[David Peall (dkpeall)]

I added the following 2 lines in :/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py
line 153:
            logging.debug("Option part:= %s",self.options.part)
            logging.debug("Option rootsize:= %s",self.options.rootsize)

Output:
2015-06-11 10:25:22,213 DEBUG : Option part:= None
2015-06-11 10:25:22,214 DEBUG : Option rootsize:= 4096

Even though part is specified in the /etc/vmbuilder.cfg

[David Peall (dkpeall)]

I've found the bug but am not sure how to fix:

This code here in cli.py:

            if self.options.config:
                config_files.append(self.options.config)
            util.apply_config_files_to_context(config_files, distro)
            util.apply_config_files_to_context(config_files, hypervisor)

Only loads settings that are properties of the distro and hypervisor object, that excludes settings for disk so rootsize, optsize, swapsize and part are therefore ignored in configurations files.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

The debugging output came from line 153, but the config
files (which include /etc/vmbuilder.cfg) aren't applied until line
175.

Exactly what does your vmbuilder.cfg look like? Have you looked
over https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOSVMBuilder#Using%20configuration%20files
?

Quoting David Peall (<email address hidden>):
> I've found the bug but am not sure how to fix:
>
> This code here in cli.py:
>
> if self.options.config:
> config_files.append(self.options.config)
> util.apply_config_files_to_context(config_files, distro)
> util.apply_config_files_to_context(config_files, hypervisor)
>
> Only loads settings that are properties of the distro and hypervisor
> object, that excludes settings for disk so rootsize, optsize, swapsize
> and part are therefore ignored in configurations files.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> Virtualisation team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in Ubuntu.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464107
>
> Title:
> Disk sizing information in the config file ignored
>
> Status in vm-builder package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I'm running ubuntu 14.10 and 15.04.
>
> I have tried "rootsize" and the "part" configuration in the
> /etc/vmbuilder.cfg and both are ignored.
>
> When adding the --rootsize, --swapsize or --part cmd line options the
> vm is build correctly.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/1464107/+subscriptions