TypeError: deploy() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

[Dario Bertini]

sudo vmbuilder vbox ubuntu

2010-11-19 05:48:36,286 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check
2010-11-19 05:48:36,289 INFO : Calling hook: set_defaults
2010-11-19 05:48:36,290 INFO : Calling hook: bootstrap
2010-11-19 05:56:51,392 INFO : Calling hook: configure_os
2010-11-19 05:58:12,822 INFO :
2010-11-19 05:58:12,822 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
2010-11-19 05:58:12,827 INFO : Local time is now: Fri Nov 19 04:58:12 UTC 2010.
2010-11-19 05:58:12,827 INFO : Universal Time is now: Fri Nov 19 04:58:12 UTC 2010.
2010-11-19 05:58:12,827 INFO :
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
2010-11-19 06:02:36,195 INFO :
2010-11-19 06:02:36,195 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
2010-11-19 06:02:36,200 INFO : Local time is now: Fri Nov 19 05:02:36 UTC 2010.
2010-11-19 06:02:36,201 INFO : Universal Time is now: Fri Nov 19 05:02:36 UTC 2010.
2010-11-19 06:02:36,201 INFO : Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.
2010-11-19 06:02:36,201 INFO :
2010-11-19 06:02:47,611 INFO : start: Job is already running: network-interface-security
2010-11-19 06:02:53,992 INFO : Calling hook: post_install
2010-11-19 06:02:53,993 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check
2010-11-19 06:02:53,994 INFO : Calling hook: configure_networking
2010-11-19 06:02:54,019 INFO : Calling hook: configure_mounting
2010-11-19 06:02:54,035 INFO : Calling hook: mount_partitions
2010-11-19 06:02:54,036 INFO : Mounting target filesystems
2010-11-19 06:02:54,036 INFO : Creating disk image: "/tmp/tmpPx9GHW" of size: 5120MB
2010-11-19 06:02:54,058 INFO : Adding partition table to disk image: /tmp/tmpPx9GHW
2010-11-19 06:02:54,149 INFO : Adding type 4 partition to disk image: /tmp/tmpPx9GHW
2010-11-19 06:02:54,178 INFO : Adding type 3 partition to disk image: /tmp/tmpPx9GHW
2010-11-19 06:02:54,185 INFO : [0] ../../libparted/filesys.c:148 (ped_file_system_type_get): File system alias linux-swap(new) is deprecated
2010-11-19 06:02:54,201 INFO : Creating loop devices corresponding to the created partitions
2010-11-19 06:02:54,214 INFO : Creating file systems
2010-11-19 06:02:54,229 INFO : mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
2010-11-19 06:02:58,072 INFO : mkswap: /dev/mapper/loop0p2: warning: don't erase bootbits sectors
2010-11-19 06:02:58,072 INFO : on whole disk. Use -f to force.
2010-11-19 06:04:07,727 INFO : Calling hook: install_bootloader
2010-11-19 06:05:02,374 INFO : Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
2010-11-19 06:05:02,533 INFO : Searching for default file ... Generating /boot/grub/default file and setting the default boot entry to 0
2010-11-19 06:05:02,539 INFO : Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
2010-11-19 06:05:02,545 INFO : Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ...
2010-11-19 06:05:02,545 INFO :
2010-11-19 06:05:02,546 INFO : Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file.
2010-11-19 06:05:02,546 INFO : Generating /boot/grub/menu.lst
2010-11-19 06:05:02,653 INFO : Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
2010-11-19 06:05:02,848 INFO : grep: /boot/config*: No such file or directory
2010-11-19 06:05:02,940 INFO : Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
2010-11-19 06:05:02,940 INFO :
2010-11-19 06:05:03,190 INFO : Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
2010-11-19 06:05:03,241 INFO : Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
2010-11-19 06:05:03,246 INFO : Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
2010-11-19 06:05:03,398 INFO : Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
2010-11-19 06:05:03,432 INFO : grep: /boot/config*: No such file or directory
2010-11-19 06:05:03,528 INFO : Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
2010-11-19 06:05:03,528 INFO :
2010-11-19 06:05:03,606 INFO : Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
2010-11-19 06:05:03,627 INFO : Calling hook: install_kernel
2010-11-19 06:13:59,295 INFO : Done.
2010-11-19 06:14:04,841 INFO : Running depmod.
2010-11-19 06:14:04,996 INFO : update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-server
2010-11-19 06:14:09,531 INFO : Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
2010-11-19 06:14:09,747 INFO : Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
2010-11-19 06:14:09,902 INFO : Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
2010-11-19 06:14:09,906 INFO : Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
2010-11-19 06:14:10,175 INFO : Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
2010-11-19 06:14:10,286 INFO : Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-server
2010-11-19 06:14:10,524 INFO : Replacing config file /var/run/grub/menu.lst with new version
2010-11-19 06:14:10,581 INFO : Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
2010-11-19 06:14:10,581 INFO :
2010-11-19 06:14:11,034 INFO : Calling hook: unmount_partitions
2010-11-19 06:14:11,035 INFO : Unmounting target filesystem
2010-11-19 06:14:15,115 INFO : Calling hook: convert
2010-11-19 06:14:15,116 INFO : Calling hook: deploy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in <module>
    cli.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 121, in main
    hypervisor.finalise(destdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/hypervisor.py", line 78, in finalise
    self.call_hooks('deploy', destdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 66, in call_hooks
    call_hooks(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 165, in call_hooks
    getattr(context, func, log_no_such_method)(*args, **kwargs)
TypeError: deploy() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: python-vm-builder 0.12.4-0ubuntu1.1 [modified: usr/share/pyshared/VMBuilder/plugins/virtualbox/vm.py]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 19 10:26:45 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vm-builder

[Dario Bertini (berdario)]

I noticed a strange thing:

when supplying and invalid hypervisor to vmbuilder, it lets you know that

Available hypervisors: vmserver esxi xen kvm vbox vmw6 qemu

and yet, from the manual:

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man1/vmbuilder.1.html

Valid options: xen kvm vmw6 vmserver

if indeed with any of the hypervisor from the first list, that're not included in the second, vmbuilder fails... then maybe this could be simply a matter of removing obsolete and unsupported hypevisors types

[James Page (james-page)]

After applying the fix in bug 580237 to resolve another vbox bug I can confirm that I see the same issue on maverick.

The signature of the deploy function in /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/virtualbox/vm.py is

    def deploy(self):

I think that vm-builder is expecting:

    def deploy(self, destdir):

(taken from kvm plugin code).

[Antti Kaihola (akaihola)]

Like James Page, I applied the fix in bug 580237 and run

    $ sudo vmbuilder vbox ubuntu --suite lucid

on my Maverick box and got the traceback mentioned above.

[Juan Moyano (wincus)]

I'm getting the same error here, (running Ubuntu Natty)

$ sudo ubuntu-vm-builder vbox lucid --addpkg vim
[ .... ]
2011-05-05 14:18:18,838 INFO : Calling hook: unmount_partitions
2011-05-05 14:18:18,839 INFO : Unmounting target filesystem
2011-05-05 14:18:22,792 INFO : Calling hook: convert
2011-05-05 14:18:22,793 INFO : Calling hook: deploy
2011-05-05 14:18:22,795 INFO : Cleaning up
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-vm-builder", line 24, in <module>
    uvb.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 227, in main
    hypervisor.finalise(destdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/hypervisor.py", line 78, in finalise
    self.call_hooks('deploy', destdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 67, in call_hooks
    call_hooks(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 165, in call_hooks
    getattr(context, func, log_no_such_method)(*args, **kwargs)
TypeError: deploy() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

[tanktarta (tanktarta)]

This patch fixes the bug for me. It also adds some missing arguments, I need to be able to set memory amount (-m), and that was lost too.

[tanktarta (tanktarta)]

Sorry, that last patch was bad. Here it is again.