memory parameter is not consistent with xen configuration files

[Jeroen van der Ham]

I’m trying to use xen-create-image to create an installed Xen machine. If I do the following:

# sudo xen-create-image --hostname=foobar --memory=2048 --swap=1024M --size=10G --lvm=VolumeGroupXen --dist=wheezy --fs=ext3 --mirror=http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian --genpass=1 --vcpus=2 --dhcp
ERROR: 'memory' argument takes a suffixed integer.

This does not work, because the memory argument is incorrect. So I adapt it:

# sudo xen-create-image --hostname=foobar --memory=2048M --swap=1024M --size=10G --lvm=VolumeGroupXen --dist=wheezy --fs=ext3 --mirror=http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian --genpass=1 --vcpus=2 --dhcp

This installs the machine successfully. If I then continue:

# sudo xl create /etc/xen/foobar.cfg
Parsing config from /etc/xen/foobar.cfg
/etc/xen/foobar.cfg:13: warning: parameter `memory' is not a valid number

This means I have to edit the configuration file and remove the “M” from the memory number.
If however, I use "--memory=2048Mb" then xen-create-image accepts the parameter and correctly removes the suffix from the parameter before putting it in the configuration file.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: xen-tools 4.3.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-35.50-generic 3.8.13.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-35-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 26 10:03:28 2014
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: xen-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)