From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60256) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddduo-0000MD-F8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:49:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddduP-0000Qc-Fu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:49:26 -0400 References: <20170804143658.23020-1-famz@redhat.com> From: Eric Blake Message-ID: <0cf16030-d5d0-6e7e-8fc7-88abd8f6d3ca@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 09:42:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170804143658.23020-1-famz@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SxkLw1AoEJ1nSmBVdUvooG0uu8h1nGa4O" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-img: Clarify about relative backing file options List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Fam Zheng , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Kevin Wolf , Max Reitz , qemu-block@nongnu.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --SxkLw1AoEJ1nSmBVdUvooG0uu8h1nGa4O From: Eric Blake To: Fam Zheng , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Kevin Wolf , Max Reitz , qemu-block@nongnu.org Message-ID: <0cf16030-d5d0-6e7e-8fc7-88abd8f6d3ca@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] qemu-img: Clarify about relative backing file options References: <20170804143658.23020-1-famz@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20170804143658.23020-1-famz@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 08/04/2017 09:36 AM, Fam Zheng wrote: > It's not too surprising when a user specifies the backing file relative= > to the current working directory instead of the top layer image. This > causes error when they differ. Though the error message has enough > information to infer the fact about the misunderstanding, it is better > if we document this explicitly, so that users don't have to learn from > mistakes. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng >=20 > --- > v2: Improve wording. [Eric] > --- > qemu-img.texi | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Eric Blake --=20 Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org --SxkLw1AoEJ1nSmBVdUvooG0uu8h1nGa4O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEccLMIrHEYCkn0vOqp6FrSiUnQ2oFAlmEh/MACgkQp6FrSiUn Q2py8QgApEuiyukd6N/TbGgwR0OtHbV1yIm/j1Cm2DvM3HbS+cnrYgNLg0Hm/7Ie tm9WGzcQPBjf0bWCjxCYB+wrgJhhKDG7EwXHIwsoCCApIWTpW4mIyhqmxO5hldO/ RFzQWBALie4cvn7NXnWRP+CbawfC/N81UBxMMMCyYmbnzAeST5CvYqH9/6refL7g T0jV3aE7v/Jug5sb4X6L9OzC8C1ZBZrtJAO0t7qJA3voQvZPSKP6f+VSVYT4x10Y YxH8Uv0t6LtSpN4uClXTf/mW+4ju8rYJxezCYZ98ecK+xTf78ktFzAO0o8TMBUH0 fxMFAwQapAWPgYMNgs7DGgagezPAzQ== =/Ecc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SxkLw1AoEJ1nSmBVdUvooG0uu8h1nGa4O--