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Michal Privoznik
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There was a recent change in libxml2 that caused a trouble for us. To us, <metadata/> in domain or network XMLs are just opaque value where management application can store whatever data it finds fit. At XML parser/formatter level, we just make a copy of the element during parsing and then format it back. For formatting we use xmlNodeDump() which allows caller to specify level of indentation. Previously, the indentation was not applied onto the very first line, but as of v2.9.12-2-g85b1792e libxml2 is applying indentation also on the first line. This does not work well with out virBuffer because as soon as we call virBufferAsprintf() to append <metadata/> element, virBufferAsprintf() will apply another level of indentation. Instead of version checking, let's skip any indentation added by libxml2 before virBufferAsprintf() is called. Note, the problem is only when telling xmlNodeDump() to use indentation, i.e. level argument is not zero. Therefore, virXMLNodeToString() which also calls xmlNodeDump() is safe as it passes zero. Tested-by: Bjoern Walk <bwalk@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
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==============================
Libvirt API for virtualization
==============================
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the
virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It
includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware
vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER
Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management
daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the
API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other
languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as
mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the
website:
https://libvirt.org
License
=======
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General
Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are
not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General
Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files ``COPYING.LESSER``
and ``COPYING`` for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
============
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
============
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components
the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development
mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
=======
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
* libvirt-users@redhat.com (**for user discussions**)
* libvir-list@redhat.com (**for development only**)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contact.html