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From 508fe3be891f0967577bdf6621564443f3c2309c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:50:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] RHEL 7: v2v: Disable the --qemu-boot option (RHBZ#1147313).

This cannot work because there is no Gtk or SDL output mode
in RHEL 7's qemu-kvm.

In addition you will have to edit the -display option in the
qemu script.
---
 v2v/cmdline.ml   |  4 +++-
 v2v/virt-v2v.pod | 13 -------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/v2v/cmdline.ml b/v2v/cmdline.ml
index 01f3335..14c3fb9 100644
--- a/v2v/cmdline.ml
+++ b/v2v/cmdline.ml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ let parse_cmdline () =
     "-os",       Arg.Set_string output_storage, "storage " ^ s_"Set output storage location";
     "--password-file", Arg.Set_string password_file, "file " ^ s_"Use password from file";
     "--print-source", Arg.Set print_source, " " ^ s_"Print source and stop";
-    "--qemu-boot", Arg.Set qemu_boot,       " " ^ s_"Boot in qemu (-o qemu only)";
+    "--qemu-boot", Arg.Set qemu_boot,       " " ^ s_"This option cannot be used in RHEL";
     "-q",        Arg.Set quiet,             " " ^ s_"Quiet output";
     "--quiet",   Arg.Set quiet,             ditto;
     "--root",    Arg.String set_root_choice,"ask|... " ^ s_"How to choose root filesystem";
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ read the man page virt-v2v(1).
       if not (is_directory output_storage) then
         error (f_"-os %s: output directory does not exist or is not a directory")
           output_storage;
+      if qemu_boot then
+        error (f_"-o qemu: the --qemu-boot option cannot be used in RHEL");
       Output_qemu.output_qemu verbose output_storage qemu_boot
 
     | `RHEV ->
diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
index 5f4d42e..9edb2ca 100644
--- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
+++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
@@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ Since C<guest-domain.xml> contains the path(s) to the guest disk
 image(s) you do not need to specify the name of the disk image on the
 command line.
 
-To convert a local disk image and immediately boot it in local
-qemu, do:
-
- virt-v2v -i disk disk.img -o qemu -os /var/tmp --qemu-boot
-
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =over 4
@@ -350,9 +345,6 @@ This is similar to I<-o local>, except that a shell script is written
 which you can use to boot the guest in qemu.  The converted disks and
 shell script are written to the directory specified by I<-os>.
 
-When using this output mode, you can also specify the I<--qemu-boot>
-option which boots the guest under qemu immediately.
-
 =item B<-o rhev>
 
 Set the output method to I<rhev>.
@@ -436,11 +428,6 @@ Print information about the source guest and stop.  This option is
 useful when you are setting up network and bridge maps.
 See L</NETWORKS AND BRIDGES>.
 
-=item B<--qemu-boot>
-
-When using I<-o qemu> only, this boots the guest immediately after
-virt-v2v finishes.
-
 =item B<-q>
 
 =item B<--quiet>
-- 
1.8.3.1