[Lxc-users] lxc-clone -s -B lvm, deletes original lv if no space left!

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Serge Hallyn (serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com):
> Quoting zoolook (nbensa+lxcusers at gmail.com):
> > Hi Serge,
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:57 PM, zoolook <nbensa+lxcusers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > >> Exactly what code (git commit id or distro+pkg) are you using?
> > >
> > >
> > > Installed: 0.9.0.0~staging~20130612-1544-0ubuntu1~ppa1~raring1
> > 
> > 
> > on saucy, with ppa:ubuntu-lxc/daily
> > (0.9.0.0~staging~20130612-1544-0ubuntu1~ppa1~saucy1), no patches
> > applied.
> > 
> > sysadmin at lxc3:~$ sudo lvs
> >   LV             VG           Attr      LSize Pool Origin Data%  Move
> > Log Copy%  Convert
> >   lxc-test1-root vg_vmstorage -wi-a---- 7,81g
> > 
> > sysadmin at lxc3:~$ sudo lxc-clone -s -p /srv/lxc -P /srv/lxc -o test1 -n test101
> >   Volume group "vg_vmstorage" has insufficient free space (617
> > extents): 2097 required.
> > lxc: could not create /dev/vg_vmstorage/lxc-test101-root snapshot of
> 
> all right, not sure why yet, but the naming of your rootfs is somehow
> causing the problem.  I was able to reproduce this when I renamed my
> test101 rootfs to xxx-test101-xxx.
> 
> I'll look into why later today.  Thanks!

Oh I see the problem.  The update_name_and_paths() only replaces
the container name if it is a whole word.

Need to think about whether it is safe to change that.  (What if the
container name is 'c'?)