@@ -418,14 +418,6 @@ kernel in 2018, and has also been dropped from glibc.
Related binaries
----------------
-``qemu-img convert -n -o`` (since 4.2.0)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-All options specified in ``-o`` are image creation options, so
-they have no effect when used with ``-n`` to skip image creation.
-Silently ignored options can be confusing, so this combination of
-options will be made an error in future versions.
-
Backwards compatibility
-----------------------
@@ -531,8 +523,8 @@ spec you can use the ``-cpu rv64gcsu,priv_spec=v1.10.0`` command line argument.
Related binaries
----------------
-``qemu-nbd --partition`` (removed in 5.0.0)
-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+``qemu-nbd --partition`` (removed in 5.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
The ``qemu-nbd --partition $digit`` code (also spelled ``-P``)
could only handle MBR partitions, and never correctly handled logical
@@ -548,6 +540,12 @@ can be rewritten as::
qemu-nbd -t --image-opts driver=raw,offset=1M,size=100M,file.driver=qcow2,file.file.driver=file,file.file.filename=file.qcow2
+``qemu-img convert -n -o`` (removed in 5.1)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+All options specified in ``-o`` are image creation options, so
+they are now rejected when used with ``-n`` to skip image creation.
+
Command line options
--------------------
@@ -2369,8 +2369,8 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
}
if (skip_create && options) {
- warn_report("-o has no effect when skipping image creation");
- warn_report("This will become an error in future QEMU versions.");
+ error_report("-o has no effect when skipping image creation");
+ goto fail_getopt;
}
if (s.has_zero_init && !skip_create) {
@@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG".orig _make_test_img 64M
# backing file"
$QEMU_IMG convert -O $IMGFMT -B "$TEST_IMG".base -n "$TEST_IMG" "$TEST_IMG".orig
+echo
+echo '=== -n incompatible with -o ==='
+echo
+
+$QEMU_IMG convert -O $IMGFMT -o preallocation=metadata -n \
+ "$TEST_IMG" "$TEST_IMG".orig && echo "unexpected success"
+
# success, all done
echo '*** done'
rm -f $seq.full
@@ -233,4 +233,8 @@ Images are identical.
Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.base', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
Formatting 'TEST_DIR/t.IMGFMT.orig', fmt=IMGFMT size=67108864
+
+=== -n incompatible with -o ===
+
+qemu-img: -o has no effect when skipping image creation
*** done