[libvirt] question about libvirt-tck/libivrt-perl

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 04:56:19PM +0200, Gerhard Stenzel wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 15:21 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > It is a subtle issue crossing several layers. libvirt internally
> > caches
> > virDomainPtr instances based on name. You created a object in the perl
> > layer '$dom' with the name, and then you create a new instance with
> > the
> > same name, but assign to a diferent perl object '$newdom'. This means
> > that the old virDomainPtr associated with $dom still exists. If you
> > explicitly set '$dom = undef' before creating the second domain you
> > should release the old handle & make it all work as expected
> 
> thanks for the explanation .. my script now works as expected.
> 
> BTW, additional test cases for libvirt-TCK should be send as patches to
> this list, correct?

Yes, use this list for patches against any of the repositories hosted
on libvirt.org, with exception of CIM provider code which has a separate
dedicated list.

Regards,
Daniel
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