tag 513451 + wontfix thanks supaplex a écrit : > Package: qemu > Version: 0.8.2-4etch1 > Severity: wishlist > > There are situations where spare diskspace is low, or remote copies > could be redirected through ssh etc. > > qemu-img only supports real files to take care of this. Recently I had > a vmware player image I was converting, but was hoping for simple > stdin/stdout support to utilize unzip -p ... | qemu-img to convert it. >
This is technically not possible. Given the formats involved, the file is not read/written linearly, which render the use of stdin/stdout impossible. Tagging the bug as wontfix. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [email protected] | [email protected] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
