Putthing this in debian/patch/fix-virtmanager and adding fix-virtmanager to debian/patch/series solved this issue:
diff --git a/src/dutil_linux.c b/src/dutil_linux.c index a3b0176..5d69d19 100644 --- a/src/dutil_linux.c +++ b/src/dutil_linux.c @@ -1041,7 +1041,14 @@ static void add_link_info(struct netcf *ncf, ERR_NOMEM(!path, ncf); state = read_file(path, &length); FREE(path); - ERR_THROW_STRERROR(!state, ncf, EFILE, "Failed to read %s", path); + if (!state) { + /* missing operstate is *not* an error. It could be due to an + * alias interface, which has not entry in /sys/class/net at + * all, for example. + */ + state = strdup(""); + ERR_NOMEM(!state, ncf); + } if ((nl = strchr(state, '\n'))) *nl = 0; prop = xmlSetProp(link_node, BAD_CAST "state", BAD_CAST state); -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to netcf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1481295 Title: virt-manager after upgrade: Error polling connection 'qemu:///system': internal error: could not get interface XML description: File operation failed - Failed to read (null) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcf/+bug/1481295/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs