References: jsc#SLE-6262, fate#327048: KVM: Boot Configuration Override (virt-manager) Subject: virt-xml: Add --no-define argument From: Marc Hartmayer mhartmay@linux.ibm.com Tue Feb 26 10:56:41 2019 +0100 Date: Wed Mar 6 13:15:38 2019 -0500: Git: 29f9f2ac9c168b29043e8a443d354f2b7802c9f9 Add `--no-define` argument. It's mutually exclusive to the `--define` argument and later on it allows the user to start a domain transiently. Signed-off-by: Marc Hartmayer Reviewed-by: Boris Fiuczynski Index: virt-manager-2.1.0/virt-xml =================================================================== --- virt-manager-2.1.0.orig/virt-xml +++ virt-manager-2.1.0/virt-xml @@ -363,9 +363,13 @@ def parse_args(): "With --add-device, this is a hotplug operation.\n" "With --remove-device, this is a hotunplug operation.\n" "With --edit, this is an update device operation.")) - outg.add_argument("--define", action="store_true", - help=_("Force defining the domain. Only required if a --print " - "option was specified.")) + define_g = outg.add_mutually_exclusive_group() + define_g.add_argument("--define", action="store_true", + help=_("Force defining the domain. Only required if a --print " + "option was specified.")) + define_g.add_argument("--no-define", dest='define', action="store_false", + help=_("Force not defining the domain.")) + define_g.set_defaults(define=None) outg.add_argument("--print-diff", action="store_true", help=_("Only print the requested change, in diff format")) outg.add_argument("--print-xml", action="store_true", @@ -426,7 +430,8 @@ def main(conn=None): if not options.define: options.print_xml = True else: - options.define = True + if options.define is None: + options.define = True if options.confirm and not options.print_xml: options.print_diff = True