[bug] qubes-dom0-update and "none" qubes-prefs UpdateVM setting

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Andrew B

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Aug 28, 2014, 4:25:07 AM8/28/14

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If I set the global UpdateVM to "none", then run qubes-dom0-update, I get the message that, "A VM with the name 'none' does not exist in the system!".

Qubes.xml seems to identify the UpdateVM by qid, and as "None" when the "none" option is selected in Qubes Manager for the global UpdateVM. It also seems qubes-dom0-update checks if qubes-prefs returns an empty string, but I guess qubes-prefs does not validate that the UpdateVM qid is actually an integer.

I'm not sure if the bug is really in Qubes Manager (for setting the UpdateVM string to "None" instead of "") or qubes-prefs (for not validating the UpdateVM setting is actually a valid qid), or somewhere else, but it's definitely a bug.

Andrew

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Marek Marczykowski-Górecki

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Sep 4, 2014, 7:42:50 PM9/4/14

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https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/894
And the fix was one-line, so already commited.

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