GNU bug report logs - #40649
VM image file lacks ".qcow2" extension, which confuses GNOME Boxes

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Package: guix;

Reported by: mray <mail <at> mray.de>

Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 40649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: mray <mail <at> mray.de>
Cc: 40649 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40649: website download bug
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 22:38:52 -0400

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 10:36:11PM +0200, mray wrote:
> the QEMU Image download links toa file that misses the "*.qcow2" filetype.
> 
> That way Gnome Boxes is not able to start the image. I suggest renaming
> all respective files.

Thanks for letting us know. How does it goes wrong? In general, QEMU
doesn't require file extensions to load images, and that's what Boxes is
using under the hood. We should probably change it regardless.

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