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diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index aa9fdc8c53..c014e049c3 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -555,6 +555,18 @@ can be rewritten as:: All options specified in ``-o`` are image creation options, so they are now rejected when used with ``-n`` to skip image creation. + +``qemu-img create -b bad file $size`` (removed in 5.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +When creating an image with a backing file that could not be opened, +``qemu-img create`` used to issue a warning about the failure but +proceed with the image creation if an explicit size was provided. +However, as the ``-u`` option exists for this purpose, it is safer to +enforce that any failure to open the backing image (including if the +backing file is missing or an incorrect format was specified) is an +error when ``-u`` is not used. + Command line options -------------------- |