The 'set-lifcycle-action' is throwing a weird error after executing it with the '--help' option. The command output is showing the options 'type' and 'action' are as optional, but they aren't. Both are required. virsh # set-lifecycle-action --help ... SYNOPSIS set-lifecycle-action <domain> [--type <string>] [--action <string>] ... ... OPTIONS [--domain] <string> domain name, id or uuid error: internal error: bad options in command: 'set-lifecycle-action' After applying this patch, both arguments are required now. virsh # set-lifecycle-action --help ... SYNOPSIS set-lifecycle-action <domain> <type> <action> [--config] ... Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1509870 Signed-off-by: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco(a)gmail.com&gt; --- tools/virsh-domain.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c index 42d5526..bf96f2e 100644 --- a/tools/virsh-domain.c +++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c @@ -5532,12 +5532,12 @@ static const vshCmdInfo info_setLifecycleAction[] = { static const vshCmdOptDef opts_setLifecycleAction[] = { VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_DOMAIN_FULL, {.name = "type", - .type = VSH_OT_STRING, + .type = VSH_OT_DATA, .flags = VSH_OFLAG_REQ, .help = N_("lifecycle type to modify") }, {.name = "action", - .type = VSH_OT_STRING, + .type = VSH_OT_DATA, .flags = VSH_OFLAG_REQ, .help = N_("lifecycle action to set") }, -- 2.7.4