[libvirt] virsh edit error

In an attempt to rename a kvm vm (which was powered off) I performed the following: $ virsh edit old-name Then changed <name>old-name</name> to <name>new-name</name> and saved and quit from the editor. $ virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------- - old-name shut off - new-name shut off Performing an edit on each of these shows they're completely identical. Even the <name> section shows the old-name on both of them. I've performed restarts of libvirtd as well. If the action I did is truly invalid, we should catch that an error out on it. However I think VM renaming can be a valid use case and we have the UUID to match off of for the rename. Basically, I'm contacting the list to see if my use case was invalid and I should write my patch to spit an error, or if I should write my patch to correct the improper handling. Patch to follow based on responses. Thanks all. -- Doug Goldstein