Allow a simple programatic check that a given feature is no longer supported by introducing a separate error code for this scenario. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- include/libvirt/virterror.h | 1 + src/util/virerror.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/libvirt/virterror.h b/include/libvirt/virterror.h index 102a2573bf..22bc3c2d27 100644 --- a/include/libvirt/virterror.h +++ b/include/libvirt/virterror.h @@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ typedef enum { VIR_ERR_INVALID_NETWORK_PORT = 105, /* invalid network port object */ VIR_ERR_NETWORK_PORT_EXIST = 106, /* the network port already exist */ VIR_ERR_NO_NETWORK_PORT = 107, /* network port not found */ + VIR_ERR_DEPRECATED = 108, /* configuration or operation is no longer supported */ # ifdef VIR_ENUM_SENTINELS VIR_ERR_NUMBER_LAST diff --git a/src/util/virerror.c b/src/util/virerror.c index dfba8c5712..26f14ddd29 100644 --- a/src/util/virerror.c +++ b/src/util/virerror.c @@ -1235,6 +1235,10 @@ const virErrorMsgTuple virErrorMsgStrings[VIR_ERR_NUMBER_LAST] = { [VIR_ERR_NO_NETWORK_PORT] = { N_("network port not found"), N_("network port not found: %s") }, + [VIR_ERR_DEPRECATED] = { + N_("operation or configuration no longer supported"), + "%s", + }, }; -- 2.21.0

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/news.xml | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml index 681e9a60a3..68f8c704b4 100644 --- a/docs/news.xml +++ b/docs/news.xml @@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ </change> </section> <section title="Improvements"> + <change> + <summary> + Add error code for deprecated operations + </summary> + <description> + The new error code VIR_ERR_DEPRECATED allows for more reliable checks + of scenarios where libvirt deprecated a certain operation or + configuration. + </description> + </change> </section> <section title="Bug fixes"> </section> -- 2.21.0