pushing some updates; luks logging not done

aif/config/parser.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Config(object):
         self.xsd = None
         self.defaultsParser = None
         self.obj = None
-        _logger.debug('Instantiated {0}.'.format(type(self).__name__))
+        _logger.info('Instantiated {0}.'.format(type(self).__name__))
 
     def main(self, validate = True, populate_defaults = True):
         self.fetch()
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Config(object):
                 for e in x.xpath(xpathq):
                     e.tag = etree.QName(e).localname
         elif isinstance(obj, (etree._Element, etree._ElementTree)):
-            _logger.debug('XML object provided: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(obj)))
+            _logger.debug('XML object provided: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(obj, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
             obj = copy.deepcopy(obj)
             for e in obj.xpath(xpathq):
                 e.tag = etree.QName(e).localname

aif/disk/_common.py

@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
+import logging
+##
 import gi
 gi.require_version('BlockDev', '2.0')
 from gi.repository import BlockDev, GLib
 
 BlockDev.ensure_init([None])
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger('disk:_common')
+
 
 def addBDPlugin(plugin_name):
+    _logger.info('Enabling plugin: {0}'.format(plugin_name))
     plugins = BlockDev.get_available_plugin_names()
     plugins.append(plugin_name)
     plugins = list(set(plugins))  # Deduplicate
+    _logger.debug('Currently loaded plugins: {0}'.format(','.join(plugins)))
     spec = BlockDev.plugin_specs_from_names(plugins)
+    _logger.debug('Plugin {0} loaded.'.format(plugin_name))
     return(BlockDev.ensure_init(spec))

aif/disk/block.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import uuid
 ##
 import blkinfo
-import psutil  # Do I need this if I can have libblockdev's mounts API? Is there a way to get current mounts?
+# import psutil  # Do I need this if I can have libblockdev's mounts API? Is there a way to get current mounts?
+from lxml import etree
 ##
 import aif.constants
 import aif.utils
@@ -10,20 +12,122 @@ from . import _common
 
 
 _BlockDev = _common.BlockDev
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Disk(object):
+    def __init__(self, disk_xml):
+        self.xml = disk_xml
+        _logger.debug('disk_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
+        self.devpath = os.path.realpath(self.xml.attrib['device'])
+        aif.disk._common.addBDPlugin('part')
+        self.is_lowformatted = None
+        self.is_hiformatted = None
+        self.is_partitioned = None
+        self.partitions = None
+        self._initDisk()
+
+    def _initDisk(self):
+        if self.devpath == 'auto':
+            self.devpath = '/dev/{0}'.format(blkinfo.BlkDiskInfo().get_disks()[0]['kname'])
+        if not os.path.isfile(self.devpath):
+            _logger.error('Disk {0} does not exist; please specify an explicit device path'.format(self.devpath))
+            raise ValueError('Disk not found')
+        self.table_type = self.xml.attrib.get('diskFormat', 'gpt').lower()
+        if self.table_type in ('bios', 'mbr', 'dos', 'msdos'):
+            _logger.debug('Disk format set to MSDOS.')
+            self.table_type = _BlockDev.PartTableType.MSDOS
+        elif self.table_type == 'gpt':
+            self.table_type = _BlockDev.PartTableType.GPT
+            _logger.debug('Disk format set to GPT.')
+        else:
+            _logger.error('Disk format {0} is invalid for this system\'s architecture; must be gpt or msdos')
+            raise ValueError('Invalid disk format')
+        self.device = self.disk = _BlockDev.part.get_disk_spec(self.devpath)
+        self.is_lowformatted = False
+        self.is_hiformatted = False
+        self.is_partitioned = False
+        self.partitions = []
+        return(None)
+
+    def diskFormat(self):
+        if self.is_lowformatted:
+            return(None)
+        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to low-format a disk that is mounted.
+        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
+        # TODO: BlockDev.part.set_disk_flag(<disk>,
+        #                                   BlockDev.PartDiskFlag(1),
+        #                                   True) ??
+        #       https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/BlockDev-2.0/enums.html#BlockDev.PartDiskFlag
+        #       https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/325886/bios-gpt-do-we-need-a-boot-flag
+        _BlockDev.part.create_table(self.devpath, self.table_type, True)
+        self.is_lowformatted = True
+        self.is_partitioned = False
+        return(None)
+
+    def getPartitions(self):
+        # For GPT, this *technically* should be 34 -- or, more precisely, 2048 (see FAQ in manual), but the alignment
+        # optimizer fixes it for us automatically.
+        # But for DOS tables, it's required.
+        _logger.info('Establishing partitions for {0}'.format(self.devpath))
+        if self.table_type == 'msdos':
+            start_sector = 2048
+        else:
+            start_sector = 0
+        self.partitions = []
+        xml_partitions = self.xml.findall('part')
+        for idx, part in enumerate(xml_partitions):
+            partnum = idx + 1
+            if self.table_type == 'gpt':
+                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type)
+            else:
+                parttype = 'primary'
+                if len(xml_partitions) > 4:
+                    if partnum == 4:
+                        parttype = 'extended'
+                    elif partnum > 4:
+                        parttype = 'logical'
+                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type, part_type = parttype)
+            start_sector = p.end + 1
+            self.partitions.append(p)
+            _logger.debug('Added partition {0}'.format(p.id))
+        return(None)
+
+    def partFormat(self):
+        if self.is_partitioned:
+            return(None)
+        if not self.is_lowformatted:
+            self.diskFormat()
+        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to partition a disk that is mounted.
+        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
+        if not self.partitions:
+            self.getPartitions()
+        if not self.partitions:
+            return(None)
+        for p in self.partitions:
+            p.format()
+            p.is_hiformatted = True
+        self.is_partitioned = True
+        return(None)
+
 
-# TODO: LOGGING!
 class Partition(object):
     def __init__(self, part_xml, diskobj, start_sector, partnum, tbltype, part_type = None):
         # Belive it or not, dear reader, but this *entire method* is just to set attributes.
         if tbltype not in ('gpt', 'msdos'):
-            raise ValueError('{0} must be one of gpt or msdos'.format(tbltype))
+            _logger.error('Invalid tabletype specified: {0}. Must be one of: gpt,msdos.'.format(tbltype))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid tbltype.')
         if tbltype == 'msdos' and part_type not in ('primary', 'extended', 'logical'):
-            raise ValueError(('You must specify if this is a '
+            _logger.error(('Table type msdos requires the part_type to be specified and must be one of: primary,'
-                              'primary, extended, or logical partition for msdos partition tables'))
+                           'extended,logical (instead of: {0}).').format(part_type))
+            raise ValueError('The part_type must be specified for msdos tables')
         aif.disk._common.addBDPlugin('part')
         self.xml = part_xml
+        _logger.debug('part_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
+        _logger.debug('Partition number: {0}'.format(partnum))
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         self.table_type = getattr(_BlockDev.PartTableType, tbltype.upper())
+        _logger.debug('Partition table type: {0}.'.format(tbltype))
         if tbltype == 'msdos':
             # Could technically be _BlockDev.PartTypeReq.NEXT BUT that doesn't *quite* work
             # with this project's structure.
@@ -41,6 +145,7 @@ class Partition(object):
         self.disk = diskobj
         self.device = self.disk.path
         self.devpath = '{0}{1}'.format(self.device, self.partnum)
+        _logger.debug('Assigned to disk: {0} ({1}) at path {2}'.format(self.disk.id, self.device, self.devpath))
         self.is_hiformatted = False
         sizes = {}
         for s in ('start', 'stop'):
@@ -70,7 +175,9 @@ class Partition(object):
         else:
             self.end = self.begin + sizes['stop'][0]
         self.size = (self.end - self.begin)
+        _logger.debug('Size: {0} sectors (sector {1} to {2}).'.format(self.size, self.begin, self.end))
         self.part_name = self.xml.attrib.get('name')
+        _logger.debug('Partition name: {0}'.format(self.part_name))
         self.partition = None
         self._initFlags()
         self._initFstype()
@@ -86,131 +193,47 @@ class Partition(object):
             else:
                 continue
             self.flags.append(_BlockDev.PartFlag(flag_id))
+        _logger.debug('Partition flags: {0}'.format(','.join(self.flags)))
         return(None)
 
     def _initFstype(self):
-        _err = ('{0} is not a valid partition filesystem type; '
-                'must be one of {1} or an fdisk-compatible GPT GUID').format(
-                                                            self.xml.attrib['fsType'],
-                                                            ', '.join(sorted(aif.constants.PARTED_FSTYPES)))
         if self.fs_type in aif.constants.PARTED_FSTYPES_GUIDS.keys():
             self.fs_type = aif.constants.PARTED_FSTYPES_GUIDS[self.fs_type]
+            _logger.debug('Filesystem type (parted): {0}'.format(self.fs_type))
         else:
             try:
                 self.fs_type = uuid.UUID(hex = self.fs_type)
+                _logger.debug('Filesystem type (explicit GUID): {0}'.format(str(self.fs_type)))
             except ValueError:
-                raise ValueError(_err)
+                _logger.error('Partition type GUID {0} is not a valid UUID4 string'.format(self.fs_type))
+                raise ValueError('Invalid partition type GUID')
             if self.fs_type not in aif.constants.GPT_GUID_IDX.keys():
-                raise ValueError(_err)
+                _logger.error('Partition type GUID {0} is not a valid partition type'.format(self.fs_type))
+                raise ValueError('Invalid partition type value')
         return(None)
 
     def format(self):
+        _logger.info('Formatting partion {0}.'.format(self.id))
         # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to partition a disk that is mounted.
         aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
+        _logger.info('Creating partition object.')
         self.partition = _BlockDev.part.create_part(self.device,
                                                     self.part_type,
                                                     self.begin,
                                                     self.size,
                                                     _BlockDev.PartAlign.OPTIMAL)
+        _logger.debug('Partition object created.')
         self.devpath = self.partition.path
+        _logger.debug('Partition path updated: {0}'.format(self.devpath))
         _BlockDev.part.set_part_type(self.device, self.devpath, str(self.fs_type).upper())
         if self.part_name:
             _BlockDev.part.set_part_name(self.device, self.devpath, self.part_name)
         if self.flags:
             for f in self.flags:
                 _BlockDev.part.set_part_flag(self.device, self.devpath, f, True)
+        _logger.info('Partition {0} formatted.'.format(self.devpath))
         return(None)
 
     #
     # def detect(self):
     #     pass  # TODO; blkinfo?
-
-
-class Disk(object):
-    def __init__(self, disk_xml):
-        self.xml = disk_xml
-        self.devpath = os.path.realpath(self.xml.attrib['device'])
-        aif.disk._common.addBDPlugin('part')
-        self.is_lowformatted = None
-        self.is_hiformatted = None
-        self.is_partitioned = None
-        self.partitions = None
-        self._initDisk()
-
-    def _initDisk(self):
-        if self.devpath == 'auto':
-            self.devpath = '/dev/{0}'.format(blkinfo.BlkDiskInfo().get_disks()[0]['kname'])
-        if not os.path.isfile(self.devpath):
-            raise ValueError('{0} does not exist; please specify an explicit device path'.format(self.devpath))
-        self.table_type = self.xml.attrib.get('diskFormat', 'gpt').lower()
-        if self.table_type in ('bios', 'mbr', 'dos', 'msdos'):
-            self.table_type = _BlockDev.PartTableType.MSDOS
-        elif self.table_type == 'gpt':
-            self.table_type = _BlockDev.PartTableType.GPT
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(('Disk format {0} is not valid for this architecture;'
-                              'must be one of: gpt or msdos'.format(self.table_type)))
-        self.device = self.disk = _BlockDev.part.get_disk_spec(self.devpath)
-        self.is_lowformatted = False
-        self.is_hiformatted = False
-        self.is_partitioned = False
-        self.partitions = []
-        return(None)
-
-    def diskFormat(self):
-        if self.is_lowformatted:
-            return ()
-        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to low-format a disk that is mounted.
-        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
-        # TODO: BlockDev.part.set_disk_flag(<disk>,
-        #                                   BlockDev.PartDiskFlag(1),
-        #                                   True) ??
-        #   https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/BlockDev-2.0/enums.html#BlockDev.PartDiskFlag
-        #   https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/325886/bios-gpt-do-we-need-a-boot-flag
-        _BlockDev.part.create_table(self.devpath, self.table_type, True)
-        self.is_lowformatted = True
-        self.is_partitioned = False
-        return(None)
-
-    def getPartitions(self):
-        # For GPT, this *technically* should be 34 -- or, more precisely, 2048 (see FAQ in manual), but the alignment
-        # optimizer fixes it for us automatically.
-        # But for DOS tables, it's required.
-        if self.table_type == 'msdos':
-            start_sector = 2048
-        else:
-            start_sector = 0
-        self.partitions = []
-        xml_partitions = self.xml.findall('part')
-        for idx, part in enumerate(xml_partitions):
-            partnum = idx + 1
-            if self.table_type == 'gpt':
-                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type)
-            else:
-                parttype = 'primary'
-                if len(xml_partitions) > 4:
-                    if partnum == 4:
-                        parttype = 'extended'
-                    elif partnum > 4:
-                        parttype = 'logical'
-                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type, part_type = parttype)
-            start_sector = p.end + 1
-            self.partitions.append(p)
-        return(None)
-
-    def partFormat(self):
-        if self.is_partitioned:
-            return(None)
-        if not self.is_lowformatted:
-            self.diskFormat()
-        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to partition a disk that is mounted.
-        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
-        if not self.partitions:
-            self.getPartitions()
-        if not self.partitions:
-            return(None)
-        for p in self.partitions:
-            p.format()
-            p.is_hiformatted = True
-        self.is_partitioned = True
-        return ()

aif/disk/block_fallback.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted/blob/master/examples/query_device_capacity.py
 # TODO: Remember to replicate genfstab behaviour.
 
+import logging
 import os
-import re
 try:
     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/34812552/733214
     # https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/blob/master/libmount/python/test_mount_context.py#L6
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ except ImportError:
 ##
 import blkinfo
 import parted  # https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/api/index.html
-import psutil
+from lxml import etree
 ##
 import aif.constants
 import aif.utils
@@ -25,14 +25,114 @@ import aif.utils
 #                https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/325886/bios-gpt-do-we-need-a-boot-flag
 
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Disk(object):
+    def __init__(self, disk_xml):
+        self.xml = disk_xml
+        _logger.debug('disk_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
+        self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
+        self.devpath = os.path.realpath(self.xml.attrib['device'])
+        self.is_lowformatted = None
+        self.is_hiformatted = None
+        self.is_partitioned = None
+        self.partitions = None
+        self._initDisk()
+
+    def _initDisk(self):
+        if self.devpath == 'auto':
+            self.devpath = '/dev/{0}'.format(blkinfo.BlkDiskInfo().get_disks()[0]['kname'])
+        if not os.path.isfile(self.devpath):
+            raise ValueError('{0} does not exist; please specify an explicit device path'.format(self.devpath))
+        self.table_type = self.xml.attrib.get('diskFormat', 'gpt').lower()
+        if self.table_type in ('bios', 'mbr', 'dos'):
+            self.table_type = 'msdos'
+        validlabels = parted.getLabels()
+        if self.table_type not in validlabels:
+            raise ValueError(('Disk format {0} is not valid for this architecture;'
+                              'must be one of: {1}'.format(self.table_type, ', '.join(list(validlabels)))))
+        self.device = parted.getDevice(self.devpath)
+        self.disk = parted.freshDisk(self.device, self.table_type)
+        _logger.debug('Configured parted device for {0}.'.format(self.devpath))
+        self.is_lowformatted = False
+        self.is_hiformatted = False
+        self.is_partitioned = False
+        self.partitions = []
+        return(None)
+
+    def diskFormat(self):
+        if self.is_lowformatted:
+            return(None)
+        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to low-format a disk that is mounted.
+        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
+        self.disk.deleteAllPartitions()
+        self.disk.commit()
+        self.is_lowformatted = True
+        self.is_partitioned = False
+        return(None)
+
+    def getPartitions(self):
+        # For GPT, this *technically* should be 34 -- or, more precisely, 2048 (see FAQ in manual), but the alignment
+        # optimizer fixes it for us automatically.
+        # But for DOS tables, it's required.
+        _logger.info('Establishing partitions for {0}'.format(self.devpath))
+        if self.table_type == 'msdos':
+            start_sector = 2048
+        else:
+            start_sector = 0
+        self.partitions = []
+        xml_partitions = self.xml.findall('part')
+        for idx, part in enumerate(xml_partitions):
+            partnum = idx + 1
+            if self.table_type == 'gpt':
+                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type)
+            else:
+                parttype = 'primary'
+                if len(xml_partitions) > 4:
+                    if partnum == 4:
+                        parttype = 'extended'
+                    elif partnum > 4:
+                        parttype = 'logical'
+                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type, part_type = parttype)
+            start_sector = p.end + 1
+            self.partitions.append(p)
+            _logger.debug('Added partition {0}'.format(p.id))
+        return(None)
+
+    def partFormat(self):
+        if self.is_partitioned:
+            return(None)
+        if not self.is_lowformatted:
+            self.diskFormat()
+        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to partition a disk that is mounted.
+        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
+        if not self.partitions:
+            self.getPartitions()
+        if not self.partitions:
+            return(None)
+        for p in self.partitions:
+            self.disk.addPartition(partition = p, constraint = self.device.optimalAlignedConstraint)
+            self.disk.commit()
+            p.devpath = p.partition.path
+            p.is_hiformatted = True
+        self.is_partitioned = True
+        return(None)
+
+
 class Partition(object):
     def __init__(self, part_xml, diskobj, start_sector, partnum, tbltype, part_type = None):
         if tbltype not in ('gpt', 'msdos'):
-            raise ValueError('{0} must be one of gpt or msdos'.format(tbltype))
+            _logger.error('Invalid tabletype specified: {0}. Must be one of: gpt,msdos.'.format(tbltype))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid tbltype.')
         if tbltype == 'msdos' and part_type not in ('primary', 'extended', 'logical'):
-            raise ValueError(('You must specify if this is a '
+            _logger.error(('Table type msdos requires the part_type to be specified and must be one of: primary,'
-                              'primary, extended, or logical partition for msdos partition tables'))
+                           'extended,logical (instead of: {0}).').format(part_type))
+            raise ValueError('The part_type must be specified for msdos tables')
         self.xml = part_xml
+        _logger.debug('part_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
+        _logger.debug('Partition number: {0}'.format(partnum))
+        _logger.debug('Partition table type: {0}.'.format(tbltype))
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         self.flags = set()
         for f in self.xml.findall('partitionFlag'):
@@ -58,6 +158,7 @@ class Partition(object):
         self.disk = diskobj
         self.device = self.disk.device
         self.devpath = '{0}{1}'.format(self.device.path, self.partnum)
+        _logger.debug('Assigned to disk: {0} ({1}) at path {2}'.format(self.disk.id, self.device, self.devpath))
         self.is_hiformatted = False
         sizes = {}
         for s in ('start', 'stop'):
@@ -86,6 +187,7 @@ class Partition(object):
                 self.end = (self.device.getLength() - 1) - sizes['stop'][0]
         else:
             self.end = self.begin + sizes['stop'][0]
+        _logger.debug('Size: sector {0} to {1}.'.format(self.begin, self.end))
         # TECHNICALLY we could craft the Geometry object with "length = ...", but it doesn't let us be explicit
         # in configs. So we manually crunch the numbers and do it all at the end.
         self.geometry = parted.Geometry(device = self.device,
@@ -110,94 +212,7 @@ class Partition(object):
             # self.partition.name = self.xml.attrib.get('name')
             _pedpart = self.partition.getPedPartition()
             _pedpart.set_name(self.xml.attrib['name'])
+            _logger.debug('Partition name: {0}'.format(self.xml.attrib['name']))
     #
     # def detect(self):
     #     pass  # TODO; blkinfo?
-
-
-class Disk(object):
-    def __init__(self, disk_xml):
-        self.xml = disk_xml
-        self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
-        self.devpath = os.path.realpath(self.xml.attrib['device'])
-        self.is_lowformatted = None
-        self.is_hiformatted = None
-        self.is_partitioned = None
-        self.partitions = None
-        self._initDisk()
-
-    def _initDisk(self):
-        if self.devpath == 'auto':
-            self.devpath = '/dev/{0}'.format(blkinfo.BlkDiskInfo().get_disks()[0]['kname'])
-        if not os.path.isfile(self.devpath):
-            raise ValueError('{0} does not exist; please specify an explicit device path'.format(self.devpath))
-        self.table_type = self.xml.attrib.get('diskFormat', 'gpt').lower()
-        if self.table_type in ('bios', 'mbr', 'dos'):
-            self.table_type = 'msdos'
-        validlabels = parted.getLabels()
-        if self.table_type not in validlabels:
-            raise ValueError(('Disk format {0} is not valid for this architecture;'
-                              'must be one of: {1}'.format(self.table_type, ', '.join(list(validlabels)))))
-        self.device = parted.getDevice(self.devpath)
-        self.disk = parted.freshDisk(self.device, self.table_type)
-        self.is_lowformatted = False
-        self.is_hiformatted = False
-        self.is_partitioned = False
-        self.partitions = []
-        return(None)
-
-    def diskFormat(self):
-        if self.is_lowformatted:
-            return(None)
-        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to low-format a disk that is mounted.
-        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
-        self.disk.deleteAllPartitions()
-        self.disk.commit()
-        self.is_lowformatted = True
-        self.is_partitioned = False
-        return(None)
-
-    def getPartitions(self):
-        # For GPT, this *technically* should be 34 -- or, more precisely, 2048 (see FAQ in manual), but the alignment
-        # optimizer fixes it for us automatically.
-        # But for DOS tables, it's required.
-        if self.table_type == 'msdos':
-            start_sector = 2048
-        else:
-            start_sector = 0
-        self.partitions = []
-        xml_partitions = self.xml.findall('part')
-        for idx, part in enumerate(xml_partitions):
-            partnum = idx + 1
-            if self.table_type == 'gpt':
-                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type)
-            else:
-                parttype = 'primary'
-                if len(xml_partitions) > 4:
-                    if partnum == 4:
-                        parttype = 'extended'
-                    elif partnum > 4:
-                        parttype = 'logical'
-                p = Partition(part, self.disk, start_sector, partnum, self.table_type, part_type = parttype)
-            start_sector = p.end + 1
-            self.partitions.append(p)
-        return(None)
-
-    def partFormat(self):
-        if self.is_partitioned:
-            return(None)
-        if not self.is_lowformatted:
-            self.diskFormat()
-        # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to partition a disk that is mounted.
-        aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
-        if not self.partitions:
-            self.getPartitions()
-        if not self.partitions:
-            return(None)
-        for p in self.partitions:
-            self.disk.addPartition(partition = p, constraint = self.device.optimalAlignedConstraint)
-            self.disk.commit()
-            p.devpath = p.partition.path
-            p.is_hiformatted = True
-        self.is_partitioned = True
-        return(None)

aif/disk/filesystem.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
 ##
 import psutil
+from lxml import etree
 ##
 import aif.disk.block as block
 import aif.disk.luks as luks
@@ -10,7 +12,9 @@ import aif.disk.mdadm as mdadm
 import aif.utils
 from . import _common
 
+
 _BlockDev = _common.BlockDev
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 FS_FSTYPES = aif.utils.kernelFilesystems()
@@ -21,40 +25,53 @@ class FS(object):
         # http://storaged.org/doc/udisks2-api/latest/gdbus-org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem.html#gdbus-interface-org-freedesktop-UDisks2-Filesystem.top_of_page
         # http://storaged.org/doc/udisks2-api/latest/ ?
         self.xml = fs_xml
+        _logger.debug('fs_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         if not isinstance(sourceobj, (block.Disk,
                                       block.Partition,
                                       luks.LUKS,
                                       lvm.LV,
                                       mdadm.Array)):
-            raise ValueError(('sourceobj must be of type '
+            _logger.error(('sourceobj must be of type '
                            'aif.disk.block.Partition, '
                            'aif.disk.luks.LUKS, '
                            'aif.disk.lvm.LV, or'
-                              'aif.disk.mdadm.Array'))
+                           'aif.disk.mdadm.Array.'))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid sourceobj type')
         self.source = sourceobj
         self.devpath = sourceobj.devpath
         self.formatted = False
         self.fstype = self.xml.attrib.get('type')
         if self.fstype not in FS_FSTYPES:
-            raise ValueError('{0} is not a supported filesystem type on this system'.format(self.fstype))
+            _logger.error('{0} is not a supported filesystem type on this system.'.format(self.fstype))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid filesystem type')
 
     def format(self):
         if self.formatted:
-            return ()
+            return(None)
         # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to high-format a disk that is mounted.
         aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
         # TODO: Can I format with DBus/gobject-introspection? I feel like I *should* be able to, but BlockDev's fs
         #  plugin is *way* too limited in terms of filesystems and UDisks doesn't let you format that high-level.
-        # TODO! Logging
+        _logger.info('Formatting {0}.'.format(self.devpath))
-        cmd = ['mkfs',
+        cmd_str = ['mkfs',
                    '-t', self.fstype]
         for o in self.xml.findall('opt'):
-            cmd.append(o.attrib['name'])
+            cmd_str.append(o.attrib['name'])
             if o.text:
-                cmd.append(o.text)
+                cmd_str.append(o.text)
-        cmd.append(self.devpath)
+        cmd_str.append(self.devpath)
-        subprocess.run(cmd)
+        cmd = subprocess.run(cmd_str, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
+        _logger.info('Executed: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd.args)))
+        if cmd.returncode != 0:
+            _logger.warning('Command returned non-zero status')
+            _logger.debug('Exit status: {0}'.format(str(cmd.returncode)))
+            for a in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
+                x = getattr(cmd, a)
+                if x:
+                    _logger.debug('{0}: {1}'.format(a.upper(), x.decode('utf-8').strip()))
+            raise RuntimeError('Failed to format successfully')
+        else:
             self.formatted = True
         return(None)
 
@@ -63,8 +80,10 @@ class Mount(object):
     # http://storaged.org/doc/udisks2-api/latest/gdbus-org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Filesystem.html#gdbus-method-org-freedesktop-UDisks2-Filesystem.Mount
     def __init__(self, mount_xml, fsobj):
         self.xml = mount_xml
+        _logger.debug('mount_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         if not isinstance(fsobj, FS):
-            raise ValueError('partobj must be of type aif.disk.filesystem.FS')
+            _logger.error('partobj must be of type aif.disk.filesystem.FS.')
+            raise ValueError('Invalid type for fsobj')
         _common.addBDPlugin('fs')  # We *could* use the UDisks dbus to mount too, but best to stay within libblockdev.
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         self.fs = fsobj
@@ -82,11 +101,13 @@ class Mount(object):
                 opts.append('{0}={1}'.format(k, v))
             else:
                 opts.append(k)
+        _logger.debug('Rendered mount opts: {0}'.format(opts))
         return(opts)
 
     def mount(self):
         if self.mounted:
             return(None)
+        _logger.info('Mounting {0} at {1} as {2}.'.format(self.source, self.target, self.fs.fstype))
         os.makedirs(self.target, exist_ok = True)
         opts = self._parseOpts()
         _BlockDev.fs.mount(self.source,
@@ -94,12 +115,14 @@ class Mount(object):
                            self.fs.fstype,
                            (','.join(opts) if opts else None))
         self.mounted = True
+        _logger.debug('{0} mounted.'.format(self.source))
         return(None)
 
     def unmount(self, lazy = False, force = False):
         self.updateMount()
         if not self.mounted and not force:
             return(None)
+        _logger.info('Unmounting {0}.'.format(self.target))
         _BlockDev.fs.unmount(self.target,
                              lazy,
                              force)
@@ -107,6 +130,7 @@ class Mount(object):
         return(None)
 
     def updateMount(self):
+        _logger.debug('Fetching mount status for {0}'.format(self.source))
         if self.source in [p.device for p in psutil.disk_partitions(all = True)]:
             self.mounted = True
         else:

aif/disk/filesystem_fallback.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
 ##
 import psutil
+from lxml import etree
 ##
 import aif.disk.block_fallback as block
 import aif.disk.luks_fallback as luks
@@ -10,42 +12,60 @@ import aif.disk.mdadm_fallback as mdadm
 import aif.utils
 
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 FS_FSTYPES = aif.utils.kernelFilesystems()
 
 
 class FS(object):
     def __init__(self, fs_xml, sourceobj):
         self.xml = fs_xml
+        _logger.debug('fs_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         if not isinstance(sourceobj, (block.Disk,
                                       block.Partition,
                                       luks.LUKS,
                                       lvm.LV,
                                       mdadm.Array)):
-            raise ValueError(('sourceobj must be of type '
+            _logger.error(('sourceobj must be of type '
                            'aif.disk.block.Partition, '
                            'aif.disk.luks.LUKS, '
                            'aif.disk.lvm.LV, or'
-                              'aif.disk.mdadm.Array'))
+                           'aif.disk.mdadm.Array.'))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid sourceobj type')
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         self.source = sourceobj
         self.devpath = sourceobj.devpath
         self.formatted = False
         self.fstype = self.xml.attrib.get('type')
+        if self.fstype not in FS_FSTYPES:
+            _logger.error('{0} is not a supported filesystem type on this system.'.format(self.fstype))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid filesystem type')
 
     def format(self):
         if self.formatted:
-            return ()
+            return(None)
         # This is a safeguard. We do *not* want to high-format a disk that is mounted.
         aif.utils.checkMounted(self.devpath)
-        # TODO! Logging
+        _logger.info('Formatting {0}.'.format(self.devpath))
-        cmd = ['mkfs',
+        cmd_str = ['mkfs',
                    '-t', self.fstype]
         for o in self.xml.findall('opt'):
-            cmd.append(o.attrib['name'])
+            cmd_str.append(o.attrib['name'])
             if o.text:
-                cmd.append(o.text)
+                cmd_str.append(o.text)
-        cmd.append(self.devpath)
+        cmd_str.append(self.devpath)
-        subprocess.run(cmd)
+        cmd = subprocess.run(cmd_str, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
+        _logger.info('Executed: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd.args)))
+        if cmd.returncode != 0:
+            _logger.warning('Command returned non-zero status')
+            _logger.debug('Exit status: {0}'.format(str(cmd.returncode)))
+            for a in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
+                x = getattr(cmd, a)
+                if x:
+                    _logger.debug('{0}: {1}'.format(a.upper(), x.decode('utf-8').strip()))
+            raise RuntimeError('Failed to format successfully')
+        else:
             self.formatted = True
         return(None)
 
@@ -53,9 +73,11 @@ class FS(object):
 class Mount(object):
     def __init__(self, mount_xml, fsobj):
         self.xml = mount_xml
+        _logger.debug('mount_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         if not isinstance(fsobj, FS):
-            raise ValueError('partobj must be of type aif.disk.filesystem.FS')
+            _logger.error('partobj must be of type aif.disk.filesystem.FS.')
+            raise ValueError('Invalid type for fsobj')
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         self.fs = fsobj
         self.source = self.fs.devpath
@@ -72,39 +94,63 @@ class Mount(object):
                 opts.append('{0}={1}'.format(k, v))
             else:
                 opts.append(k)
+        _logger.debug('Rendered mount opts: {0}'.format(opts))
         return(opts)
 
     def mount(self):
         if self.mounted:
             return(None)
+        _logger.info('Mounting {0} at {1} as {2}.'.format(self.source, self.target, self.fs.fstype))
         os.makedirs(self.target, exist_ok = True)
         opts = self._parseOpts()
-        # TODO: logging
+        cmd_str = ['/usr/bin/mount',
-        cmd = ['/usr/bin/mount',
                    '--types', self.fs.fstype]
         if opts:
-            cmd.extend(['--options', ','.join(opts)])
+            cmd_str.extend(['--options', ','.join(opts)])
-        cmd.extend([self.source, self.target])
+        cmd_str.extend([self.source, self.target])
-        subprocess.run(cmd)
+        cmd = subprocess.run(cmd_str, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
+        _logger.info('Executed: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd.args)))
+        if cmd.returncode != 0:
+            _logger.warning('Command returned non-zero status')
+            _logger.debug('Exit status: {0}'.format(str(cmd.returncode)))
+            for a in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
+                x = getattr(cmd, a)
+                if x:
+                    _logger.debug('{0}: {1}'.format(a.upper(), x.decode('utf-8').strip()))
+            raise RuntimeError('Failed to mount successfully')
+        else:
             self.mounted = True
+            _logger.debug('{0} mounted.'.format(self.source))
         return(None)
 
     def unmount(self, lazy = False, force = False):
         self.updateMount()
         if not self.mounted and not force:
             return(None)
-        # TODO: logging
+        _logger.info('Unmounting {0}.'.format(self.target))
-        cmd = ['/usr/bin/umount']
+        cmd_str = ['/usr/bin/umount']
         if lazy:
-            cmd.append('--lazy')
+            cmd_str.append('--lazy')
         if force:
-            cmd.append('--force')
+            cmd_str.append('--force')
-        cmd.append(self.target)
+        cmd_str.append(self.target)
-        subprocess.run(cmd)
+        cmd = subprocess.run(cmd_str, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
+        _logger.info('Executed: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd.args)))
+        if cmd.returncode != 0:
+            _logger.warning('Command returned non-zero status')
+            _logger.debug('Exit status: {0}'.format(str(cmd.returncode)))
+            for a in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
+                x = getattr(cmd, a)
+                if x:
+                    _logger.debug('{0}: {1}'.format(a.upper(), x.decode('utf-8').strip()))
+            raise RuntimeError('Failed to unmount successfully')
+        else:
             self.mounted = False
+            _logger.debug('{0} unmounted.'.format(self.source))
         return(None)
 
     def updateMount(self):
+        _logger.debug('Fetching mount status for {0}'.format(self.source))
         if self.source in [p.device for p in psutil.disk_partitions(all = True)]:
             self.mounted = True
         else:

aif/disk/luks.py

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import secrets
 import uuid
 ##
+from lxml import etree
+##
 from . import _common
 import aif.disk.block as block
 import aif.disk.lvm as lvm
 import aif.disk.mdadm as mdadm
 
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 _BlockDev = _common.BlockDev
 
 
@@ -17,6 +23,7 @@ class LuksSecret(object):
         self.passphrase = None
         self.size = 4096
         self.path = None
+        _logger.info('Instantiated {0}.'.format(type(self).__name__))
 
 
 class LuksSecretPassphrase(LuksSecret):
@@ -29,7 +36,8 @@ class LuksSecretFile(LuksSecret):
     # TODO: might do a little tweaking in a later release to support *reading from* bytes.
     def __init__(self, path, passphrase = None, bytesize = 4096):
         super().__init__()
-        self.path = os.path.realpath(path)
+        self.path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))
+        _logger.debug('Path canonized: {0} => {1}'.format(path, self.path))
         self.passphrase = passphrase
         self.size = bytesize  # only used if passphrase == None
         self._genSecret()
@@ -40,12 +48,14 @@ class LuksSecretFile(LuksSecret):
             self.passphrase = secrets.token_bytes(self.size)
         if not isinstance(self.passphrase, bytes):
             self.passphrase = self.passphrase.encode('utf-8')
+        _logger.debug('Secret generated.')
         return(None)
 
 
 class LUKS(object):
     def __init__(self, luks_xml, partobj):
         self.xml = luks_xml
+        _logger.debug('luks_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         self.id = self.xml.attrib['id']
         self.name = self.xml.attrib['name']
         self.device = partobj
@@ -57,53 +67,62 @@ class LUKS(object):
                                         block.Partition,
                                         lvm.LV,
                                         mdadm.Array)):
-            raise ValueError(('partobj must be of type '
+            _logger.error(('partobj must be of type '
                            'aif.disk.block.Disk, '
                            'aif.disk.block.Partition, '
                            'aif.disk.lvm.LV, or'
-                              'aif.disk.mdadm.Array'))
+                           'aif.disk.mdadm.Array.'))
+            raise ValueError('Invalid partobj type')
         _common.addBDPlugin('crypto')
         self.devpath = '/dev/mapper/{0}'.format(self.name)
         self.info = None
 
     def addSecret(self, secretobj):
         if not isinstance(secretobj, LuksSecret):
-            raise ValueError('secretobj must be of type aif.disk.luks.LuksSecret '
+            _logger.error('secretobj must be of type '
+                          'aif.disk.luks.LuksSecret '
                           '(aif.disk.luks.LuksSecretPassphrase or '
-                             'aif.disk.luks.LuksSecretFile)')
+                          'aif.disk.luks.LuksSecretFile).')
+            raise ValueError('Invalid secretobj type')
         self.secrets.append(secretobj)
         return(None)
 
     def createSecret(self, secrets_xml = None):
+        _logger.info('Compiling secrets.')
         if not secrets_xml:  # Find all of them from self
-            for secret in self.xml.findall('secrets'):
+            _logger.debug('No secrets_xml specified; fetching from configuration block.')
+            for secret_xml in self.xml.findall('secrets'):
+                _logger.debug('secret_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(secret_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                 secretobj = None
                 secrettypes = set()
-                for s in secret.iterchildren():
+                for s in secret_xml.iterchildren():
+                    _logger.debug('secret_xml child: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(s, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                     secrettypes.add(s.tag)
                 if all((('passphrase' in secrettypes),
                         ('keyFile' in secrettypes))):
                     # This is safe, because a valid config only has at most one of both types.
-                    kf = secret.find('keyFile')
+                    kf = secret_xml.find('keyFile')
                     secretobj = LuksSecretFile(kf.text,  # path
-                                               passphrase = secret.find('passphrase').text,
+                                               passphrase = secret_xml.find('passphrase').text,
                                                bytesize = kf.attrib.get('size', 4096))  # TECHNICALLY should be a no-op.
                 elif 'passphrase' in secrettypes:
-                    secretobj = LuksSecretPassphrase(secret.find('passphrase').text)
+                    secretobj = LuksSecretPassphrase(secret_xml.find('passphrase').text)
                 elif 'keyFile' in secrettypes:
-                    kf = secret.find('keyFile')
+                    kf = secret_xml.find('keyFile')
                     secretobj = LuksSecretFile(kf.text,
                                                passphrase = None,
                                                bytesize = kf.attrib.get('size', 4096))
                 self.secrets.append(secretobj)
         else:
+            _logger.debug('A secrets_xml was specified.')
             secretobj = None
             secrettypes = set()
             for s in secrets_xml.iterchildren():
+                _logger.debug('secrets_xml child: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(s, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                 secrettypes.add(s.tag)
             if all((('passphrase' in secrettypes),
                     ('keyFile' in secrettypes))):
-                # This is safe, because a valid config only has at most one of both types.
+                # This is safe because a valid config only has at most one of both types.
                 kf = secrets_xml.find('keyFile')
                 secretobj = LuksSecretFile(kf.text,  # path
                                            passphrase = secrets_xml.find('passphrase').text,
@@ -116,13 +135,16 @@ class LUKS(object):
                                            passphrase = None,
                                            bytesize = kf.attrib.get('size', 4096))
             self.secrets.append(secretobj)
+        _logger.debug('Secrets compiled.')
         return(None)
 
     def create(self):
         if self.created:
             return(None)
+        _logger.info('Creating LUKS volume on {0}'.format(self.source))
         if not self.secrets:
-            raise RuntimeError('Cannot create a LUKS volume with no secrets added')
+            _logger.error('Cannot create a LUKS volume with no secrets added.')
+            raise RuntimeError('Cannot create a LUKS volume with no secrets')
         for idx, secret in enumerate(self.secrets):
             if idx == 0:
                 # TODO: add support for custom parameters for below?
@@ -138,20 +160,26 @@ class LUKS(object):
                                                    self.secrets[0].passphrase,
                                                    secret.passphrase)
         self.created = True
+        _logger.debug('Created LUKS volume.')
         return(None)
 
     def lock(self):
+        _logger.info('Locking: {0}'.format(self.source))
         if not self.created:
-            raise RuntimeError('Cannot lock a LUKS volume before it is created')
+            _logger.error('Cannot lock a LUKS volume that does not exist yet.')
+            raise RuntimeError('Cannot lock non-existent volume')
         if self.locked:
             return(None)
         _BlockDev.crypto.luks_close(self.name)
         self.locked = True
+        _logger.debug('Locked.')
         return(None)
 
     def unlock(self, passphrase = None):
+        _logger.info('Unlocking: {0}'.format(self.source))
         if not self.created:
-            raise RuntimeError('Cannot unlock a LUKS volume before it is created')
+            _logger.error('Cannot unlock a LUKS volume that does not exist yet.')
+            raise RuntimeError('Cannot unlock non-existent volume')
         if not self.locked:
             return(None)
         _BlockDev.crypto.luks_open_blob(self.source,
@@ -159,10 +187,13 @@ class LUKS(object):
                                         self.secrets[0].passphrase,
                                         False)  # read-only
         self.locked = False
+        _logger.debug('Unlocked.')
         return(None)
 
     def updateInfo(self):
+        _logger.info('Updating info.')
         if self.locked:
+            _logger.error('Tried to fetch metadata about a locked volume. A volume must be unlocked first.')
             raise RuntimeError('Must be unlocked to gather info')
         info = {}
         _info = _BlockDev.crypto.luks_info(self.devpath)
@@ -177,12 +208,16 @@ class LUKS(object):
             info[k] = v
         info['_cipher'] = '{cipher}-{mode}'.format(**info)
         self.info = info
+        _logger.debug('Rendered updated info: {0}'.format(info))
         return(None)
 
-    def writeConf(self, conf = '/etc/crypttab'):
+    def writeConf(self, chroot_base, init_hook = True):
+        _logger.info('Generating crypttab.')
         if not self.secrets:
-            raise RuntimeError('secrets must be added before the configuration can be written')
+            _logger.error('Secrets must be added before the configuration can be written.')
-        conf = os.path.realpath(conf)
+            raise RuntimeError('Missing secrets')
+        conf = os.path.join(chroot_base, 'etc', 'crypttab')
+        initconf = '{0}.initramfs'.format(conf)
         with open(conf, 'r') as fh:
             conflines = fh.read().splitlines()
         # Get UUID
@@ -204,4 +239,5 @@ class LUKS(object):
         if luksinfo not in conflines:
             with open(conf, 'a') as fh:
                 fh.write('{0}\n'.format(luksinfo))
+        _logger.debug('Generated crypttab line: {0}'.format(luksinfo))
         return(None)

aif/disk/luks_fallback.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import os
 import re
 import secrets
@@ -6,12 +7,16 @@ import tempfile
 import uuid
 ##
 import parse
+from lxml import etree
 ##
 import aif.disk.block_fallback as block
 import aif.disk.lvm_fallback as lvm
 import aif.disk.mdadm_fallback as mdadm
 
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class LuksSecret(object):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.passphrase = None

aif/network/__init__.py

@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ class Net(object):
                 realdest = os.path.join(chroot_base, dest)
                 os.symlink(src, realdest)
             iface.writeConf(chroot_base)
-        return ()
+        return(None)

aif/utils/__init__.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def kernelFilesystems():
                 # The kernel *probably* has autoloading enabled, but in case it doesn't...
                 if os.getuid() == 0:
                     cmd = subprocess.run(['modprobe', fs_name], stderr = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
-                    _logger.debug('Executed: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd.args)))
+                    _logger.info('Executed: {0}'.format(' '.join(cmd.args)))
                     if cmd.returncode != 0:
                         _logger.warning('Command returned non-zero status')
                         _logger.debug('Exit status: {0}'.format(str(cmd.returncode)))
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def kernelFilesystems():
 def xmlBool(xmlobj):
     # https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/1850221
     if isinstance(xmlobj, bool):
-        return (xmlobj)
+        return(xmlobj)
     if xmlobj.lower() in ('1', 'true'):
         return(True)
     elif xmlobj.lower() in ('0', 'false'):

aif/utils/sources.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ChecksumFile(object):
     def __init__(self, checksum_xml, filetype):
         self.xml = checksum_xml
         if self.xml is not None:
-            _logger.debug('checksum_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml).decode('utf-8')))
+            _logger.debug('checksum_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         else:
             _logger.error('checksum_xml is required but not specified')
             raise ValueError('checksum_xml is required')
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Downloader(object):
         self.xml = netresource_xml
         _logger.info('Instantiated class {0}'.format(type(self).__name__))
         if netresource_xml is not None:
-            _logger.debug('netresource_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml).decode('utf-8')))
+            _logger.debug('netresource_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(self.xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         else:
             _logger.error('netresource_xml is required but not specified')
             raise ValueError('netresource_xml is required')
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ class Downloader(object):
     def verify(self, verify_xml, *args, **kwargs):
         gpg_xml = verify_xml.find('gpg')
         if gpg_xml is not None:
-            _logger.debug('gpg_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(gpg_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+            _logger.debug('gpg_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(gpg_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         else:
             _logger.debug('No <gpg> in verify_xml')
         hash_xml = verify_xml.find('hash')
         if hash_xml is not None:
-            _logger.debug('Hash XML: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(hash_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+            _logger.debug('hash_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(hash_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         else:
             _logger.debug('No <hash> in verify_xml')
         results = {}
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ class Downloader(object):
         _logger.debug('GPG primary key: {0}'.format(self.gpg.primary_key.fpr))
         keys_xml = gpg_xml.find('keys')
         if keys_xml is not None:
-            _logger.debug('keys_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(keys_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+            _logger.debug('keys_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(keys_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         else:
             _logger.error('No required <keys> in gpg_xml')
             raise ValueError('<keys> is required in a GPG verification block')
         sigs_xml = gpg_xml.find('sigs')
         if sigs_xml is not None:
-            _logger.debug('Keys XML: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(keys_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+            _logger.debug('sigs_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(sigs_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
         else:
-            _logger.error('No required <keys> in gpg_xml')
+            _logger.error('No required <sigs> in gpg_xml')
             raise ValueError('<sigs> is required in a GPG verification block')
         fnargs = {'strict': keys_xml.attrib.get('detect')}
         if fnargs['strict']:  # We have to manually do this since it's in our parent's __init__
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Downloader(object):
         if keys_xml is not None:
             fnargs['keys'] = []
             for key_id_xml in keys_xml.findall('keyID'):
-                _logger.debug('Found <keyID>: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(key_id_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+                _logger.debug('key_id_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(key_id_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                 if key_id_xml.text == 'auto':
                     _logger.debug('Key ID was set to "auto"; using {0}'.format(aif.constants_fallback.ARCH_RELENG_KEY))
                     self.gpg.findKeyByID(aif.constants_fallback.ARCH_RELENG_KEY, source = 'remote',
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ class Downloader(object):
                         raise RuntimeError('Could not find key ID specified')
                 fnargs['keys'].append(k)
             for key_file_xml in keys_xml.findall('keyFile'):
-                _logger.debug('Found <keyFile>: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(key_file_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+                _logger.debug('key_file_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(key_file_xml,
+                                                                        with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                 downloader = getDLHandler(key_file_xml.text.strip())  # Recursive objects for the win?
                 dl = downloader(key_file_xml)
                 dl.get()
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ class Downloader(object):
         self.data.seek(0, 0)
         if checksum_file_xml is not None:
             for cksum_xml in checksum_file_xml:
-                _logger.debug('Found <checksumFile>: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(cksum_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+                _logger.debug('cksum_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(cksum_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                 htype = cksum_xml.attrib['hashType'].strip().lower()
                 ftype = cksum_xml.attrib['fileType'].strip().lower()
                 fname = cksum_xml.attrib.get('filePath',
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ class Downloader(object):
                 results.append(result)
         if checksum_xml is not None:
             for cksum_xml in checksum_xml:
-                _logger.debug('Found <checksum>: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(cksum_xml).decode('utf-8')))
+                _logger.debug('cksum_xml: {0}'.format(etree.tostring(cksum_xml, with_tail = False).decode('utf-8')))
                 # Thankfully, this is a LOT easier.
                 htype = cksum_xml.attrib['hashType'].strip().lower()
                 result = (cksum_xml.text.strip().lower() == checksums[htype])

docs/MANUAL.adoc

@@ -554,8 +554,22 @@ Here you will find further info and other resources relating to AIF-NG.
 
 == FAQ
 
-=== "How do I make AIF-NG operate entirely offline?"
+=== "Eww, why XML?"
+Because it's the superior format for this:
 
+* It supports in-spec validation of data values and data types, formatting of data levels, required data objects and at certain occurrence levels, etc. (unlike JSON, YAML, INI, etc.). Both in and out of channel.
+** This means it's MUCH easier for code/language/project/etc.-agnostic software to create, generate, and validate a configuration profile.
+* It supports inclusion via XInclude, letting you standardize your configuration snippets across multiple configuration profiles (unlike JSON, YAML, INI, etc.).
+* It supports sane nesting (unlike INI).
+* It supports attributes to data objects (unlike JSON, YAML, INI, etc.).
+* While certainly not used as extensively as it could be in this particular project, it supports namespacing -- and referential namespacing at that, providing a URI to get more info about a certain namespace. JSON, YAML, INI, etc. all do not.
+* It is not whitespace-sensitive to denote significance/levels of objects (unlike YAML and, in some cases, INI). This allows for whitespace compression (commonly referred to as "minifying") while still being able to completely retain whitespace inside data's content.
+** And as a result, it requires MUCH less escaping and post-parsing cleanup like e.g. JSON and YAML do.
+* and so on.
+
+Trust me. XML is superior, especially when needing to represent something as complex as *an entire OS install*. Sorry not sorry to all the bigmad webdevs and DevOps-y people out there. JSON and YAML actually do suck.
+
+=== "How do I make AIF-NG operate entirely offline?"
 This is cooked right in, but takes a little extra work.
 
 1.) First you'll need to locally clone the supporting XSD (XML schemas) that AIF-NG uses to verify the configuration file:
@@ -632,6 +646,18 @@ Using `start`/`stop` attributes makes sense for disk partitions because they ope
 
 LVM (LVs, in particular), however, aren't consecutive. There *is* no concept of a "start" and "stop" for an LV; LVM uses chunks called "(physical) extents" rather than sectors, and VGs don't have geometry since they're essentially a pool of blocks. This is also why the modifiers like `-` and `+` aren't allowed for LV sizes - they're position-based.
 
+=== "How can I use a whole disk as an MDADM member?"
+TL;DR: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/320103/whats-the-difference-between-creating-mdadm-array-using-partitions-or-the-whole[You don't^]. You just don't.
+
+The long-winded answer: it's a terrible idea. I'm not here to criticize how you want to structure your install, but I'm definitely going to try to prevent some dumb mistakes from being made. This is one of them.
+
+It can cause a whole slew of issues:, including but not limited to:
+
+* Inflexible disk replacement. Disk geometry (low-level formatting, etc.) can https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=864058[vary wildly across vendors and models^]. When you have to replace a disk in your degraded RAID array, you're going to be in for a nasty surprise (loss of performance, incompatible size, etc.) when one vendor aligned their e.g. 1TB disk to 512 blocks and the other to 128 blocks (because there are some dumb vendors out there). If you try to replace a disk in a RAID-1 with mismatched size, even by a couple blocks, you're gonna have a bad time.
+* Your motherboard may arbitrarily wipe out the RAID superblocks. http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10174[(source)^] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18541493[source^] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Software-RAID-ASRock[source^]
+* It can cause some weird issues with e.g. LVM on top of the array. https://askubuntu.com/questions/860643/raid-array-doesnt-reassemble-after-reboot[source^] https://superuser.com/questions/1492938/mdadm-raid-underlaying-an-lvm-gone-after-reboot[source^]
+* You can't put a bootloader or EFI System Partition on the disk.
+
 === "How do I specify packages from the AUR?"
 You'd have to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg[build the package(s)^], https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Custom_local_repository[set up a repository^], serve it via e.g. https://www.nginx.com/[nginx^], and add it as a repo (`/aif/pacman/repos/repo`) first. Then you can specify the package as normal as a `/aif/pacman/software/package` item.
 

examples/aif.xml

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         </lvm>
         <mdadm>
             <!-- level can be 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, or 10. RAID 1+0 (which is different from mdadm RAID10) would be done by
-                 creating an array with members of a previously assembled array. -->
+                 creating an array with members of a previously defined array. -->
             <array id="mdadm1" name="data" meta="1.2" level="1">
                 <member source="raid1_d1"/>
                 <member source="raid1_d2"/>