option to not start created VM

diff --git a/lbuild-initvm.sh b/lbuild-initvm.sh
index 8754763..0dca2a5 100755 (executable)
--- a/lbuild-initvm.sh
+++ b/lbuild-initvm.sh
@@ -633,21 +633,25 @@ function devel_or_vtest_tools () {
 function post_install () {
     lxc=$1; shift 
     personality=$1; shift
+    # setup localtime from the host
+    cp /etc/localtime $lxc_root/etc/localtime
     if [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] ; then
        post_install_build $lxc $personality
-       virsh -c lxc:/// start $lxc
-       # manually run dhclient in guest - somehow this network won't start on its own
-       virsh -c lxc:/// lxc-enter-namespace $lxc /bin/bash -c "dhclient $VIF_GUEST"
+       if [ -n "$START_VM" ] ; then
+           virsh -c lxc:/// start $lxc
+           # manually run dhclient in guest - somehow this network won't start on its own
+            virsh -c lxc:/// lxc-enter-namespace $lxc /bin/bash -c "dhclient $VIF_GUEST"
+       fi
     else
        post_install_myplc $lxc $personality
-       virsh -c lxc:/// start $lxc
-# it sounds like we don't need ssh per se any more
-# it still makes sense to wait for network readiness though
-# some day maybe...
-       wait_for_ssh $lxc
+       if [ -n "$START_VM" ] ; then
+           virsh -c lxc:/// start $lxc
+           # it sounds like we don't need ssh per se any more
+           # it still makes sense to wait for network readiness though
+           # some day maybe...
+           wait_for_ssh $lxc
+       fi
     fi
-    # setup localtime from the host
-    cp /etc/localtime $lxc_root/etc/localtime
 }
 
 function post_install_build () {
@@ -750,6 +754,7 @@ function usage () {
     echo "    by default we use devel.pkgs (build mode) or runtime.pkgs (test mode)"
     echo " -i image - the location of the rootfs"
     echo " -m memory - the amount of allocated memory in MB - defaults to $DEFAULT_MEMORY MB"
+    echo " -s do not start VM"
     echo " -v be verbose"
     exit 1
 }
@@ -765,7 +770,8 @@ function main () {
           exit 1
     fi
 
-    while getopts "n:f:d:p:r:P:i:m:v" opt ; do
+    START_VM=true
+    while getopts "n:f:d:p:r:P:i:m:sv" opt ; do
        case $opt in
            n) GUEST_HOSTNAME=$OPTARG;;
            f) fcdistro=$OPTARG;;
@@ -775,6 +781,7 @@ function main () {
            P) PREINSTALLED=$OPTARG;;
             i) IMAGE=$OPTARG;;
             m) MEMORY=$OPTARG;;
+           s) START_VM= ;;
            v) VERBOSE=true; set -x;;
            *) usage ;;
        esac