Bug 1019872

Summary: [RHEL6] rpm plug-in default verify list verifies too much
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
Component: sosAssignee: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Kutálek <dkutalek>
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Version: 6.5CC: agk, bmr, dkutalek, gavin, jbrassow, sos-team
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Fixed In Version: sos-2.2-57.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of: 1019863 Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-10-14 07:22:30 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Bryn M. Reeves 2013-10-16 14:26:30 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1019863 +++

Description of problem:
The rpm plug-in now runs "rpm -V" against a restricted list of packages by default:

commit f9c24a2e75a81965dc82b528d73d71582fa68803
Author: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
Date:   Tue Aug 13 22:15:35 2013 +0100

    Add restricted rpm verify
    
    Backport of commit 1b3fc3f.
    
    Add a default call to rpm -V/--verify for a targeted subset of
    packages. This greatly reduces the time taken relative to rpm -Va
    while still capturing important diagnostic information.
    
    In future this capability could be made a feature of the
    PackageManager class interface and available to all ports/modules.
    
    Signed-off-by: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>


The original verify_list is:

    verify_list = [
        'kernel', 'glibc', 'initscripts',
        'pam_.*',
        'java.*', 'perl.*',
        'rpm', 'yum',
        'spacewalk.*'
    ]

This can lead to very long runtimes as it will match package names like "kernel-devel", "kernel-debuginfo" etc. For the kernel deuginfo and java devel packages in particular this can add several minutes to the time taken for a default sosreport run.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
sos-2.2-43.el6

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a few kernel-debuginfo packages, or java-*-openjdk-devel
2. # time sosreport


Actual results:
Must longer runtime

Expected results:
sos should keep the time spent on default package verification to a minimum and only verify devel and debuginfo packages if enabled via the rpm.rpmva option.

Additional info:
Comment 3 Bryn M. Reeves 2014-06-23 13:31:24 UTC 
commit 7f1563b9c61a6f219e86e957b4363eeb1812b4ad
Author: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
Date:   Mon Jun 23 16:08:04 2014 +0100

    [rpm] reduce number of calls to rpm
    
    Fixes #300.
    
    Signed-off-by: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
    
    Conflicts:
    
        sos/plugins/rpm.py

commit b3680a6003916fdee8fb2bb6eb61462f1368bb9f
Author: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
Date:   Mon Jun 23 16:04:21 2014 +0100

    Verify fewer packages in rpm plug-in
    
    The current default set of packages to verify includes debuginfo
    and devel subpackages. Filter these out to reduce the time spent
    running rpm -V.
    
    Signed-off-by: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
    
    Conflicts:
    
        sos/plugins/rpm.py
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-14 07:22:30 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1528.html