Bug 103723

Summary: kernel install script causes syntax error in zipl.conf
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Daniel Jarboe <backwardthinker>
Component: mkinitrdAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Daniel Jarboe 2003-09-04 12:24:20 UTC
Description of problem:
Kernel install script writes
[Red Hat Enterpr]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
[2.4.21-1.1931.2]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
to zipl.conf.  zipl balks at the spaces in the first label.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -e kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent
2. /usr/sbin/up2date-nox -u

Actual results:
up2date complains:
/etc/zipl.conf(4): [Red Hat Enterpr]
Syntax error

Expected results:
zipl written correctly

Additional info:
# /usr/sbin/up2date-nox -u

Fetching package list for channel: rhel3-beta1-as-s390...
########################################

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel3-beta1-as-s390...

Fetching rpm headers...
########################################

Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
########################################
kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421. ########################## Done.
Preparing              ########################################### [100%]

Installing...
   1:kernel                 ########################################### [100%]
/etc/zipl.conf(4): [Red Hat Enterpr]
Syntax error
# rpm -q kernel
kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent
kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.393.ent
kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.411.ent
kernel-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent
# cat /etc/zipl.conf
[defaultboot]
default=linold3
target=/boot/
[Red Hat Enterpr]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
[2.4.21-1.1931.2]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.421.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
[linold3]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.411.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.411.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
[linold2]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.393.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.393.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
[linold1]
        image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent
        ramdisk=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent.img
        parameters="root=LABEL=/"
[root@linbeta boot]# zipl -c /etc/zipl.conf
/etc/zipl.conf(4): [Red Hat Enterpr]
Syntax error
An error was detected parsing config file

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-09-04 13:12:43 UTC
Fixed in mkinitrd 3.5.11

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-11 15:27:30 UTC
Closing MODIFIED bugs as fixed. Please reopen if the problem perists.