Bug 173281

Summary:	removing kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.i686.rpm with rpm -e clobbers grub.conf
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jim Haynes <jhhaynes>
Component:	mkinitrd	Assignee:	Peter Jones <pjones>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	4	CC:	davej, wtogami
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Description Jim Haynes 2005-11-15 21:32:16 UTC

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Description of problem:
I have upgraded the kernel in 3 machines from -2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.i686.rpm to
2.6.14-1.1637_FC4.i686.rpm using rpm -i  (worked fine) and then removed the
2.6.13-1.1532 kernel using rpm -e.  In all cases grub.conf got horribly messed
up and I had to hand edit it.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.i686.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Have an FC4 system with kernel 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4.i686.rpm installed
2.rpm -i kernel-2.6.14-1.1637_FC4.i686.rpm
3.rpm -e kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4
  

Actual Results:  Depends on previous contents of grub.conf, but typically the 2.6.14 kernel gets
removed from grub.conf

Expected Results:  Should have removed the 2.6.13 kernel from grub.conf and left the 2.6.14 reference.

Additional info:

This may be, in general, too hard a problem for automatic editing of grub.conf to
handle.  In one case I had a 2.6.13 kernel in the system I was running and had another one in a test system on a different disk partition, and grub.conf arranged
to let me choose which system to boot.  rpm -e removed both kernels from grub.conf
and also the 2.6.14 kernel.  I dunno - maybe rpm -e should just ask me if I want
to edit grub.conf by hand and show me what it would do if I let it go ahead.

I'm calling the severity normal, realizing that the affected kernel rpm is already
out the door and can't be fixed, but I hope this doesn't happen on future kernel
updates.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2005-11-28 23:23:00 UTC

grub.conf additions are done with 'grubby', part of mkinitrd.

Comment 2 Christian Iseli 2007-01-22 11:46:39 UTC

This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd.

Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and
either update the target product or close it ?

Thanks.

Comment 3 Jim Haynes 2007-01-22 18:02:03 UTC

It only affected that one kernel RPM, have not had the trouble with anything
else.

I can't find a status of "closed" to change it to, but it's all over.