Bug 1909135

it's fixed in powerpc-utils-1.3.8-4.el8

@than Thanks, just to be sure, could you please confirm that the "bootlist" command will be included in the powerpc-utils-core package in the 1.3.8-4.el8 version?

@Than we are planning on using powerpc-utils-core-1.3.8-4.el8 in RHCOS 4.7 which is based on RHEL8.3. Do you see any issues if we use this package in RHEL8.3 (because it is built against 8.4) ?

@Than can we get this backported to 8.3 because we need the bootlist for multi-path to work on OCP 4.7 (which is based on rhel-8.3)

(In reply to pdsilva from comment #5)
> @than Thanks, just to be sure, could you please confirm that the
> "bootlist" command will be included in the powerpc-utils-core package in the
> 1.3.8-4.el8 version?

yes, i can confirm.

rpm -ql powerpc-utils-core-1.3.8-4.el8 | grep sbin

/usr/sbin/activate_firmware
/usr/sbin/bootlist
/usr/sbin/drmgr
/usr/sbin/errinjct
/usr/sbin/hcncfgdrc
/usr/sbin/hcnmgr
/usr/sbin/hcnqrydev
/usr/sbin/hcnrmdev
/usr/sbin/hcnrmhcn
/usr/sbin/hcnversion
/usr/sbin/lparstat
/usr/sbin/ls-vdev
/usr/sbin/ls-veth
/usr/sbin/ls-vscsi
/usr/sbin/lsdevinfo
/usr/sbin/lsprop
/usr/sbin/lsslot
/usr/sbin/nvram
/usr/sbin/nvsetenv
/usr/sbin/ofpathname
/usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu
/usr/sbin/pseries_platform
/usr/sbin/rtas_dbg
/usr/sbin/rtas_event_decode
/usr/sbin/rtas_ibm_get_vpd
/usr/sbin/serv_config
/usr/sbin/set_poweron_time
/usr/sbin/smtstate
/usr/sbin/sys_ident
/usr/sbin/uesensor
/usr/sbin/update_flash
/usr/sbin/update_flash_nv
/usr/sbin/uspchrp
/usr/sbin/vcpustat

(In reply to Prashanth Sundararaman from comment #7)
> @Than can we get this backported to 8.3 because we need the bootlist for
> multi-path to work on OCP 4.7 (which is based on rhel-8.3)

it should work fine on rhel-8.3. I can backport it to 8.3 if we really need it for multi-path to work on OCP 4.7.

(In reply to Than Ngo from comment #9)
> (In reply to Prashanth Sundararaman from comment #7)
> > @Than can we get this backported to 8.3 because we need the bootlist for
> > multi-path to work on OCP 4.7 (which is based on rhel-8.3)
> 
> it should work fine on rhel-8.3. I can backport it to 8.3 if we really need
> it for multi-path to work on OCP 4.7.

Thank you Than. backporting to 4.3 would be great just because it will be in parity with rhcos 4.7 which is based off 8.3 and we would like to keep RHCOS as close to the rhel release as possible without much deviation.

(In reply to Prashanth Sundararaman from comment #10)
> (In reply to Than Ngo from comment #9)
> > (In reply to Prashanth Sundararaman from comment #7)
> > > @Than can we get this backported to 8.3 because we need the bootlist for
> > > multi-path to work on OCP 4.7 (which is based on rhel-8.3)
> > 
> > it should work fine on rhel-8.3. I can backport it to 8.3 if we really need
> > it for multi-path to work on OCP 4.7.
> 
> Thank you Than. backporting to 4.3 would be great just because it will be in
> parity with rhcos 4.7 which is based off 8.3 and we would like to keep RHCOS
> as close to the rhel release as possible without much deviation.

Typo..i meant 8.3 ..sorry.

Thanks, Than and Prashanth for the focus and updates here.  Looks like there is a plan.  

Than is this work small/simple enough to backport this week?  I'm trying to confirm the timeline will work for OCP 4.7.

(In reply to lmcfadde from comment #13)
> Thanks, Than and Prashanth for the focus and updates here.  Looks like there
> is a plan.  
> 
> Than is this work small/simple enough to backport this week?  I'm trying to
> confirm the timeline will work for OCP 4.7.

yes, i can get the backport done this week. But 8.3.0 zstream update process is time consuming and it can take weeks to finish testing the new package.

https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/jobs/4994716 has two recipes, one with powerpc-utils-1.3.8-4.el8 and one with powerpc-utils-1.3.8-3.el8.

Each recipe ran 'bootlist --help' after removing the perl-interpreter package. The powerpc-utils-core-1.3.8-4.el8 recipe succeeded, and the powerpc-utils-1.3.8-3.el8 recipe failed (bootlist: command not found), as expected.

Each recipe also lists the contents of both powerpc-utils and powerpc-utils-core (before removing perl-interpreter). The powerpc-utils-1.3.8-4.el8 recipe lists considerably fewer files in powerpc-utils, as follows.

/usr/sbin/hvcsadmin
/usr/sbin/rtas_dump
/usr/share/doc/powerpc-utils
/usr/share/doc/powerpc-utils/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/powerpc-utils/README
/usr/share/man/man8/hvcsadmin.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rtas_dump.8.gz

As exptected /usr/sbin/bootlist is included in the powerpc-utils-core listing in the powerpc-utils-1.3.8-4.el8 recipe but not in the powerpc-utils-1.3.8-3.el8 recipe (where it is included in the powerpc-utils listing).

Moving to VERIFIED based on these results.

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 (powerpc-utils bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:1583