Bug 1973579

Summary:	compose/commit: may end up creating a rpmdb under /var
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Luca BRUNO <lucab>
Component:	rpm-ostree	Assignee:	Luca BRUNO <lucab>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Micah Abbott <miabbott>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	8.5	CC:	jlebon, tgunders, xiaofwan
Target Milestone:	beta	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	8.5
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	All
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Fixed In Version:	rpm-ostree-2021.5-2.el8	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	This fixes `rpm-ostree compose commit` to use the proper location for rpmdb.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-11-09 18:46:52 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Luca BRUNO 2021-06-18 08:17:16 UTC

In some circumstances, rpm-ostree compose commit may end up creating a new rpmdb hierarchy under /var in the final commit.

See https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/issues/2904 for more details.

This current behavior is troublesome because it depends on host configuration and does not seem overridable at runtime, so this surfaces only in some environments (e.g. under osbuild).

Comment 1 Xiaofeng Wang 2021-06-18 08:44:47 UTC

That'll cause issue https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959907
Reproduce and verify this issue, please see issue above for details.

Comment 7 Xiaofeng Wang 2021-06-21 13:58:13 UTC

Verified on rpm-ostree-2021.5-2.el8.x86_64 and rpm-ostree-libs-2021.5-2.el8.x86_64.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 18:46:52 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 (rpm-ostree 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-2021:4272