Bug 2058772

Summary:	kernel_settings error configobj not found on RHEL 8.6 managed hosts
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Component:	rhel-system-roles	Assignee:	Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	David Jež <djez>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Gabi Fialová <gfialova>
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.6	CC:	djez, elpereir, gfialova, jharuda, lmiksik, nhosoi, pkettman, rhel-cs-system-management-subsystem-qe, spetrosi
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	8.6
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	role:kernel_settings
Fixed In Version:	rhel-system-roles-1.15.1-1.el8	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	.The Kernel settings System Role now correctly installs `python3-configobj` Previously, the Kernel settings role returned an error that the `python3-configobj` package could not be found. The role failed to find the package because it did not install `python3-configobj` on managed hosts. With this update, the role now installs `python3-configobj` on managed hosts and works correctly.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	2058756
Clones:	2060378 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2022-05-10 14:13:20 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2058756, 2060525
Bug Blocks:	2060378

Description Rich Megginson 2022-02-25 20:12:41 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #2058756 +++

Description of problem:
The kernel_settings role will issue an error like 'configobj not found' on RHEL 8.6 managed hosts.  This only happens if the package `python3-configobj` is not already present on the host.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
If the managed host is from a VM image which uses cloud-init, then python3-configobj is pulled in as a dependency.  So in order to reproduce, you must use on a managed host not using cloud-init, or otherwise having python3-configobj installed, or you must remove cloud-init and any leaf dependencies installed by cloud-init.  Also note that `yum erase cloud-init` or `yum remove cloud-init` DOES NOT remove these leaf dependencies, because something about the dependencies are installed at machine provisioning time.  So if you want to reproduce by removing cloud-init and dependencies, you have to manually find and remove them.

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--- Additional comment from Rich Megginson on 2022-02-25 18:48:24 UTC ---

Note: This is due to a recent change in tuned in rhel 8.6 - they switched from using configobj to configparser.  kernel_settings did not have an explicit dependency on configobj.

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 14:13:20 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 (rhel-system-roles 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-2022:1896