Bug 2231065

Summary:	[RHEL 8] find: ‘/lib/firmware/intel-ucode’: No such file or directory
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr>
Component:	microcode_ctl	Assignee:	Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jeff Bastian <jbastian>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
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Version:	8.9	CC:	jbastian, jikortus
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
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Fixed In Version:	microcode_ctl-20230214-4.el8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Clone Of:	2225681	Environment:
Last Closed:	2023-11-14 15:49:30 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	2225681
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Description Eugene Syromiatnikov 2023-08-10 12:29:38 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #2225681 +++

Description of problem:
When installing microcode_ctl-20230214-2.el9 (RHEL-9.3.0-20230718.0), an unexpected error message is displayed:

...
find: ‘/lib/firmware/intel-ucode’: No such file or directory
...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
microcode_ctl-20230214-2.el9

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf -y install microcode_ctl-20230214-2.el9

Actual results:
An error message is displayed together with other installation-related output.

Expected results:
No unexpected error messages.

Additional info:
Could there possibly be some relation with bug 2213022?

--- Additional comment from Jiri Kortus on 2023-07-25 16:46:14 UTC ---

Additional note: I spotted and reproduced this bug on a system with multilib enabled, but I'm not sure at all if there can be any relation.

--- Additional comment from Eugene Syromiatnikov on 2023-08-09 15:59:58 UTC ---

Easily reproducible when the package is being newly installed and not upgraded.

Comment 4 Jeff Bastian 2023-08-21 21:37:13 UTC

Verified with microcode_ctl-20230214-4.el8.  There are no errors during installation of the rpm on RHEL-8.9.0.

[root@intel-localhost ~]# uname -r
4.18.0-511.el8.x86_64

[root@intel-localhost ~]# rpm -q microcode_ctl
package microcode_ctl is not installed

[root@intel-localhost ~]# yum -y install microcode_ctl
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.

Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:09 ago on Mon 21 Aug 2023 05:24:19 PM EDT.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package            Arch        Version                Repository          Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 microcode_ctl      x86_64      4:20230214-4.el8       beaker-BaseOS      7.8 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 7.8 M
Installed size: 14 M
Downloading Packages:
microcode_ctl-20230214-4.el8.x86_64.rpm          65 MB/s | 7.8 MB     00:00    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                            65 MB/s | 7.8 MB     00:00     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : microcode_ctl-4:20230214-4.el8.x86_64                  1/1 
  Running scriptlet: microcode_ctl-4:20230214-4.el8.x86_64                  1/1 
  Verifying        : microcode_ctl-4:20230214-4.el8.x86_64                  1/1 
Installed products updated.

Installed:
  microcode_ctl-4:20230214-4.el8.x86_64                                         

Complete!

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:49:30 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 (microcode_ctl 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/RHEA-2023:7117