Bug 2234448

Summary:	Creating the layout by Blivet-GUI does not trigger to update the partition list.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Lukas Ruzicka <lruzicka>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Radek Vykydal <rvykydal>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	39	CC:	anaconda-maint, awilliam, jkonecny, lnie, mkolman, rvykydal, vslavik, w
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	AcceptedFreezeException
Fixed In Version:	anaconda-39.32.2-1.fc39	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Blocks:	2231339, 2143445

Description Lukas Ruzicka 2023-08-24 12:59:54 UTC

When trying to create a custom partition layout using the link to Blivet-GUI, I click on the Confirm button in Blivet and the operation is correctly performed, however no information is passed onto Anaconda about the new state of partitions and when I click on Next in WebUI and I want to start assigning the mount points, I am presented with the old partition layout Anaconda had discovered in the beginning. I cannot proceed until I click on "Search again" again. 

This is not very convenient, because I expect that the new layout will be presented both to Anaconda WebUI and me, or that I will be told about the necessity of re-searching.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on Modify Storage.
2. Use Blivet-GUI to create some useful layout.
3. Click Confirm and close Blivet-GUI.
4. Return to WebUI and click Mount point assignment and Next.
5. Bump - you will just see the old layout options.

Workaround - Click "Search again" and then proceed as described in step 5 -> all is well in the Wonderland.
Actual Results:  
Blivet-GUI does not trigger update of the layout for Anaconda.

Expected Results:  
When blivet-gui is used and the new layout is confirmed and created it should update itself in the background, so that new partitions are immediately usable.

Comment 1 Jiri Konecny 2023-08-25 11:10:11 UTC

Yes, we are not able to get information that the partitioning has changed right now. For that reason we will add a dialog before running blivet with instructions how this works. I think this bug should be fix by that change.

Comment 2 Vojtech Trefny 2023-08-30 07:28:46 UTC

*** Bug 2236025 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2023-09-01 09:33:59 UTC

Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 39-beta by Fedora user lnie using the blocker tracking app because:

 Propose this as a FE,as it's quite annoying and bring poor user experience,besides,it seems have lots of side effects:
#2236356,#2236409,etc

Comment 4 Adam Williamson 2023-09-04 15:43:12 UTC

hey, I've got a great idea - instead of launching a separate application, we could...somehow *embed* that "advanced custom" partitioning application into the installer flow? that way, the installer would know when it had finished!

(please read this comment with your sarcasm detector running :>)

Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2023-09-04 15:44:44 UTC

+4 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1247 , marking accepted FE.

Comment 6 Martin Kolman 2023-09-04 17:35:21 UTC

I think we can say this PR addresses the main issue: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5113

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2023-09-07 15:48:25 UTC

FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0

Comment 8 Adam Williamson 2023-09-07 23:27:58 UTC

So now there's a dialog shown telling you to rescan storage. That's probably OK. Setting VERIFIED.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2023-09-08 01:36:51 UTC

FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2023-09-08 20:25:06 UTC

FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.