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Bug 449777

Summary:	/usr/bin/logger cannot be used when /usr is non-root partition
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Craig Magina <craig.magina>
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Karel Zak <kzak>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	low
Version:	5.2	CC:	cward, jturner
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Fixed In Version:	2.13-0.49.el5	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Craig Magina 2008-06-03 14:41:40 UTC

Description of problem:
If the /usr partition is a separate partition from / then it cannot be used to
replace initlog in any init scripts that run before /usr gets mounted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-2.13-0.47.el5

How reproducible:
With the below setup, every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have /usr as a separate partition and use logger in an /etc/sysconfig/modules
script.
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
logger: command not found

Expected results:
The message gets logged out to the syslog.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Robert N. Evans 2008-06-13 13:54:09 UTC

This problem occurs when it is necessary to log a message from an init script. 
In RHEL4 we used initlog for this purpose.  However in RHEL5 the following
message prints out:
 WARNING: initlog is deprecated and will be removed in a future release

We take the deprecation seriously and attempted to be proactive about not using
initlog.  However due to this bug we do not have a good alternative to the
deprecated utility.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2008-07-22 09:40:14 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 5 Jay Turner 2008-09-05 20:15:08 UTC

Just a note.  This fix is busted as it relocates logger from /usr/bin to /bin.  This will cause problems for anyone that is calling logger via absolute path, including the redhat-lsb package.  See bug 461266.

Comment 6 Karel Zak 2008-09-06 10:20:48 UTC

*** Bug 461266 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Karel Zak 2008-09-06 10:22:25 UTC

(In reply to comment #5)
> Just a note.  This fix is busted as it relocates logger from /usr/bin to /bin. 
> This will cause problems for anyone that is calling logger via absolute path,
> including the redhat-lsb package.  See bug 461266. 

 Fixed. Errata updated. Thanks.

Comment 8 Jay Turner 2008-09-08 14:15:01 UTC

The /usr/bin/logger symlink fix is confirmed with 2.13-0.49.el5.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 20:45:33 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-0070.html