Bug 55275

Summary:	Security update kernel breaks kernel.h
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	joncruz
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1	CC:	npadgett, rvokal
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Description joncruz 2001-10-29 04:09:16 UTC

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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-7 i686)

Description of problem:
Installation set the kernel type to "i686i686" instead of "i686"

/* Kernel type i686i686 */

 #ifndef __MODULE_KERNEL_i686i686
 #define __MODULE_KERNEL_i686i686 1
 #endif

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
Used redhat up2date to install security kernel update of Oct 18.

The resulting mangled kernel.h caused problems in a few things.



Actual Results:  /* Kernel type i686i686 */

 #ifndef __MODULE_KERNEL_i686i686
 #define __MODULE_KERNEL_i686i686 1
 #endif

Expected Results:  /* Kernel type i686 */

 #ifndef __MODULE_KERNEL_i686
 #define __MODULE_KERNEL_i686 1
 #endif

Additional info:

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-10-29 09:01:15 UTC

Is this still true 
1) after running mkkerneldoth as root
2) after a reboot 
?

Comment 2 Neil Padgett 2002-01-03 22:58:46 UTC

I found I also had a similar situation.

In my case, the kernel type was being detected as i686i686i686i686i686. 

Checking rpm -qa|grep kernel showed that there were 5 instances of the same
kernel RPM installed.

If this is indeed the same problem, the recommended fix is:
1) Back out the installed update with:
       rpm -e --allmatches kernel-[version string], where [version string]
should be replaced with the problem kernel version. For example, for 2.4.9-13, use:
       rpm -e --allmatches kernel-2.4.9-13
2) Reapply the erratum by installing the updated kernel RPM using up2date or
   by downloading and installing with rpm.
3) Regenerate the kernel.h by running mkkerneldoth as root or rebooting.

Comment 3 Adrian Likins 2002-03-26 23:48:02 UTC

I could be wrong, but this looks like a possible mkkerneldoth bug

(albeit, having multiple versions of the same kernel installed
was a up2date bug at one point, but fixed in current versions)

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2005-02-22 20:41:42 UTC

Closing out bugs on older, no longer supported releases. Apologies for any lack
of response. Please reopen if it persists on current releases.