Bug 811203

Summary:	splitsep() not working correctly
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Fridtjof Busse <bugs>
Component:	dracut	Assignee:	dracut-maint
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	17	CC:	dracut-maint, jonathan
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2012-04-25 05:03:59 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Fridtjof Busse 2012-04-10 12:14:10 UTC

Description of problem:
After the latest update to the pxeboot/initrd.img (2012-04-08), dracut dies while trying to fetching the installer from the repo and thus breaking PXE installation:
dracut: anaconda fetching installer from http
dracut Warning: can't find installer mainimage path in .treeinfo

The installation worked just fine with the earlier initrd.
The cause seems to be the splitsep function from /lib/dracut-lib.sh used by /lib/dracut/hooks/iniqueue/online/80anaconda-netroot.sh.

A simple testscript using splitsep:
$ ./test.sh  anaconda-net:http://$internal_proxy/download.fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/
prefix=anaconda-net
repo=http

$repo is thus way too short.

The relevant PXE config looks like this:
initrd=http://$internal_proxy/download.fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/initrd.img lang= vga=791 inst.ks.device=link inst.ks=http://$internal_server/kickstart/datacenter.ks panic=60 sshd noselinux nogpt biosdevname=0 dhcptimeout=5 inst.repo=http://$internal_proxy/download.fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/

How reproducible:
Try to install Fedora 17 via PXE with a inst.repo parameter.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2012-04-16 14:07:51 UTC

dracut-018-12.git20120416.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-018-12.git20120416.fc17

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-04-16 21:56:12 UTC

Package dracut-018-12.git20120416.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dracut-018-12.git20120416.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-5985/dracut-018-12.git20120416.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-04-19 15:14:30 UTC

dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-04-20 02:27:57 UTC

Package dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-6258/dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-04-25 05:03:59 UTC

dracut-018-23.git20120419.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.