Bug 958519

Summary:	Dracut needs to Requires: binutils
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh>
Component:	dracut	Assignee:	dracut-maint
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	19	CC:	dracut-maint, harald, jonathan
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2013-06-02 03:01:27 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Stephen Gallagher 2013-05-01 17:47:05 UTC

Description of problem:
When dracut is run as part of a kernel upgrade on a minimal install, a warning is generated that it cannot find the /usr/bin/strip binary. Dracut needs to Requires: binutils to address this.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dracut-027-36.git20130418.fc19.x86_64

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run dracut on a minimal install (without binutils)
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Actual results:
User receives a warning about an inability to strip the initrd.

Expected results:
Everything should work correctly.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2013-05-06 11:38:31 UTC

I will downgrade the "warning" to an "info", because binutils should not be required.

Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2013-05-29 12:10:41 UTC

commit fefd3f66f9802f3309c44f45e4959e5fa6683a07

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-05-31 08:23:46 UTC

dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-05-31 18:09:12 UTC

Package dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-9728/dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-06-02 03:01:27 UTC

dracut-027-81.git20130531.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.