Bug 1177003 – yum reinstall kernel causes duplicate entry in grub menu

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Bug 1177003 - yum reinstall kernel causes duplicate entry in grub menu

Summary:	yum reinstall kernel causes duplicate entry in grub menu

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	grub2 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	unspecified Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Peter Jones
QA Contact:	Release Test Team
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Duplicates:	1224434 1231714 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2014-12-23 13:08 EST by Tom Sorensen
Modified:	2015-11-19 07:23 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	grub2-2.02-0.17.el7
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-11-19 07:23:49 EST
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Screen shot of grub menu (6.00 KB, image/png) 2014-12-23 13:09 EST, Tom Sorensen	no flags	Details
Config file for test system (5.50 KB, text/plain) 2014-12-23 13:11 EST, Tom Sorensen	no flags	Details
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:2401	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: grub2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-11-19 06:00:33 EST

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Description Tom Sorensen 2014-12-23 13:08:20 EST

Description of problem: Reinstalling a kernel that is already installed (e.g. - yum reinstall kernel-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64) has created a second copy of the kernel to appear in the grub menu. It also caused https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124074 to affect my system, but that's a separate problem.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): grub2-2.02-0.2.10.el7.x86_64
yum-3.4.3-118.el7.noarch


How reproducible: Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have at least two kernels installed
2. yum reinstall kernel-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
3. Look at /etc/grub2.cfg, or reboot and look at menu, etc.

Actual results: Reinstalled kernel appears in grub menu twice.


Expected results: Should only appear once.


Additional info: Attached screen shot of grub menu, as well as grub2.cfg for the VM I tested on

Comment 1 Tom Sorensen 2014-12-23 13:09:21 EST

Created attachment 972474 [details]
Screen shot of grub menu

Comment 2 Tom Sorensen 2014-12-23 13:11:25 EST

Created attachment 972476 [details]
Config file for test system

Comment 5 Peter Jones 2015-07-02 16:18:21 EDT

*** Bug 1231714 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 David Cantrell 2015-07-09 16:01:36 EDT

*** Bug 1224434 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Michal Kovarik 2015-08-27 09:55:12 EDT

Verified on grub2-2.02-0.25.el7, only one menuentry per kernel package after reinstall.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 07:23:49 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2401.html

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