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Bug 1236190 - dracut -m nfs fails unhelpfully if the nfs-utils package is missing
Summary: dracut -m nfs fails unhelpfully if the nfs-utils package is missing
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dracut
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: dracut-maint
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-06-26 19:09 UTC by Chris Jones
Modified: 2015-11-19 12:53 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-11-19 12:53:57 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Bugzilla 991675 0 unspecified CLOSED Dracut fails to recognize nfs module is needed for nfsroot 2021-02-22 00:41:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2091 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE dracut bug fix and enhancement update 2015-11-19 11:13:43 UTC

Description Chris Jones 2015-06-26 19:09:26 UTC 
Description of problem:
dracut -m nfs fails unhelpfully if the nfs-utils package is missing

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dracut-network-033-241.el7_1.3.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install dracut-network but not nfs-utils
2. Run dracut -m nfs


Actual results:
# dracut -m "nfs"
dracut module 'nfs' cannot be found or installed.

Expected results:
A helpful error message telling me why, or to have dracut-network depend on nfs-utils
Comment 3 Michal Kovarik 2015-09-03 09:29:03 UTC 
[root@system1 ~]# rpm -q dracut-network
dracut-network-033-314.el7.x86_64
[root@system1 ~]# rpm -q nfs-utils
package nfs-utils is not installed
[root@system1 ~]# dracut -m nfs --force
dracut module 'nfs' cannot be found or installed.
[root@system1 ~]# 

Moving back to Assigned.
Comment 4 Harald Hoyer 2015-09-03 10:17:03 UTC 
# rpm -q dracut
dracut-033-314.el7.x86_64
# dracut -m nfs --force test.img
dracut module 'nfs' cannot be found or installed.
# dracut -v -m nfs --force test.img
Executing: /sbin/dracut -v -m nfs --force test.img
dracut module 'nfs' will not be installed, because command 'rpc.statd' could not be found!
dracut module 'nfs' will not be installed, because command 'mount.nfs' could not be found!
dracut module 'nfs' will not be installed, because command 'mount.nfs4' could not be found!
dracut module 'nfs' cannot be found or installed.
Comment 5 Harald Hoyer 2015-09-03 10:18:57 UTC 
I had to downgrade the loglevel, because people complained about all the explanations, why module "foo" will not be part of the initramfs, because "bar" is missing. (rpm install and kdump initrd creation).
Comment 6 Michal Kovarik 2015-09-03 10:30:58 UTC 
Thanks for clarification, moving to Verified.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 12:53:57 UTC 
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/RHBA-2015-2091.html
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