Bug 1381489 - kernel-install /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install scripts never run on Fedora
Summary: kernel-install /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/*.install scripts never run on Fedora
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: systemd
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-04 09:29 UTC by Warren Togami
Modified: 2017-08-08 19:18 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-08-08 19:18:47 UTC
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Description Warren Togami 2016-10-04 09:29:09 UTC
Description of problem:
kernel-install comes from the systemd package as a path toward an upstream compatible way of installing kernels.

"man kernel-install" and the upstream systemd mention /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/ as a place to drop scripts that you want to run during kernel "add" or "remove".  In my case I want my custom *.dtb file to be copied from a directory into /boot/dtb-VERSION-RELEASE.ARCH/, which allows me to use the standard Fedora armv7l kernel on my device.

It appears that kernel-install is modified in both F24 and F25 by kernel-install-grubby.patch in the systemd package.  This part means the script will never proceed to the part below where it would run the install.d scripts.

+    # exit, if we can't find a boot loader spec conforming setup
+    if ! [[ -d /boot/loader/entries || -L /boot/loader/entries ]]; then
+        exit 0
+    fi

Parts in the script below this section are not compatible with the way Fedora does stuff in /boot.

I guess I will use an rpm %trigger scriptlet for now until these install.d scripts work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
systemd-229-15.fc24.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add "set -x" near the top of /bin/kernel-install
2. Install a kernel
3. 

Actual results:
It never proceeds beyond the new-kernel-pkg section.

Expected results:
It should run the install.d scripts as documented.

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