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Bug 1401203

Summary: util-linux-ng depends on kernel
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Victoriano Giralt <victoriano>
Component: util-linux-ngAssignee: Karel Zak <kzak>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.9CC: armin.bube, jscalf, lists.dg, quentin.clarenne, vdanek
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Description Victoriano Giralt 2016-12-03 13:04:25 UTC 
Description of problem: updating util-linux-ng forces installation of kernel and its dependencies. This creates an unneeded kernel installation in containerized systems.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1

How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum upgrade util-linux-ng

Actual results:
Requires kernel package

Expected results:
Installs without bringing in kernel

Additional info:
Dependencies for util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.24.el6.x86_64
  dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)(64bit)
  dependency: libz.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH)
  dependency: pam >= 1.0.90
  dependency: libpopt.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: udev
  dependency: coreutils
  dependency: libuuid.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libutempter.so.0(UTEMPTER_1.1)(64bit)
  dependency: libutempter.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0(LIBPAM_MISC_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libaudit.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libtinfo.so.5()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6
  dependency: libuuid.so.1(UUID_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libncursesw.so.5()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: audit-libs >= 1.0.6
  dependency: libselinux.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libutil.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: /sbin/install-info
  dependency: libsepol.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  dependency: /bin/sh
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.17)(64bit)
  dependency: /bin/bash
  dependency: libuuid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.15)(64bit)
  dependency: libpopt.so.0(LIBPOPT_0)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1()(64bit)

Dependencies for util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1
  dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)(64bit)
  dependency: libz.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH)
  dependency: pam >= 1.0.90
  dependency: libpopt.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: udev
  dependency: coreutils
  dependency: libuuid.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libutempter.so.0(UTEMPTER_1.1)(64bit)
  dependency: libutempter.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0(LIBPAM_MISC_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libaudit.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libtinfo.so.5()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6
  dependency: libuuid.so.1(UUID_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libncursesw.so.5()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: audit-libs >= 1.0.6
  dependency: libselinux.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libutil.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: /sbin/install-info
  dependency: libsepol.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  dependency: /bin/sh
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.17)(64bit)
  dependency: /bin/bash
  dependency: libuuid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.15)(64bit)
  dependency: libpopt.so.0(LIBPOPT_0)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_1.0)
  dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)
  dependency: libpam.so.0
  dependency: libtinfo.so.5
  dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH)
  dependency: pam >= 1.0.90
  dependency: libutempter.so.0
  dependency: udev
  dependency: coreutils
  dependency: libsepol.so.1
  dependency: libutempter.so.0(UTEMPTER_1.1)
  dependency: libuuid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6
  dependency: libpopt.so.0
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.17)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0
  dependency: libutil.so.1
  dependency: libblkid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0(LIBPAM_MISC_1.0)
  dependency: libuuid.so.1
  dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_1.0)
  dependency: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
  dependency: libz.so.1
  dependency: audit-libs >= 1.0.6
  dependency: libuuid.so.1(UUID_1.0)
  dependency: /sbin/install-info
  dependency: libselinux.so.1
  dependency: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  dependency: /bin/sh
  dependency: libncursesw.so.5
  dependency: /bin/bash
  dependency: libaudit.so.1
  dependency: libpopt.so.0(LIBPOPT_0)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.15)
  dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)(64bit)
  dependency: libz.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH)
  dependency: pam >= 1.0.90
  dependency: libblkid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1
  dependency: libpopt.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: libuuid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1
  dependency: udev
  dependency: coreutils
  dependency: libuuid.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libutempter.so.0(UTEMPTER_1.1)(64bit)
  dependency: libutempter.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0(LIBPAM_MISC_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libaudit.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libtinfo.so.5()(64bit)
  dependency: libuuid.so.1(UUID_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libncursesw.so.5()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: audit-libs >= 1.0.6
  dependency: libselinux.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libutil.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: /sbin/install-info
  dependency: libsepol.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0()(64bit)
  dependency: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  dependency: /bin/sh
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.17)(64bit)
  dependency: /bin/bash
  dependency: kernel >= 2.6.32-642
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.15)(64bit)
  dependency: libpopt.so.0(LIBPOPT_0)(64bit)
  dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_1.0)(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1()(64bit)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_1.0)
  dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.8)
  dependency: libpam.so.0
  dependency: libtinfo.so.5
  dependency: rtld(GNU_HASH)
  dependency: pam >= 1.0.90
  dependency: libblkid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1
  dependency: libutempter.so.0
  dependency: libuuid = 2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1
  dependency: udev
  dependency: coreutils
  dependency: libsepol.so.1
  dependency: libutempter.so.0(UTEMPTER_1.1)
  dependency: libpopt.so.0
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.17)
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0
  dependency: libutil.so.1
  dependency: libpam_misc.so.0(LIBPAM_MISC_1.0)
  dependency: libuuid.so.1
  dependency: libpam.so.0(LIBPAM_1.0)
  dependency: libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
  dependency: libz.so.1
  dependency: audit-libs >= 1.0.6
  dependency: libuuid.so.1(UUID_1.0)
  dependency: /sbin/install-info
  dependency: libselinux.so.1
  dependency: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  dependency: /bin/sh
  dependency: libncursesw.so.5
  dependency: /bin/bash
  dependency: kernel >= 2.6.32-642
  dependency: libaudit.so.1
  dependency: libpopt.so.0(LIBPOPT_0)
  dependency: libblkid.so.1
  dependency: libblkid.so.1(BLKID_2.15)
Comment 3 Karel Zak 2016-12-05 12:15:17 UTC 
This is required by bug #1349192 where we have dependence on kernel change.
Comment 4 Victoriano Giralt 2016-12-05 12:19:45 UTC 
But, given util-linux-ng core nature, it forces an unneeded kernel install into containerized systems.

Maybe it is time to have a dummy kernel package that makes util-linux-ng believe there is a kernel installed in the system?

I cant se but #1349192, so I cannot give any opinion on that :-(
Comment 5 Karel Zak 2016-12-05 13:06:23 UTC 
Victoriano, yes I understand your point of view and your user-case is definitely valid. 

The issue around bug #1349192: we have made some necessary change to login and kernel, but after util-linux update the output from login/telnet has been corrupted without kernel update. So, update of both components is necessary. That's all the story.

The dependence on kernel is definitely not permanent solution (and we don't use it for RHEL7 or Fedora). I'll try to fix the problem ASAP.

Thanks for your report.
Comment 7 Ph-Quentin 2016-12-16 16:46:43 UTC 
Hi All,

Do you have some news about this issue ? A lot of security update can't be patch due to this bug:

[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126] --> Finished Dependency Resolution
[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126] Error: Package: util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1.x86_64 (updates)
[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126]  You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126]  You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126] (XID us4ggh) The system failed to execute yum with the arguments “-y -c /etc/yum.conf update --disablerepo=epel” because of an error: The “/usr/bin/yum” command (process 10139) reported error number 1 when it ended. : Error: Package: util-linux-ng-2.17.2-12.24.el6_8.1.x86_64 (updates)
[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126]            Requires: kernel >= 2.6.32-642
[2016-12-15 03:03:26 +0100]      [10126] checkyum version 22.3

Yes we can do a "yum update --skip-broken -y"

#: For all all containers with OpenVZ
for CT in $(vzlist -H -o ctid); do echo "== CT $CT =="; vzctl exec $CT "yum update --skip-broken -y"; done

But it's not a the right way to do.
Comment 8 Daniel Gomez 2016-12-20 11:56:04 UTC 
Hi Ph-Quentin,

A workaround for OpenVZ to "skip broken" is adding these packages, util-linux-ng, libblkid and libuuid into the exclude list: 

exclude=kernel* util-linux-ng* libblkid* libuuid*
Comment 10 Karel Zak 2017-01-03 11:05:14 UTC 
I'm going to close this bug as a duplicate of the bug #1349192 (originally triggered this issue). It seems better to discuss all on one place. Thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1349192 ***
Comment 11 Daniel Gomez 2017-01-09 13:17:47 UTC 
The "bug #1349192" is closed for internal development and we cannot see any status.
Comment 12 Ph-Quentin 2017-02-03 17:47:32 UTC 
You are not authorized to access bug #1349192. 

Do you have some news/ETA ?