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Bug 1462979 - /var/lib/rpm setup broken for RHELAH 7.4 cloud image
Summary: /var/lib/rpm setup broken for RHELAH 7.4 cloud image
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Colin Walters
QA Contact: Release Test Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1464363 1464376 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-06-19 19:30 UTC by Micah Abbott
Modified: 2017-08-01 08:57 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-21.48.22.221-1
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Last Closed: 2017-08-01 08:57:18 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:2293 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE anaconda bug fix and enhancement update 2017-08-01 12:39:44 UTC

Description Micah Abbott 2017-06-19 19:30:21 UTC 
After booting the most recent 7.4 cloud image (rhel-atomic-cloud-7.4.0-5.x86_64.qcow2) which corresponds to the ostree commit 0b62181fb3, I'm unable to query the RPM database:


# atomic host status
State: idle
Deployments:
● rhel-atomic-host:rhel-atomic-host/7/x86_64/standard
                Version: 7.4.0 (2017-06-16 21:48:31)
                 Commit: 0b62181fb351d26ebb794438174c8dbc2ea5cc4c04c589b7be82e15695a2bbbb
# rpm -qa
# echo $?
0

# ls -l /var/lib/rpm
total 360
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Basenames
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Conflictname
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 286720 Jun 19 19:22 __db.001
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  90112 Jun 19 19:22 __db.002
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  57344 Jun 19 19:22 __db.003
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Dirnames
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Group
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Installtid
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Name
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Obsoletename
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  12288 Jun 16 22:53 Packages
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Providename
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Requirename
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Sha1header
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Sigmd5
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   8192 Jun 16 22:53 Triggername



This is different when compared to a 7.3 RHELAH host:

# atomic host status
State: idle
Deployments:
● custom:rhel-atomic-host/7/x86_64/standard
             Version: 7.3.5 (2017-05-22 22:00:44)
              Commit: 0ccf9138962e5c2c3794969a228e751d13bb780f5b0a1f15f4a9649df06ba80a

# rpm -qa | wc -l
418
# ls -l /var/lib/rpm
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Feb 27 20:36 /var/lib/rpm -> ../../usr/share/rpm
Comment 2 Colin Walters 2017-06-20 01:15:08 UTC 
I confirmed this doesn't affect an ISO install, so it's likely specific to us doing something like this bit in the cloud kickstart:

```
# Additional drivers for vmware and hyperv
echo 'add_drivers+="mptspi vmw_pvscsi "'    > /etc/dracut.conf.d/vmware-fusion-drivers.conf
echo 'add_drivers+="hv_storvsc hv_netvsc "' > /etc/dracut.conf.d/hyperv-drivers.conf
# Rerun dracut for the installed kernel (not the running kernel):
KERNEL_VERSION=$(rpm -q kernel --qf '%{V}-%{R}.%{arch}\n')
dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$KERNEL_VERSION.img $KERNEL_VERSION
```
Comment 3 Colin Walters 2017-06-20 15:28:01 UTC 
Hm, no this did happen to me with an ISO install.  Something (most likely in Anaconda code) is using librpm and hence creating /var/lib/rpm in the installer, before the symlink is set up.
Comment 4 Colin Walters 2017-06-20 18:47:36 UTC 
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/1110
Comment 8 Colin Walters 2017-06-23 13:01:42 UTC 
*** Bug 1464363 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Scott Dodson 2017-06-23 14:09:31 UTC 
*** Bug 1464376 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 08:57:18 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2293
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