Bug 1491045 - AArch64 install fails with 'The package 'grub2' is required for this installation.'
Summary: AArch64 install fails with 'The package 'grub2' is required for this installa...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 27
Hardware: aarch64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedFreezeException
Depends On:
Blocks: ARMTracker F27BetaFreezeException
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Reported: 2017-09-12 21:50 UTC by Paul Whalen
Modified: 2019-07-31 17:56 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-09-25 18:08:03 UTC
Type: Bug
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packaging.log (6.72 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-12 21:51 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
storage.log (174.19 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:00 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
program.log (45.75 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:00 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
lvm.log (143.63 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:01 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
ifcfg.log (6.23 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:02 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
hawkey.log (762 bytes, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:02 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
dnf.librepo.log (11.15 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:03 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
anaconda.log (46.49 KB, text/plain)
2017-09-13 14:03 UTC, Paul Whalen 		no flags Details
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Description Paul Whalen 2017-09-12 21:50:11 UTC 
Description of problem:
Installation of Fedora-27-20170912.n.0 on aarch64 fails with the error:

The package 'grub2' is required for this installation. This package does not
exist. This is a fatal error and installation will be aborted.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-27.20.1-1.fc27
Comment 1 Paul Whalen 2017-09-12 21:51:06 UTC 
Created attachment 1325030 [details]
packaging.log
Comment 2 Paul Whalen 2017-09-12 21:56:32 UTC 
Proposing as a Freeze Exception for F27 Beta, this breaks installations on AArch64. Criteria "When using a dedicated installer image, the installer must be able to complete an installation"
Comment 3 Peter Robinson 2017-09-12 21:58:48 UTC 
This was a problem 2 weeks ago and was fixed during flock. It seems it's regressed again :(
Comment 4 Jiri Konecny 2017-09-13 06:49:11 UTC 
Could you please provides us all the logs from the installation.

Thanks
Comment 5 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:00:13 UTC 
Created attachment 1325469 [details]
storage.log
Comment 6 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:00:43 UTC 
Created attachment 1325470 [details]
program.log
Comment 7 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:01:24 UTC 
Created attachment 1325472 [details]
lvm.log
Comment 8 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:02:06 UTC 
Created attachment 1325475 [details]
ifcfg.log
Comment 9 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:02:35 UTC 
Created attachment 1325476 [details]
hawkey.log
Comment 10 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:03:03 UTC 
Created attachment 1325477 [details]
dnf.librepo.log
Comment 11 Paul Whalen 2017-09-13 14:03:23 UTC 
Created attachment 1325478 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 12 Jiri Konecny 2017-09-14 07:54:07 UTC 
We are providing grub2 package in Anaconda because of bootloader:

20:53:09,742 DBG payload: added package requirement 'chrony' for ntp, strong=False
20:53:09,744 DBG payload: added package requirement 'grub2-efi-aa64' for bootloader, strong=True
20:53:09,745 DBG payload: added package requirement 'shim-aa64' for bootloader, strong=True
20:53:09,746 DBG payload: added package requirement 'efibootmgr' for bootloader, strong=True
20:53:09,748 DBG payload: added package requirement 'grub2' for bootloader, strong=True
20:53:09,749 DBG payload: added package requirement 'grub2-tools' for bootloader, strong=True



However, I'm not quite sure if this is intentional behavior and the grub2 should be a provides of some other package in aarch64. Could you please bring some more light to this Peter?
Comment 13 Kamil Páral 2017-09-18 17:08:32 UTC 
Discussed at blocker review meeting [1]:

AcceptedFreezeException - This bug violates the criterion "When using a dedicated installer image, the installer must be able to complete an installation" for AArch64 architecture.

[1] https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/fedora-blocker-review/2017-09-18
Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2017-09-21 13:06:00 UTC 
grub2-2.02-18.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-7c50b72f8f
Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2017-09-21 23:59:24 UTC 
grub2-2.02-18.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-7c50b72f8f
Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2017-09-25 18:08:03 UTC 
grub2-2.02-18.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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