Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 149913
up2date does not set the default in grub.conf to the updated kernel on ia32e system
Last modified: 2014-03-30 21:37:53 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.3) Gecko/20040924 Description of problem: Even with noBootLoader=0 in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date up2date will not set the default kernel in grub.conf to the newly installed/updated kernel on an ia32e system (and I would guess it doesn't do it on x86_64 either). It actually doesn't do anything. The postinstall script in the kernel rpm is what puts the new kernel in grub.conf. /usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py contains: if up2dateUtils.archGlob() == 'i?86' and bootloader == "LILO": __install_lilo(kernelList) elif up2dateUtils.archGlob() == 'i?86' and bootloader == "GRUB": # at the moment, kernel rpms are supposed to grok grub # and do the Right Thing. Just a placeholder for doc purposes __install_grub(kernelList) elif up2dateUtils.archGlob() == "ia64": __install_elilo(kernelList) There is no check for ia32e or x86_64. On i?86 w/ GRUB, __install_grub(kernelList) would call grubcfg.installNewImages which would run grubby with the --set-default option. This never happens on x86_64/ia32e. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): up2date-4.2.57-2 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. up2date kernel on a ia32e system Actual Results: old kernel remains the default Expected Results: new kernel should be the default unless noBootLoader=1 is set Additional info:
fixed in cvs, awaiting some testing
This bug is considered MustFix for RHEL 3 U6 by RHN Engineering.
Dev & PM ACKs for U6
please provide a test plan
test plan: 1. find a ia32e (or x86_64) machine 2. Install say, rhel3u5 on it 3. install latest up2date 4. make sure it is using grub as the bootloader (default for rhel3) 5. install a new kernel (up2date -f kernel) 6. Verify that /etc/grub.conf has been update to point the default boot kernel to the new kernel
# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.4.21-32.0.1.EL) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.img title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.4.21-27.EL) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.EL ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.EL.img other things to consider: there was no /etc/lilo.conf file (good) up2date version 4.4.27-3 tested kernels: kernel-2.4.21-27.EL upgraded to kernel-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL
PROD_READY is a deprecated state. This bug is now RELEASE_PENDING.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-712.html