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Description of problem:

Passing --nodocs to microdnf such as:

# microdnf install --nodocs elfutils

fails with error code 141 and no error message. The last thing the process outputs is "Running transaction test..." before exiting.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

ubi8-minimal:latest - /etc/os-release says RHEL 8.1 (Ootpa)

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the image registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:latest (8.1 as of Dec 17th 2019)
2. Run: podman run -ti ubi-minimal /bin/bash
2. Run (as root within the container): microdnf install --nodocs elfutils

Actual results:

The process exits without installing anything after printing out "Running transaction test..."

Expected results:

microdnf installs elfutils and dependencies.

Additional info:

Couldn't even check the version of microdnf as it does not print it out.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1779757 ***

JFYI I must note that although #1779757 is very closely related, packages in this case _do not_ get installed, but they are actually installed correctly if I omit the --nodocs flag.

Thanks!

Thanks Alex, let's keep this one separate then as it might be a different but related issue.

(In reply to Alex Martinez from comment #2)
> JFYI I must note that although #1779757 is very closely related, packages in
> this case _do not_ get installed, but they are actually installed correctly
> if I omit the --nodocs flag.

Alex, this bug most likely is a duplicate of bug 1779757. I'm not sure I understand you here - if the crash happens, the packages don't get installed and you get the exit code 141. The crash is actually not directly related to --nodocs, but it's a race condition that can happen randomly and the --nodocs switch can alter the circumstances so that you may observe it does influence the behavior for your case.

The fix will be included RHEL 8.2. I'll mark this as a duplicate again, if I misunderstood please feel free to reopen, but I'm really quite certain the issue is the same.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1779757 ***