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Bug 1858519 - OpenMPI module load overwrites system MANPATH
Summary: OpenMPI module load overwrites system MANPATH
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openmpi
Version: 8.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.3
Assignee: Honggang LI
QA Contact: Afom T. Michael
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-07-18 17:45 UTC by Peter Georg
Modified: 2020-11-04 01:38 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openmpi-4.0.3-3.el8
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 01:38:09 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2020:4456 0 None None None 2020-11-04 01:38:14 UTC

Description Peter Georg 2020-07-18 17:45:01 UTC 
Description of problem:
Loading the OpenMPI module the default MANPATH is not accessible anymore. I.e. the RHEL rpm is missing the fix for the following Fedora bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1564899
Related RPM commit:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openmpi/c/1d457c8c91640225b6c792bf2a080a2d8f286e65


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.0.2-2


How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. man man
2. module load mpi/openmpi-%{_arch}
3. man man

Actual results:
Error: No manual entry for man

Expected results:
Show the manual for man

Additional info:
Comment 3 Afom T. Michael 2020-08-11 02:59:22 UTC 
Moving to verified. On RHEL-8.2 Beta, "man" always works wether openmpi-x86_64 or mpich-x86_64 module is loaded or unloaded as shown below.

[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.3 Beta (Ootpa)
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ uname -r
4.18.0-221.el8.x86_64
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ man man
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $?
0
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module list
No Modulefiles Currently Loaded.
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module load mpi/openmpi-x86_64 
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module list
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
 1) mpi/openmpi-x86_64  
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ man man
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $?
0
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $MANPATH
:/usr/share/man/openmpi-x86_64
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module unload mpi/openmpi-x86_64 
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $MANPATH

[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ man man
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $?
0
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module load mpi/mpich-x86_64 
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module list
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
 1) mpi/mpich-x86_64  
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $MANPATH
:/usr/share/man/mpich-x86_64
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ man man
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $?
0
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ module unload mpi/mpich-x86_64 
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ man man
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $?
0
[root@rdma-perf-01 ~]$ echo $MANPATH

[root@rdma-perf-00 ~]$
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 01:38:09 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 (rdma-core bug fix and enhancement update), 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/RHEA-2020:4456
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