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Bug 1878136 - Display deprecation warning when /etc/sysconfig/virt-who is found/used on the system
Summary: Display deprecation warning when /etc/sysconfig/virt-who is found/used on the...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: virt-who
Version: ---
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: William Poteat
QA Contact: Eko
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-09-11 12:55 UTC by Rehana
Modified: 2021-05-18 15:19 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
The use of environment variables and the use of the sysconfig file to configure virt-who are deprecated. Their use will be ignored in the next major release.
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-05-18 15:18:47 UTC
Type: Bug
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
pm-rhel: mirror+


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Github candlepin virt-who pull 268 0 None closed 1878136: Deprecation warning for environment variables 2021-02-18 13:48:42 UTC

Comment 1 Eko 2020-09-30 09:19:56 UTC
The doc text looks good for me. 

We will start to test it when the scratch build is rady, according the PR, we can check the deprecation warning by:
1). man virt-who-config
2). when /etc/sysconfig/virt-who is used, deprecated warning message will be found in /var/log/rhsm.log.

Comment 8 Rehana 2020-10-19 09:13:39 UTC
clearing the need info fag . As the additional request in comment 3 has already been provided.

Comment 9 Anni Bond 2020-10-19 14:06:58 UTC
Have made the docs update in the following places:
RHSM release notes: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3322541
Configuring Virtual Machines in RHSM: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_subscription_management/1/html-single/configuring_virtual_machine_subscriptions_in_red_hat_subscription_management/index?lb_target=production#configuring-virt-who (important note in the  top of chapter 4)

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do.

Comment 10 Eko 2020-10-20 09:08:04 UTC
@Anni, 
I just noticed we should mark which major release will be deprecated, so a little change as below:

The use of environment variables and the use of the sysconfig file to configure virt-who are deprecated. Their use will be ignored in the next major release(RHEL-9).

Comment 11 Anni Bond 2020-10-22 13:11:54 UTC
That has been added.

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 15:18:47 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 (virt-who 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/RHBA-2021:1749


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