Description of problem: The version of boom packages in RHEL8/9 contains a bug in the handling of additional kernel command line options specified with --add-opts. This causes the boot_id of affected boot entries to change unexpectedly preventing boom from removing them with the "boom delete" command. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): boom-boot-1.4-4.el9.noarch How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a boot entry with multiple options specified with --add-opts: [root@localhost ~]# boom create --title "AddOpts Test" --root-lv rhel/root --add-opts "a b c" Created entry with boot_id 52eaf73: title AddOpts Test machine-id d7762ea419aa482a865812c7fca37883 version 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64 linux /vmlinuz-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64 initrd /initramfs-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64.img options root=/dev/rhel/root ro rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root a b c grub_users $grub_users grub_arg --unrestricted grub_class kernel 2. Inspect the boot_id reported by "boom list" [root@localhost ~]# boom list BootID Version Name RootDevice 0add455 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux /dev/rhel/root 3. Attempt to delete the entry via either reported boot_id: [root@localhost ~]# boom delete 52eaf73 No matching entry found. [root@localhost ~]# boom delete # boom delete 0add455 Cannot delete read-only boot entry: /boot/loader/entries/d7762ea419aa482a865812c7fca37883-52eaf73-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64.conf Actual results: The entry boot_id reported when the entry is created does not match the value reported when the entry is read back in from disk and it is not possible to delete the entry with "boom delete". Expected results: The boot_id remains consistent and the entry can be removed with "boom delete". Additional info: Users can work around this problem my manually removing the problem boot entry from /boot/loader/entries with the rm command: [root@localhost ~]# rm -f /boot/loader/entries/d7762ea419aa482a865812c7fca37883-52eaf73-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.x86_64.conf
Fixed upstream in commit 0bf009c: commit 0bf009c9be1e679b49743897e589da901618d74f Author: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr> Date: Wed Apr 5 14:44:19 2023 +0100 Fix comparisons in BootParams.from_entry().is_add() The comparison of a parsed option against the OsProfile template and expanded boot loader variables incorrectly uses a substring comparison rather than splitting the string on white space and testing for list membership. Fix this and add a regression test to command_tests.py. Resolves: #13 Signed-off-by: Bryn M. Reeves <bmr>
Marking Verified:Tested in the latest rpms. boom-boot-1.5.1-1.el9 BUILT: Wed May 17 03:00:49 PM CEST 2023 Check 8. Verify the correct boot_id when --add-opts is used (bug 2184755) boom create --title "AddOpts Test" --root-lv /dev/snapper/boom_snap --add-opts "optional tags ABC" Created entry with boot_id d90372c: title AddOpts Test machine-id 7b2d82dad70f4ece8f867b6a482308de version 5.14.0-322.el9.x86_64 linux /vmlinuz-5.14.0-322.el9.x86_64 initrd /initramfs-5.14.0-322.el9.x86_64.img options root=/dev/snapper/boom_snap ro rd.lvm.lv=snapper/boom_snap crashkernel=1G-4G:192M,4G-64G:256M,64G-:512M resume=/dev/mapper/rhel_grant--01-swap rd.lvm.lv=rhel_grant-01/swap rhgb quiet optional tags ABC grub_users $grub_users grub_arg --unrestricted grub_class kernel boom delete d90372c