Description of problem: The initramfs file is part of the kernel rpm, but its regenerated on install. This means that the on-disk file doesn't match the rpm's file, so deltarpm updates fail, as does rpm -V. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@plum ~]# rpm -q kernel kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 kernel-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. [root@plum ~]# rpm -V kernel S.5....T. /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img S.5....T. /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64.img yum update from one kernel to another Actual results: Processing delta metadata /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img: contents have been changed delta does not match installed data Package(s) data still to download: 20 M Expected results: deltarpm used Additional info: The F11 initrd is %ghost, but the changelog explicitly removes that (and generates a dummy empty 20M file to match)
Created attachment 377636 [details] dummy spec file http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/2009/12/10/annoying-kernel-packaging-bug/ has the reason for this (to let yum know how much disk space it needs) But unless I'm missing something, that explains the |dd|, not the lack of %ghost. The attached is a dummy spec file that has a single 20MB file with %ghost. rpm -qip says its size is 20971520. In the kernel changelog, the %ghost and the dd are separate (the %ghost removal is first, with no reason or bug listed), and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530778#c2 says: "The size of %ghost files is included in the packages and accounted for when checking for disk space requirements, despite the file not actually being included in the package payload." which matches my attached test.
Looks the same as bug #543555.
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