Description of problem: The --no-progressbar option was removed from sosreport on RHEL6, causing the info test to fail, and no sosreport is produced. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): v7 1.2 R1
Created attachment 413301 [details] info test patch to use --no-progressbar only on RHEL5
bad news is older versions of RHEL5 include a version of sysreport without this option.
At least RHEL5 GA, I'm not certain the log of when and where sysreport changes.
You mean sosreport, not sysreport. So we should remove --no-progressbar compeletely, and add this fix to the v7 1.1 errata as well.
yes sorry, old versions of sosreport do not support the --no-progress bar option; IIRC the reason that was put in was because the shift to sosreport causes long strings of gibberish in the logs so it's not a bad thing to have unfortunately it seems to come and go between versions of sosreport.
Created attachment 416951 [details] info test patch using --help rather than keying on RHEL version
is it worth it to go ahead and presume that at some point the --help will be wrong and v7 should try again if sysreport with --no-progress exits failed?
Created attachment 417286 [details] info test patch that retries sosreport if --no-progressbar fails
Confirmed that the bug has been fixed in >= v7 1.2 R3, move to 'VERIFIED'
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0702.html
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the info test no longer runs sosreport with the "--no-progressbar" option.