Bug 67260 – new-kernel-pkg does not check mkinitrd success

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Bug 67260 - new-kernel-pkg does not check mkinitrd success

Summary:	new-kernel-pkg does not check mkinitrd success

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	mkinitrd (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Matt Wilson
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2002-06-21 12:34 EDT by Eugene Kanter
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:43 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2002-06-21 12:34:43 EDT
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Description Eugene Kanter 2002-06-21 12:34:39 EDT

Description of Problem:

new-kernel-pkg does not check mkinitrd success and may leave system unbootable
if mkinitrd fails.

How Reproducible:

always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mount /tmp on /dev/shm
from /etc/fstab:
/dev/shm        /tmp    tmpfs   bind    0       0

2. install (do not upgrade) new kernel

3. ls /boot to check if there is new initrd

Actual Results:

no new initrd created because losetup fails on /dev/shm

Expected Results:

new-kernel-pkg a least reports an error to user....

Comment 1 Erik Troan 2002-06-21 16:51:18 EDT

good point... new-kernel-pkg will no longer run grubby if mkinitrd returns
an error

Comment 2 Eugene Kanter 2002-06-22 18:26:14 EDT

More potential problems, please comment.

Should mkinitrd query temporary filesystem type before it runs losetup on it?
Since mkinitrd always (?) runs as root would be more appropriate to use $HOME or
~ for temporary files if losetup on /tmp or /var/tmp fails?

Another question: What will happen if new-kernel-pkg will not run grubby but
user typed rpm -U kernel-x.x.x ? Will new-kernel-pkg tell rpm that upgrade
failed and old package can not be erased?

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