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Description of problem:
/sbin/iscsiadm and /sbin/iscsid depend on files in /usr but /usr needs not to be available (mounted) when /sbin binaries are used.
From FHS
(http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SBINSYSTEMBINARIES)
"/sbin contains binaries essential for booting, restoring, recovering, and/or repairing the system in addition to the binaries in /bin."
There are several options:
1) If iscsiadm or iscsid are not essential, they should be moved to /usr/sbin
2) If iscsiadm or iscsid have to stay in /sbin, then they must be able to run without /usr mounted, i.e. the dependencies have to be moved from /usr/lib* to /lib*, or linked statically.
3) If neither of the above is possible (desirable), the exception has to be justified and documented fo further reference (so far I haven't found any relevant docs).
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-10.el6
How reproducible:
always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. run the test /CoreOS/libtirpc/Sanity/bz558937-sbin-dependencies-in-usr
Actual results:
:: [ FAIL ] :: File /sbin/iscsiadm (from iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-10.el6.x86_64) depends on /usr
:: [ INFO ] :: The affected dependencies:
:: [ INFO ] :: - /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.10 (from openssl-1.0.0-10.el6.x86_64)
:: [ FAIL ] :: File /sbin/iscsid (from iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.872-10.el6.x86_64) depends on /usr
:: [ INFO ] :: The affected dependencies:
:: [ INFO ] :: - /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.10 (from openssl-1.0.0-10.el6.x86_64)
Expected results:
(no such failures)
Additional info:
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New Contents:
The iscsiadm and iscsid commands depended on files in /usr, but did not require that /usr was mounted when they were used. This resulted in failures without useful error messages when the user attempted to use these commands when /usr was not mounted. This issue has been corrected, and these failures no longer occur.
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Old Contents:
The iscsiadm and iscsid commands depended on files in /usr, but did not require that /usr was mounted when they were used. This resulted in failures without useful error messages when the user attempted to use these commands when /usr was not mounted. This issue has been corrected, and these failures no longer occur.