Bug 76236 – new-kernel-pkg creates lilo lables that are too long

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Bug 76236 - new-kernel-pkg creates lilo lables that are too long

Summary:	new-kernel-pkg creates lilo lables that are too long

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	mkinitrd (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	high Severity high
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Assigned To:	Erik Troan
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Duplicates:	76437 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2002-10-18 11:38 EDT by Need Real Name
Modified:	2005-10-31 17:00 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-01-26 10:52:44 EST
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Description Need Real Name 2002-10-18 11:38:28 EDT

Description of Problem:

While applying the 2.4.18-17.7.xsmp kernel errata, when the kernel called
new-kernel-pkg with that version as an argument, the script created a lilo.conf
entry that was too long for lilo to use.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

mkinitrd-3.4.20-1

How Reproducible:

Every machine running lilo that has had 2.4.18-17.7.xsmp applied has had this
problem.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the smp errata kernel
2. try to re-run lilo
3. 

Actual Results:

Fatal: Label "2.4.18-17.7.xsmp" is too long

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-01-05 23:46:25 EST

*** Bug 76437 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Erik Troan 2003-01-26 10:52:44 EST

next version of grubby will shorten (and uniqify) lilo labels automatically

amazing how few folks reported this problem. lilo must be dieing.

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