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Description
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Category
kernel
Sub-Category
boot-x86
Description
In the "de" locale, /boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk fails to create
new boot archives:
# locale
LANG=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_CTYPE=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_TIME=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_COLLATE=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_MONETARY=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_MESSAGES=de_DE.ISO8859-1
LC_ALL=
# /boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk
updating /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive...this may take a minute
updating /platform/i86pc/boot_archive...this may take a minute
update of /platform/i86pc/boot_archive failed
update of /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive failed
# update of /platform/i86pc/boot_archive failed
The new boot archive is too small:
# ls -l /platform/i86pc/
Gesamt 38334
drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 512 Jan 27 18:17 amd64
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 2560 Jan 12 19:51 biosint
drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 512 Jan 27 12:17 boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18771968 Jan 27 18:15 boot_archive
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 780288 Jan 27 18:17 boot_archive-new
drwxr-xr-x 11 root sys 512 Jan 27 01:49 kernel
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 24904 Jan 27 01:49 multiboot
Root cause: create_ramdisk parses "file" output, but the output of
"file" changes, depending on the locale. create_ramdisk expects to
find the string "ELF 32-bit" or "ELF 64-bit" in file output, but in
the "de" locale, file output is a bit different (Note: 32-bit <> 32-Bit):
# env LC_ALL=C file /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/pci-ide
/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/pci-ide: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable 80386 Version 1
# env LC_ALL=de file /platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/pci-ide
/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/pci-ide: ELF 32-Bit LSB verschiebbar 80386 Version 1
Frequency
Always
Regression
Solaris 10
Steps to Reproduce
Run /boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk in the "de" locate.
Expected Result
New /platform/i86pc/boot_archive and /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive
is created.
Actual Result
Boot archives are not updated.
Error Message(s)
updating /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive...this may take a minute
updating /platform/i86pc/boot_archive...this may take a minute
update of /platform/i86pc/boot_archive failed
update of /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive failed
Test Case
Workaround
Run create_ramdisk in the "C" locale,
env LC_ALL=C /boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk
Suggested fix:
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Make sure to force english output from the "file" utility, when we're
going to parse its output:
diff -r dedb78f8feae usr/src/cmd/boot/scripts/create_ramdisk.ksh
--- a/usr/src/cmd/boot/scripts/create_ramdisk.kshThu Jan 25 22:52:34 2007 -0800
+++ b/usr/src/cmd/boot/scripts/create_ramdisk.kshSat Jan 27 18:46:56 2007 +0100
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function create_ufs
if [ "$which" = "both" ]; then
files="$files $path"
else
-filetype=`file $path 2>/dev/null |\
+filetype=`LC_MESSAGES=C file $path 2>/dev/null |\
awk '/ELF/ { print \$3 }'`
if [ -z "$filetype" ] || [ "$filetype" = "$which" ]
then
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function create_isofs
if [ "$which" = "both" ]; then
files="$files $path"
else
-filetype=`file $path 2>/dev/null |\
+filetype=`LC_MESSAGES=C file $path 2>/dev/null |\
awk '/ELF/ { print \$3 }'`
if [ -z "$filetype" ] || [ "$filetype" = "$which" ]
then
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function create_archive
# the file type check also establishes that the
# file exists at all
#
-file "${archive}-new" | grep gzip > /dev/null
+LC_MESSAGES=C file "${archive}-new" | grep gzip > /dev/null
fi
if [ $? = 1 ] && [ -x /usr/bin/gzip ] || [ $ARCHIVE_SIZE -lt 5000 ]
Submitter wants to work on bug
Yes
Additional configuration information
snv_55b, bfu'ed to opensolaris 2007-01-26
This happens also with Swedish locale
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