[BNC902086] Autoyast stage2 of OpenSUSE 13.2RC1 segfaults when using add-on section

Joschi Brauchle <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:44:20 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.autoinstall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I figured it is NOT the same problem, as y2log of the second stage 
clearly shows a segmentation fault!

I filed: http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=902086

Best regards,
Joschi Brauchle

On 10/21/2014 05:40 PM, Joschi Brauchle wrote:
> Thank you very much for the documentation.
>
> Some more information on the broken installation:
> It looks like it is the *same* problem that existed for 13.1: the add-on
> section.
>
> I did two installations, with this diff between xmls:
> -------
> --- test.xml    2014-10-21 17:05:15.000000000 +0200
> +++ test.xml.broken     2014-10-21 17:05:04.000000000 +0200
> @@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
>     <add-on>
> -    <add_on_products config:type="list"/>
> +    <add_on_products config:type="list">
> +      <listentry>
> +
> <media_url><![CDATA[http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/lnt-sysadmin:/tools/openSUSE_13.2/]]></media_url>
>
> +        <name>OpenSUSE13.2_HTTP_OBS:lnt-sysadmin:tools</name>
> +        <product>OpenSUSE13.2 HTTP OBS:lnt-sysadmin:tools</product>
> +        <product_dir>/</product_dir>
> +      </listentry>
> +    </add_on_products>
>     </add-on>
> -------
> The installation *with* the add-on section specified is broken!
>
> This looks pretty identical to
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=846011
>
> Shall I reopen or create new report?
>
> As there are only 13 days to release, is there any chance to get this
> fixed before GM?
>
> -Joschi Brauchle
>
> On 10/21/2014 11:28 AM, Stefan Schubert wrote:
>> On
>> https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles-12/book_autoyast/data/book_autoyast.html
>>
>>
>> is the latest documentation.
>>
>> Greetings
>> Stefan
>>
>> Am 21.10.2014 um 09:55 schrieb Joschi Brauchle:
>>> Hello Stefan,
>>>
>>> I am currently trying to figure out what is going wrong with the 13.1
>>> xml profile in 13.2. The installation is completely broken without any
>>> (gui) errors during the process.
>>>
>>> But if I create a new profile for 13.2 from scratch, auto installation
>>> works fine. Thus, I'd like to revise my statement about Autoyast being
>>> broken, it is clearly not!
>>>
>>>
>>> One question: Is there an up-to-date website that lists the changes
>>> from AY 13.1 to 13.2?
>>>
>>> Google results:
>>> 1) http://doc.opensuse.org/projects/autoyast/ is about SLES11SP3
>>> (which is strange as it is hosted by opensuse.org).
>>> 2)
>>> https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/singlehtml/book_autoyast/book_autoyast.html
>>>
>>> the same
>>> 3) http://users.suse.com/~ug/ is outdated as of 12.2.
>>>
>>> There seem to be a lot of changes to the installer (plus new modules
>>> like yast2-auth-client to configure sssd) but no documentation to be
>>> found (easily) for users...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Joschi Brauchle
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/21/2014 09:26 AM, Stefan Schubert wrote:
>>>> Hi Joschi,
>>>> please open a bug report and attach the logfiles and autoinst.xml
>>>> Thanks !
>>>>
>>>> Greetings
>>>> Stefan
>>>> Am 20.10.2014 um 23:58 schrieb Thomas Fehr:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 20, Joschi Brauchle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/20/2014 02:21 PM, 686f6c6d wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Joschi Brauchle
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Version 13.2 will be released in a couple of days and it looks like
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> autoinstalled is broken once again on the (to be) released medium.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hence, auto-installing will not work correctly for the complete
>>>>>>>> lifetime of
>>>>>>>> 13.2. This was the case for 12.x and 13.1 already,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is pretty frustrating... :-(
>>>>>>> Meh. Damn. Does any bnc# exist for this?
>>>>>> No,
>>>>>> I am currently trying to sort out the problems and analyze.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far it looks like a 13.1 XML used for 13.2 results in a broken
>>>>>> installation (i.e. all second stage steps are missing).
>>>>>> I'll provide more information as soon as I know whats going wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Possibly, Thomas Fehr could comment on how the second stage works in
>>>>>> 13.2
>>>>>> and what steps are needed to get it working, as it looks like it was
>>>>>> dropped from the regular installer?
>>>>> I am currently on a sabattical for a year that started 1.4.2014 .
>>>>> Therefore my knowledge about developments that happened in the last
>>>>> some months is quite limited.
>>>>>
>>>>> Autoyast maintainer is Stefan Schubert <[email protected]>.
>>>>> I forwarded this thread to him.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tschuess,
>>>>>     Thomas Fehr
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