Backport upstream PR 2825

Replace defunct mkinitrd with dracut

Resolves: rhbz2096900

rear-bz2096900.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+commit 389e5026df575ad98695191044257cf2b33d565b
+Author: pcahyna <pcahyna@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date:   Mon Jul 4 15:48:43 2022 +0200
+
+    Merge pull request #2825 from lzaoral/replace-mkinitrd-with-dracut
+    
+    Replace `mkinitrd` with `dracut` on Fedora and RHEL
+
+diff --git a/usr/share/rear/finalize/Fedora/i386/550_rebuild_initramfs.sh b/usr/share/rear/finalize/Fedora/i386/550_rebuild_initramfs.sh
+index 3476b77f..f296e624 100644
+--- a/usr/share/rear/finalize/Fedora/i386/550_rebuild_initramfs.sh
++++ b/usr/share/rear/finalize/Fedora/i386/550_rebuild_initramfs.sh
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ NEW_INITRD_MODULES=( $(tr " " "\n" <<< "${NEW_INITRD_MODULES[*]}" | sort | uniq
+ Log "New INITRD_MODULES='${OLD_INITRD_MODULES[@]} ${NEW_INITRD_MODULES[@]}'"
+ INITRD_MODULES="${OLD_INITRD_MODULES[@]} ${NEW_INITRD_MODULES[@]}"
+ 
+-WITH_INITRD_MODULES=$( printf '%s\n' ${INITRD_MODULES[@]} | awk '{printf "--with=%s ", $1}' )
++WITH_INITRD_MODULES=$( printf '%s\n' ${INITRD_MODULES[@]} | awk '{printf "--add-drivers=%s ", $1}' )
+ 
+ # Recreate any initrd or initramfs image under $TARGET_FS_ROOT/boot/ with new drivers
+ # Images ignored:
+@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ for INITRD_IMG in $( ls $TARGET_FS_ROOT/boot/initramfs-*.img $TARGET_FS_ROOT/boo
+     # Do not use KERNEL_VERSION here because that is readonly in the rear main script:
+     kernel_version=$( basename $( echo $INITRD_IMG ) | cut -f2- -d"-" | sed s/"\.img"// )
+     INITRD=$( echo $INITRD_IMG | egrep -o "/boot/.*" )
+-    LogPrint "Running mkinitrd..."
+-    # Run mkinitrd directly in chroot without a login shell in between (see https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/862).
+-    # We need the mkinitrd binary in the chroot environment i.e. the mkinitrd binary in the recreated system.
+-    # Normally we would use a login shell like: chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT /bin/bash --login -c 'type -P mkinitrd'
++    LogPrint "Running dracut..."
++    # Run dracut directly in chroot without a login shell in between (see https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/862).
++    # We need the dracut binary in the chroot environment i.e. the dracut binary in the recreated system.
++    # Normally we would use a login shell like: chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT /bin/bash --login -c 'type -P dracut'
+     # because otherwise there is no useful PATH (PATH is only /bin) so that 'type -P' won't find it
+     # but we cannot use a login shell because that contradicts https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/862
+     # so that we use a plain (non-login) shell and set a (hopefully) reasonable PATH:
+-    local mkinitrd_binary=$( chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT /bin/bash -c 'PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin type -P mkinitrd' )
+-    # If there is no mkinitrd in the chroot environment plain 'chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT' will hang up endlessly
++    local dracut_binary=$( chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT /bin/bash -c 'PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin type -P dracut' )
++    # If there is no dracut in the chroot environment plain 'chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT' will hang up endlessly
+     # and then "rear recover" cannot be aborted with the usual [Ctrl]+[C] keys.
+     # Use plain $var because when var contains only blanks test "$var" results true because test " " results true:
+-    if test $mkinitrd_binary ; then
+-        if chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT $mkinitrd_binary -v -f ${WITH_INITRD_MODULES[@]} $INITRD $kernel_version >&2 ; then
++    if test $dracut_binary ; then
++        if chroot $TARGET_FS_ROOT $dracut_binary -v -f ${WITH_INITRD_MODULES[@]} $INITRD $kernel_version >&2 ; then
+             LogPrint "Updated initrd with new drivers for kernel $kernel_version."
+         else
+             LogPrint "WARNING:
+@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ and decide yourself, whether the system will boot or not.
+         fi
+     else
+         LogPrint "WARNING:
+-Cannot create initrd (found no mkinitrd in the recreated system).
++Cannot create initrd (found no dracut in the recreated system).
+ Check the recreated system (mounted at $TARGET_FS_ROOT)
+ and decide yourself, whether the system will boot or not.
+ "

rear.spec

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Patch43: rear-bz2111049.patch
 Patch44: rear-bz2104005.patch
 Patch45: rear-bz2097437.patch
 Patch46: rear-bz2096916.patch
+Patch47: rear-bz2096900.patch
 
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 # but actually it is not "noarch" because it only works on those architectures that are explicitly supported.