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multipath-tools package

multipath-tools fails to install when the dm-multipath module is not found

Bug #182009 reported by Pascal de Bruijn
12
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
multipath-tools (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Timo Aaltonen
Hardy
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: multipath-tools

When installing multipath-tools (0.4.8-5ubuntu1) on a system which does not have the dm-multipath module, the multipath-tools deb will fail to properly install.

This is invalid behaviour, our system (for example) have a monolithing kernel, so there are valid reasons not to have a dm-multipath module, and still have multipath-tools function properly!

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

This happens also during a fresh install when the package is preseeded with pkgsel/include, since there's no modules.dep yet, which means that pkgsel fails.

Changed in multipath-tools:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → soren
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
Changed in multipath-tools:
assignee: soren → fabbione
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
Changed in multipath-tools:
assignee: fabbione → tjaalton
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package multipath-tools - 0.4.8-10ubuntu2

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multipath-tools (0.4.8-10ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/control: multipath-udeb must not depend on multipath-modules,
    because the Ubuntu kernel already includes the modules and no
    package provides m-m.
  * debian/multipath-tools.preinst: Don't modprobe dm-multipath
    unconditionally, since it'll break during installation (no
    modprobe.dep) and when using a monolithic kernel. Instead check for
    these conditions. (LP: #182009)

 -- Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:28:08 +0200

Changed in multipath-tools:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

tested the installation on hardy, and it worked there too.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Hardy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the Hardy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in multipath-tools (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Won't Fix
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