On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 9:33 AM Ioanna Alifieraki <ioanna-maria.alifier...@canonical.com> wrote: > > Package: kdump-tools > Version: 1:1.6.8.2 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: ioanna-maria.alifier...@canonical.com > > Dear Maintainer, > > Commit 38fe0c8f41fd (Support compressing the dumpfile) [1] > changes the call to makedumpfile : > - makedumpfile $MAKEDUMP_ARGS $vmcore_file "$KDUMP_CORETEMP" > + makedumpfile $MAKEDUMP_ARGS $vmcore_file | compress > "$KDUMP_CORETEMP" > > This introduces a regression because makedumpfile is called with the wrong > arguments and as a result instead of creating a real dumpfile it creates > a file which contains an error message : > > # cat /var/crash/202103221444/dump.202103221444 > Commandline parameter is invalid. > Try `makedumpfile --help' for more information. > > makedumpfile Failed.
Thanks for the report Ioanna! Could you test the branch here? I'm still trying to figure out how to propose it in a merge... https://salsa.debian.org/dannf/kdump-tools/-/commits/bug985716 -dann
