Hello Louis, or anyone else affected, Accepted makedumpfile into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/1:1.6.0-2ubuntu1.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed ** Changed in: makedumpfile (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1644771 Title: kdump-tools: Fails to load kdump kernel when /proc/cmdline contains double quotes Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in makedumpfile source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in makedumpfile source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Bug description: [SRU justification] This fix is needed to avoid failure to load kdump-tools when one kernel boot parameter has double-quotes. [Impact] kdump functionality becomes unusable [Fix] Modify kdump-config to handle the presence of double-quotes in the cmdline [Test Case] Edit /etc/default/grub and add the following to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT : \"acpi_osi=!Windows 2012\" $ sudo update-grub $ sudo reboot kdump-config will show the following error upon reboot : [ 11.595868] kdump-tools[1710]: Cannot open `2012 irqpoll nr_cpus=1 nousb systemd.unit=kdump-tools.service': No s uch file or directory [ 11.602563] kdump-tools[1710]: * failed to load kdump kernel With this fix, the kdump-config command will run successfully [Regression] None expected. Fix is already in Zesty & Debian. Only one line added to the sed statement. [Original description of the problem] kdump-tools fails to load if one of the kernel parameter has double-quotes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/makedumpfile/+bug/1644771/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
