** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #985716 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985716
** Also affects: kdump-tools (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=985716 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: kdump-tools (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: kdump-tools (Ubuntu Hirsute) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to kdump-tools in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Maintainer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1920759 Title: kdump-tools passes wrong arguments to makedumpfile Status in kdump-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in kdump-tools source package in Hirsute: Confirmed Status in kdump-tools package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: 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/202103181853/dump.202103181853 makedumpfile: version 1.6.8++ (released on 16 Nov 2020) command line: makedumpfile -c -d 31 -D /proc/vmcore Commandline parameter is invalid. Try `makedumpfile --help' for more information. makedumpfile Failed. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/kdump-tools/-/commit/38fe0c8f41fd0deeafa3719ab5e82d8b536d8b17 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdump-tools/+bug/1920759/+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
