Bug #15943: Overwriting of /etc/gwms-factory/glideinWMS.xml - GlideinWMS - Fermilab Redmine

Bug #15943

Overwriting of /etc/gwms-factory/glideinWMS.xml

Added by Marco Mambelli almost 3 years ago. Updated about 1 month ago.

Status:

New

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Marco Mambelli

Category:

Target version:

v3_6_3

Start date:

03/22/2017

Due date:

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First Occurred:

Occurs In:

v3_3_2

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Description

When a RPM update is performed the /etc/gwms-factory/glideinWMS.xml package is rewritten with its own content.
This happens even if the file is marked as no-rewrite in the spec file
If the file is a symbolic link, it becomes an actual file with the content of the linked file.
Steve T reported the owner becoming root but in my tests the owner is the owner of the link.

This is not happening for the frontend (I verified also with a link)

The tests I did are with the 3.3.2 RCs RPM but I'm expecting the same for 3.2.x

History

#1 Updated by Marco Mambelli over 2 years ago

Target version changed from v3_2_19 to v3_2_20

#2 Updated by Marco Mambelli over 2 years ago

I think this is due to postinstall commands like:
sed -i "s/FRONTEND_NAME_CHANGEME/$frontend_name/g" %{_sysconfdir}/gwms-frontend/frontend.xml
sed -i "s/FRONTEND_HOSTNAME/$fqdn_hostname/g" %{_sysconfdir}/gwms-frontend/frontend.xml
and
sed -i "s/FACTORY_HOSTNAME/$fqdn_hostname/g" %{_sysconfdir}/gwms-factory/glideinWMS.xml

These should run only on the stock file, that in upgrades s the .rpmnew
Add a comment line identifying the stock file, check for it and remove the line in the sed commands
And/of check for the rpmnew file

Or find a new mechanism (send email to OSG-int)