Errors installing kernel-2.6.15-1.1977 via yum.

[Steven Haigh]

When installing the latest kernel via yum (kernel-2.6.15-1.1977_FC5) I get
the following:

Installing: kernel                       ##################### [ 19/104]
*** glibc detected *** /sbin/grubby: double free or corruption (out):
0xbfd93560 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0xc84de8]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_free+0x79)[0xc882ed]
/sbin/grubby[0x804fd12]
/sbin/grubby[0x804fe73]
/sbin/grubby[0x8050c9e]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0xc367a4]
/sbin/grubby[0x804a001]
======= Memory map: ========
002e7000-002e8000 r-xp 002e7000 00:00 0          [vdso]
00c04000-00c1d000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 852043     /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
00c1d000-00c1e000 r-xp 00018000 03:01 852043     /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
00c1e000-00c1f000 rwxp 00019000 03:01 852043     /lib/ld-2.3.90.so
00c21000-00d44000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 852045     /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
00d44000-00d47000 r-xp 00122000 03:01 852045     /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
00d47000-00d48000 rwxp 00125000 03:01 852045     /lib/libc-2.3.90.so
00d48000-00d4b000 rwxp 00d48000 00:00 0
026a1000-026ac000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 852152    
/lib/libgcc_s-4.1.0-20060219.so.1
026ac000-026ad000 rwxp 0000a000 03:01 852152    
/lib/libgcc_s-4.1.0-20060219.so.1
08048000-08089000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 1146917    /sbin/grubby
08089000-0808c000 rw-p 00041000 03:01 1146917    /sbin/grubby
0808c000-08094000 rw-p 0808c000 00:00 0
092fe000-0931f000 rw-p 092fe000 00:00 0          [heap]
b7e00000-b7e21000 rw-p b7e00000 00:00 0
b7e21000-b7f00000 ---p b7e21000 00:00 0
b7f86000-b7f87000 rw-p b7f86000 00:00 0
b7f96000-b7f97000 rw-p b7f96000 00:00 0
bfd81000-bfd97000 rw-p bfd81000 00:00 0          [stack]
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg: line 89:  3211 Aborted                 /sbin/grubby
--add-kernel=$bootPrefix/$kernelName -$version $INITRD --copy-default
$makedefault --title "$title" ${mbkernel:+--add-multiboot="$mbkernel"}
${mbar gs:+--mbargs="$mbargs"} --args="root=$rootdevice $kernargs"
--remove-kernel="TITLE=$title"

Did anyone else see this?

[Ivan Gyurdiev]

> Did anyone else see this?

Yes, I see the exact same thing.
The initrd is properly created, then grubby dies.
This is on x86_64.

[Mike Chambers]

On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 10:56 -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:
> > Did anyone else see this?
>
> Yes, I see the exact same thing.
> The initrd is properly created, then grubby dies.
> This is on x86_64.

Downgrade mkinitrd to the one from FC5T3 (least that is next one down
that I can find) until a fix is out.