95-kpartx.rules uses invalid -Q argument to modprobe(8)

[John Morrissey]

Binary package hint: multipath-tools

95-kpartx.rules calls modprobe(8) with the invalid -Q argument. I'm guessing it wants -q, for quiet?

--
# Always attempt to load dm-multipath. This way we can get rid of the
# init script.
ACTION=="add|change", SUBSYSTEM=="block", \
     RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -Qba dm-multipath"
--

udevd debug output:

1285084979.983300 [15293] udev_rules_apply_to_event: RUN '/sbin/modprobe -Qba dm-multipath' /lib/udev/rules.d/95-kpartx.rul
es:10
1285084979.984021 [15293] util_run_program: '/sbin/modprobe -Qba dm-multipath' started
1285084979.984499 [15293] util_run_program: '/sbin/modprobe' (stderr) '/sbin/modprobe: invalid option -- 'Q''
1285084979.984516 [15293] util_run_program: '/sbin/modprobe' (stderr) 'Usage: /sbin/modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-d <dirname> ] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-b] [-o <modname>] [ --dump-modversions ] <modname> [parameters...]'
1285084979.984522 [15293] util_run_program: '/sbin/modprobe' (stderr) '/sbin/modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ...'
1285084979.984524 [15293] util_run_program: '/sbin/modprobe' (stderr) '/sbin/modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...]'
1285084979.984578 [15293] util_run_program: '/sbin/modprobe -Qba dm-multipath' returned with exitcode 1

SRU Justification:
1. Impact: multipath fails because modprobe doesn't load the needed modules
2. How bug addressed: the udev rule calling multipath is fixed to not use a wrong argument
3. Patch: see comment #3
4. Test case: dont' have dm-multipath in /etc/modules. 95-kpartx.rules won't load it.
5. Regression potential: none.

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Which version are you seeing this bug with?

[John Morrissey (jwm)]

0.4.8-14ubuntu4. Sorry, I forgot to mention that.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

The fix for this is now in natty. Since this bug does no actual damage, I do not intend to pursue SRUs to lucid and maverick.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

nominating for lucid and maverick as per bug 737027 which reports actual breakage as a result.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Accepted multipath-tools into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

The upload to lucid-proposed was deleted, as the version was higher than that of the dev release, oneiric. If you happened to download that version while it was briefly available, you should manually downgrade back to 0.4.8-14ubuntu4, otherwise you run the risk of not updating this package on an upgrade to maverick.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

maverick has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the maverick task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".