Bug 1219347

Summary:	[Build 20240128] perl-Bootloader: pbl --log creates empty log file
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Tumbleweed	Reporter:	Cédric Vidot <cedric.vidot>
Component:	Bootloader	Assignee:	Cédric Vidot <cedric.vidot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	bootloader-maintainers, mchang, snwint
Version:	Current
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	openSUSE Tumbleweed
URL:	https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/3899504/modules/perl_bootloader/steps/43
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Found By:	openQA	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	Yes
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Cédric Vidot 2024-01-30 12:25:19 UTC

## Observation

Command 'pbl --log pbl.log' creates an empty log file:

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 Script:
cat /var/log/pbl-test.log

Regular expression:
(?^:pbl)

Output:
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openQA test in scenario opensuse-Tumbleweed-JeOS-for-kvm-and-xen-x86_64-jeos-extra@64bit_virtio-2G fails in
[perl_bootloader](https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/3899504/modules/perl_bootloader/steps/43)

## Reproducible

Fails since (at least) Build [20240123](https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/3888714)


## Expected result

See result for SLE: [13379161](https://openqa.suse.de/tests/13379161#step/perl_bootloader/42)

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Script:
cat /var/log/pbl-test.log

Regular expression:
(?^:pbl)

Output:
2024-01-29 18:04:34 <1> pbl-1268 new.151: pbl-1268 = /sbin/pbl, version = 0.945, root = 0:48
2024-01-29 18:04:34 <1> pbl-1268 main.310: /sbin/pbl
2024-01-29 18:04:34 <1> pbl-1268 main.312: bootloader = grub2-efi
2024-01-29 18:04:34 <1> pbl-1268 main.318: locale =
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## Further details

Always latest result in this scenario: [latest](https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/latest?arch=x86_64&distri=opensuse&flavor=JeOS-for-kvm-and-xen&machine=64bit_virtio-2G&test=jeos-extra&version=Tumbleweed)

Comment 1 Michael Chang 2024-02-19 08:27:53 UTC

Hi Steffen,

Could you please have a look for the empty log an intended behavior or not ? Thanks.

Comment 2 Steffen Winterfeldt 2024-02-19 16:40:42 UTC

'pbl --log foo' is not a good test as it doesn't specify any action for pbl.

Better use 'pbl --log foo --default-settings' (for example).

Otherwise pbl will set the log file and then do nothing - i.e also log
nothing.

The change compared to SLE came with the rewrite as shell script.

Please adjust the test.

Comment 3 Cédric Vidot 2024-02-27 11:45:35 UTC

Hi Steffen,

Noted, I updated the test: https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/3958904#step/perl_bootloader/51

Comment 4 Steffen Winterfeldt 2024-02-27 12:10:26 UTC

Thanks, looks good.