Bug 25004 - if one installs the new kernel on an old system, the label is too long for lilo
Summary: if one installs the new kernel on an old system, the label is too long for lilo
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Branch p5
Classification: Distributions
Component: cross-component (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: all Linux
: P3 minor
Assignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it
QA Contact: QA p5
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Depends on: 22616
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Reported: 2011-02-01 00:18 MSK by Ivan Zakharyaschev
Modified: 2018-11-29 20:55 MSK (History)
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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2011-02-01 00:18:20 MSK 
kernel-image-std-def-2.6.32-alt20.M50P.1
lilo-22.7.3-alt5
bootloader-utils-0.4.8-alt2

I tried to install the new kernel from p5 on an older system (with
lilo-22.7.3-alt5 and bootloader-utils-0.4.8-alt2), and this failed
because the label was too long for lilo:

# lilo -v
< SKIPPED >
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-std-def-alt20.M50P.1
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd-2.6.32-std-def-alt20.M50P.1.img
Fatal: Image name, label, or alias is too long: '2632-std-def-20M50P1'
# 

Perhaps, the new kernel should conflict with these utils to enable the
upgrade of kernel.

(lilo-22.7.3-alt6.M51.1 was fixed to handle this after #22616 .)
Comment 1 Grigory Ustinov 2018-11-29 20:55:17 MSK 
Данный бранч более не поддерживается. Если проблема всё ещё актуальна в p8 или Sisyphus, пожалуйста, перевесьте на актуальный бранч. Закрываю баг, как End of Life.