Ubuntu 16.04: RAS tools like "snap" and "rtas_dump" gives error message on Habanero PKVM guest.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-04-19 03:51 EDT-------
Perl is already installed after default installation. Below is the information about version.

root@ubuntu:~# which perl
/usr/bin/perl
root@ubuntu:~# perl --version

This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 1 (v5.22.1) built for powerpc64le-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 58 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2015, Larry Wall

Issue is observed in other systems also after fresh installation.

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Which version of powerpc-utils was this? 'snap' isn't even shipped in Ubuntu.

As for rtas_dump, I'll get that sorted out.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-07-11 03:01 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #11)
> Which version of powerpc-utils was this? 'snap' isn't even shipped in

I think bug submitter is referring to powerpc-ibm-utils package here.

And I agree. snap is not supported any more.. We should adopt to sosreport/apport-collect.

>
> As for rtas_dump, I'll get that sorted out.

May be some perl dependency is missing here.

-Vasant

Nah, the submitter was correct in targeting powerpc-utils. I renamed powerpc-ibm-utils to powerpc-utils and powerpc-utils to pmac-utils to avoid the constant confusion. Of course, this'll be differently confusing for a while, but eventually we'll forget the old names. ;)

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-07-28 00:59 EDT-------
Reply from Pavithra about the testing on 16.10 :

Hi,

Issue is observed in 16.10 build also.

Logs
====
root@ltciofvtr-hab1:~# rtas_dump
Can't locate Data/Dumper.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Data::Dumper module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.2 /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/perl5/5.22 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/perl/5.22 /usr/share/perl/5.22 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/perl-base .).
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
rtas_dump: is not supported on the platform
root@ltciofvtr-hab1:~# perl --version

This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 2 (v5.22.2) built for powerpc64le-linux-gnu-thread-multi
(with 58 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2015, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

root@ltciofvtr-hab1:~# uname -a
Linux ltciofvtr-hab1 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:05:18 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
root@ltciofvtr-hab1:~# cat /etc/is
iscsi/ issue issue.net
root@ltciofvtr-hab1:~# cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch) \n \l

root@ltciofvtr-hab1:~#

Thanks,
Pavithra

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-09-13 09:53 EDT-------
Please find the version information below.

root@ubuntu:~# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-9136-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 26 05:56:24 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
root@ubuntu:~# dpkg -l | grep powerpc-utils
ii powerpc-utils 1.3.2-1 ppc64el utilities for maintenance of PowerPC platforms (metapackage)

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-10-06 00:24 EDT-------
Hello Adam,

Do you require any more details from us? Can you please let us know about progress on this one?

Thanks!

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-12-16 05:56 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #13)
> (In reply to comment #11)
> > Which version of powerpc-utils was this? 'snap' isn't even shipped in
>
> I think bug submitter is referring to powerpc-ibm-utils package here.
>
> And I agree. snap is not supported any more.. We should adopt to
> sosreport/apport-collect.
>
>
> >
> > As for rtas_dump, I'll get that sorted out.
>
>
> May be some perl dependency is missing here.

Yes, perl-modules-5.22 package is missing here, after installing perl-modules-5.22 package rtas_dump works fine.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2017-03-05 23:26 EDT-------
comment from Pavithra after latest testing :

Tested with 4.10.0-8-generic. Issue is not observed.

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# dpkg -l | grep perl-modules
ii perl-modules-5.24 5.24.1-1 all Core Perl modules
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 4.10.0-8-generic #10-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 13 14:00:06 UTC 2017 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# rtas_dump

Thanks,
Pavithra

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2017-03-23 00:58 EDT-------
This bug seems to be resolved now.