Re: [PATCH] Handle rpmdb open errors by throwing out the root candidate (#723167).

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On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 15:21 -0400, Chris Lumens wrote:
> This will mostly occur because we're attempting to check a non-RPM system
> to see if it can be upgraded or not.  It can't.

One comment below...

> ---
>  pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py |   18 +++++++++++++++---
>  pyanaconda/upgrade.py          |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py b/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py
> index 8e2cb6a..1b47ad2 100644
> --- a/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py
> +++ b/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py
> @@ -1440,8 +1440,15 @@ def getReleaseString(mountpoint):
>  
>      # We get the arch from the initscripts package, but the version and name
>      # must come from reading the release file.
> -    # pylint: disable-msg=E1101
> -    mi = ts.dbMatch('provides', 'initscripts')
> +    try:
> +        # pylint: disable-msg=E1101
> +        mi = ts.dbMatch('provides', 'initscripts')
> +    except:
> +        # This could happen in a variety of cases, but the biggest one is we're
> +        # examining an installed system that doesn't use RPM.  Raise an
> +        # exception for the caller to handle.
> +        raise ValueError

Explicitly catching Exception here would be marginally nicer than the
bare except clause. Otherwise it looks okay to me.

Dave

> +
>      for h in mi:
>          relArch = h['arch']
>          break
> @@ -1500,7 +1507,12 @@ def findExistingRootDevices(anaconda, upgradeany=False):
>              continue
>  
>          if os.access(anaconda.rootPath + "/etc/fstab", os.R_OK):
> -            (arch, product, version) = getReleaseString(anaconda.rootPath)
> +            try:
> +                (arch, product, version) = getReleaseString(anaconda.rootPath)
> +            except ValueError:
> +                # This likely isn't our product, so don't even count it as
> +                # notUpgradable.
> +                continue
>  
>              if upgradeany or \
>                 anaconda.instClass.productUpgradable(arch, product, version):
> diff --git a/pyanaconda/upgrade.py b/pyanaconda/upgrade.py
> index bc5f977..e2756c5 100644
> --- a/pyanaconda/upgrade.py
> +++ b/pyanaconda/upgrade.py
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import selinux
>  from flags import flags
>  from constants import *
>  from product import productName
> -from storage import findExistingRootDevices, getReleaseString
> +from storage import findExistingRootDevices
>  from storage import mountExistingSystem
>  from storage.formats import getFormat
>  


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