PI08270: ATTEMPTS TO EXECUTE THE INSTALL RPM STEP WITH EMPTY STRINGS AS PARAMETERS, RESULTS IN STEP FAILURE WITH AN EXCEPTION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 1. Install an UrbanCode Deploy Agent on Linux with the RPM
  plug-in installed
  2. Create an application, an environment, a component
  3. Use the Install RPM step in the component process
  4. Reference as parameters for the Install RPM step on each line
  a property (e.g. with different scopes like version, resource,
  environment or others)
  5. Specify the .rpm file name as parameter
  7. Execute the application process
  Actual Result:
  The console shows
  ---
  Using values :
  Package : /root/ibm-java-x86_64-jre-7.0-6.0.x86_64.rpm
  
  Installing Package
  command: rpm -i '' '' '' '${p:resource/RPM_INSTALL_HOST_PARAMS}'
  '${p:version/RPM_INSTALL_VERSION_PARAMS}'
  /root/ibm-java-x86_64-jre-7.0-6.0.x86_64.rpm
  error: File not found by glob:
  error: File not found by glob:
  error: File not found by glob:
  Caught: com.urbancode.air.ExitCodeException: Command failed with
  exit code: 3
  com.urbancode.air.ExitCodeException: Command failed with exit
  code: 3
  at
  com.urbancode.air.CommandHelper.runCommand(CommandHelper.groovy:
  184)
  at
  com.urbancode.air.CommandHelper$runCommand$0.callCurrent(Unknown
  Source)
  at
  com.urbancode.air.CommandHelper.runCommand(CommandHelper.groovy:
  110)
  at com.urbancode.air.CommandHelper$runCommand.call(Unknown
  Source)
  at install.run(install.groovy:33)
  ---
  Expected Result:
  Install RPM step ignores empty parameter values by
  

Local fix

• No workaround known at this time
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of RPM plug-in                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Issues were encountered installing the RPM plug-in           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is provided in IBM UrbanCode Deploy 6.0.1.1
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  UDEPLOY

• Fixed component ID

  5725M7700

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSN

     UP

• R500 PSY

     UP