Saw a problem today when using dnf to update the sudo package to sudo-1.9.12p2-1.ppc where it would core dump on 7300-01-01-2246.  Cleanup and rebuild RPM database and try again and same result.

Did an update all instead, it applied the updates until it got to sudo and then core dumped again.  Rebuilt the database. Checked and found that the only other update left to apply was libksba-1.6.2-1.ppc so applied just that one. Afterwards sudo update applied cleanly, as if it had some unexpected dependency on libksba.  Thought I'd share here in case anyone else runs into it.

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Chris Horn
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Hi Chris,

Please let me know the output when it core dumped and "rpm -qa | sort" output.

It could mostly be related to the issue mentioned here https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/discussion/recent-dnf-and-yum-issues-with-newer-python3-and-curl-builds

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SANGAMESH
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Hi Sangamesh,

I don't have stderr, sorry, here is the stdout from ansible:

    AIX generic repository                         7.3 kB/s | 2.7 kB     00:00
    AIX generic repository                         4.3 MB/s | 18 MB     00:04
    AIX noarch repository                            15 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00
    AIX noarch repository                         1.8 MB/s | 1.9 MB     00:01
    AIX 7.3 specific repository                     14 kB/s | 2.6 kB     00:00
    AIX 7.3 specific repository                     417 kB/s | 272 kB     00:00
    Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Fri Feb 10 12:35:44 EST 2023.
    Dependencies resolved.
    ================================================================================
     Package             Arch     Version             Repository            Size
    ================================================================================
    Upgrading:
     curl                 ppc     7.86.0-1            AIX_Toolbox         1.7 M
     expat                 ppc     2.5.0-1             AIX_Toolbox         854 k
     libksba             ppc     1.6.2-1             AIX_Toolbox         1.3 M
     librepo             ppc     1.11.0-101         AIX_Toolbox         441 k
     libssh2             ppc     1.10.0-2            AIX_Toolbox         1.0 M
     libxml2             ppc     2.10.3-1            AIX_Toolbox         4.6 M
     openldap             ppc     2.5.12-1            AIX_Toolbox         4.0 M
     python                ppc     2.7.18-4            AIX_Toolbox         22 M
     python3             ppc     3.7.15-2            AIX_Toolbox         42 M
     python3-librepo     ppc     1.11.0-101         AIX_Toolbox         326 k
     sudo                 ppc     1.9.12p2-1         AIX_Toolbox         3.1 M
     zchunk-libs         ppc     1.1.4-102         AIX_Toolbox         824 k
     zlib                 ppc     1.2.13-1            AIX_Toolbox         345 k
     libdnf                ppc     0.39.1-64_51        AIX_Toolbox_73     2.3 M
     python3-hawkey        ppc     0.39.1-64_51        AIX_Toolbox_73     424 k
     python3-libdnf        ppc     0.39.1-64_51        AIX_Toolbox_73     2.3 M

    Transaction Summary
    ================================================================================
    Upgrade 16 Packages

    Total download size: 87 M
    Downloading Packages:
    (1/16): expat-2.5.0-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm            1.3 MB/s | 854 kB     00:00
    (2/16): libksba-1.6.2-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm         1.7 MB/s | 1.3 MB     00:00
    (3/16): librepo-1.11.0-101.aix7.1.ppc.rpm     3.2 MB/s | 441 kB     00:00
    (4/16): curl-7.86.0-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm            2.0 MB/s | 1.7 MB     00:00
    (5/16): libssh2-1.10.0-2.aix7.1.ppc.rpm         4.5 MB/s | 1.0 MB     00:00
    (6/16): openldap-2.5.12-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm        4.4 MB/s | 4.0 MB     00:00
    (7/16): libxml2-2.10.3-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm         4.4 MB/s | 4.6 MB     00:01
    (8/16): python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.aix7.1.ppc.r 2.5 MB/s | 326 kB     00:00
    (9/16): sudo-1.9.12p2-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm         4.3 MB/s | 3.1 MB     00:00
    (10/16): zchunk-libs-1.1.4-102.aix7.1.ppc.rpm 4.4 MB/s | 824 kB     00:00
    (11/16): zlib-1.2.13-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm         2.6 MB/s | 345 kB     00:00
    (12/16): libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.aix7.3.ppc.rpm     4.1 MB/s | 2.3 MB     00:00
    (13/16): python3-hawkey-0.39.1-64_51.aix7.3.ppc 3.1 MB/s | 424 kB     00:00
    (14/16): python3-libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.aix7.3.ppc 4.4 MB/s | 2.3 MB     00:00
    (15/16): python-2.7.18-4.aix6.1.ppc.rpm         4.5 MB/s | 22 MB     00:04
    (16/16): python3-3.7.15-2.aix7.1.ppc.rpm        4.6 MB/s | 42 MB     00:09
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                         8.0 MB/s | 87 MB     00:10
    Running transaction check
    Transaction check succeeded.
    Running transaction test
    Transaction test succeeded.
    Running transaction
     Preparing        :                                                        1/1
     Upgrading        : zlib-1.2.13-1.ppc                                     1/32
     Upgrading        : libxml2-2.10.3-1.ppc                                 2/32
     Running scriptlet: openldap-2.5.12-1.ppc                                 3/32
     Upgrading        : openldap-2.5.12-1.ppc                                 3/32
     Running scriptlet: openldap-2.5.12-1.ppc                                 3/32
     Upgrading        : expat-2.5.0-1.ppc                                     4/32
     Upgrading        : python3-3.7.15-2.ppc                                 5/32
     Upgrading        : libssh2-1.10.0-2.ppc                                 6/32
     Upgrading        : curl-7.86.0-1.ppc                                     7/32
     Upgrading        : zchunk-libs-1.1.4-102.ppc                             8/32
     Upgrading        : librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc                                9/32
     Upgrading        : libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.ppc                             10/32
     Upgrading        : python3-libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.ppc                     11/32
     Upgrading        : python3-hawkey-0.39.1-64_51.ppc                     12/32
     Upgrading        : python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc                     13/32
     Upgrading        : python-2.7.18-4.ppc                                 14/32

Here is the relevent portion from dnf.rpm.log:

2023-02-10T17:34:59Z INFO --- logging initialized ---
2023-02-10T17:36:03Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: zlib-1.2.13-1.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:03Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: libxml2-2.10.3-1.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:03Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: openldap-2.5.12-1.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:05Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: expat-2.5.0-1.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:05Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: python3-3.7.15-2.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:24Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: libssh2-1.10.0-2.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:24Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: curl-7.86.0-1.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:24Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: zchunk-libs-1.1.4-102.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:25Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:25Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:25Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: python3-libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:25Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: python3-hawkey-0.39.1-64_51.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:25Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:25Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: python-2.7.18-4.ppc
2023-02-10T17:36:36Z SUBDEBUG Upgrade: sudo-1.9.12p2-1.ppc

Here is the rpm -qa | sort output:

root@d1276-pvm1:/ # rpm -qa | sort
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x24d: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x24f: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x250: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x251: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x252: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x253: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x254: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x255: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x256: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x257: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x258: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x259: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x25a: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x25b: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x25c: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x25d: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x25e: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x25f: 9568534/1
warning: rpmdb: Freeing read locks for locker 0x260: 9568534/1
AIX-rpm-7.3.1.1-5.ppc
bash-5.1.16-1.ppc
bzip2-1.0.8-2.ppc
ca-certificates-2021.2.52-3.ppc
check-0.13.0-1.ppc
cloud-init-0.7.5-4.5.ppc
curl-7.85.0-1.ppc
curl-7.86.0-1.ppc
cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-1.ppc
db-5.3.28-1.ppc
dnf-4.2.17-64_51.ppc
dnf-automatic-4.2.17-64_51.ppc
dnf-data-4.2.17-64_51.ppc
expat-2.4.9-1.ppc
expat-2.5.0-1.ppc
expect-5.45.4-2.ppc
fontconfig-2.11.95-4.ppc
freetype2-2.12.1-1.ppc
gdbm-1.23-1.ppc
gettext-0.21-2.ppc
glib2-2.56.1-3.ppc
gmp-6.2.1-1.ppc
gnupg2-2.2.35-1.ppc
gnutls-3.7.2-1.ppc
gpgme-1.13.1-100.ppc
info-6.7-1.ppc
json-c-0.15-2.ppc
krb5-libs-1.18.5-2.ppc
libXft-2.3.2-4waixX11.ppc
libXrender-0.9.8-3waixX11.ppc
libassuan-2.5.5-1.ppc
libcomps-0.1.11-101.ppc
libdnf-0.39.1-64_50.ppc
libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.ppc
libffi-3.4.2-1.ppc
libgcc-10-2.ppc
libgcc10-10.3.0-6.ppc
libgcrypt-1.9.4-1.ppc
libgomp-10-2.ppc
libgomp10-10.3.0-6.ppc
libgpg-error-1.45-1.ppc
libiconv-1.17-1.ppc
libksba-1.6.0-1.ppc
libmodulemd-1.5.2-100.ppc
libnghttp2-1.46.0-1.ppc
libpng-1.6.37-1.ppc
librepo-1.11.0-100.ppc
librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
libsmartcols-2.34-100.ppc
libsolv-0.7.9-64_50.ppc
libssh2-1.10.0-1.ppc
libssh2-1.10.0-2.ppc
libstdc++-10-2.ppc
libstdc++10-10.3.0-6.ppc
libtasn1-4.16.0-1.ppc
libtextstyle-0.21-2.ppc
libunistring-0.9.10-1.ppc
libxml2-2.10.2-1.ppc
libxml2-2.10.3-1.ppc
libyaml-0.2.5-1.ppc
libzstd-1.5.2-1.ppc
ncurses-6.3-1.ppc
nettle-3.7.3-1.ppc
npth-1.5-1.ppc
openldap-2.4.58-4.ppc
openldap-2.5.12-1.ppc
p11-kit-0.23.22-1.ppc
p11-kit-tools-0.23.22-1.ppc
pinentry-1.0.0-1.ppc
python-2.7.18-3.ppc
python-2.7.18-4.ppc
python-PyYAML-3.11-1.ppc
python-boto-2.34.0-1.noarch
python-cheetah-2.4.4-2.ppc
python-configobj-5.0.5-1.noarch
python-jsonpatch-1.8-1.noarch
python-jsonpointer-1.0-1.noarch
python-oauth-1.0.1-1.noarch
python-prettytable-0.7.2-1.noarch
python-pyserial-2.7-1.ppc
python-requests-2.4.3-1.noarch
python-setuptools-0.9.8-2.noarch
python-six-1.10.0-1.noarch
python-xml-0.8.4-1.ppc
python3-3.7.15-1.ppc
python3-3.7.15-2.ppc
python3-dnf-4.2.17-64_51.ppc
python3-gpg-1.13.1-100.ppc
python3-hawkey-0.39.1-64_50.ppc
python3-hawkey-0.39.1-64_51.ppc
python3-libcomps-0.1.11-101.ppc
python3-libdnf-0.39.1-64_50.ppc
python3-libdnf-0.39.1-64_51.ppc
python3-librepo-1.11.0-100.ppc
python3-librepo-1.11.0-101.ppc
readline-8.1-1.ppc
rpm-python3-4.15.1-64_2.ppc
sqlite-3.39.3-1.ppc
sudo-1.9.5p2-1.ppc
tcl-8.6.11-1.ppc
tk-8.6.11-1.ppc
wget-1.21.2-1.ppc
xz-libs-5.2.5-1.ppc
zchunk-libs-1.1.4-101.ppc
zchunk-libs-1.1.4-102.ppc
zlib-1.2.12-1.ppc
zlib-1.2.13-1.ppc

The last two packages that were not installed are:

 libksba                               ppc                               1.6.2-1                                    AIX_Toolbox                               1.3 M
 sudo                                  ppc                               1.9.12p2-1                                 AIX_Toolbox                               3.1 M

After rebuilding the RPM database if I do a yum update it will core again as it tries to update sudo first.  If I manually update libksba first then sudo installs fine.

The release level is 7300-01-01-2246 and I have the latest openssl 3.0.7.1000 on the machine.

Thanks,

Chris

P.S. Quick update, installing libksba and then an running update all it still core dumps once it tries to update sudo. Note existing sudo package is sudo-1.9.5p2-1.ppc

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Chris Horn
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