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Bug 1767417

Summary: --forcearch doesn't warn/fail if you don't have qemu-user-static installed
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Kamil Páral <kparal>
Component: mockAssignee: Miroslav Suchý <msuchy>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Kamil Páral 2019-10-31 12:21:53 UTC 
Description of problem:
I found a command to use mock to build package for a different architecture using "--forcearch". I didn't read the man page, I simly used it in the same way:

$ mock -r fedora-31-ppc64le --forcearch ppc64le --rebuild ./innoextract-1.8-1.fc32.src.rpm 
...
Error: Transaction failed

I couldn't understand why it failed. Only after asking people for help and debugging for some time, it turned out I didn't have qemu-user-static package installed. Once I installed it, it started working.

If --forcearch requires qemu-user-static, why don't you fail immediately with a clear error when this package is not installed? That would be clear for the user and it would save a lot of time and troubles. If failing hard is not an option, can you at least print a very visible warning (printing it as the last line in the log, after the failed command, would be best)? Thanks.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mock-1.4.20-1.fc30.noarch

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use mock --forcearch when qemu-user-static is not installed
2. it runs, but fails with a non-obvious error
Comment 1 Kamil Páral 2019-10-31 12:23:06 UTC 
Created attachment 1631033 [details]
mock output
Comment 2 Miroslav Suchý 2019-10-31 12:29:32 UTC 
Already done in upstream
  https://github.com/rpm-software-management/mock/commit/f16ccbfb7fdb0d54ee5978d6eadce9ae3939d282
will be in next major release.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-02-08 16:50:26 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-02-08 16:51:13 UTC 
FEDORA-2020-4ab9c18a6a has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-4ab9c18a6a
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2020-02-08 16:51:30 UTC 
FEDORA-2020-8c3f06d776 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-8c3f06d776
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2020-02-09 01:20:56 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.fc31, mock-core-configs-32.1-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-8c3f06d776
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2020-02-09 01:35:59 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.el8, mock-core-configs-32.1-1.el8 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2020-02-09 01:43:48 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.fc30, mock-core-configs-32.1-1.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-4ab9c18a6a
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2020-02-09 01:47:54 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.el7, mock-core-configs-32.1-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2020-02-20 04:45:55 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.fc30, mock-core-configs-32.1-1.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2020-02-20 05:03:28 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.fc31, mock-core-configs-32.1-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2020-02-20 09:24:08 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf
Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2020-02-20 09:24:08 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b
Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2020-02-21 01:55:06 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.el8, mock-core-configs-32.2-1.el8 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b
Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2020-02-21 01:55:49 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.el7, mock-core-configs-32.2-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf
Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2020-02-21 19:45:50 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b
Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2020-02-21 19:46:24 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf
Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2020-02-22 01:37:35 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.el7, mock-core-configs-32.3-2.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-56dcc5ffbf
Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2020-02-22 02:36:39 UTC 
mock-2.0-2.el8, mock-core-configs-32.3-2.el8 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-4f9536de5b
Comment 20 Fedora Update System 2020-03-11 09:40:26 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66
Comment 21 Fedora Update System 2020-03-12 22:25:40 UTC 
mock-2.1-1.el8, mock-core-configs-32.4-1.el8 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907
Comment 22 Fedora Update System 2020-03-12 23:31:56 UTC 
mock-2.1-1.el7, mock-core-configs-32.4-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66
Comment 23 Fedora Update System 2020-03-26 16:23:50 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66
Comment 24 Fedora Update System 2020-03-27 08:02:01 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907
Comment 25 Fedora Update System 2020-03-27 13:23:09 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 26 Fedora Update System 2020-03-27 13:40:01 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 27 Fedora Update System 2020-04-02 07:53:31 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907
Comment 28 Fedora Update System 2020-04-02 07:54:52 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66
Comment 29 Fedora Update System 2020-04-03 20:19:50 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 30 Fedora Update System 2020-04-03 21:18:19 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 31 Fedora Update System 2020-05-05 05:46:24 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-5a84e15907 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 32 Fedora Update System 2020-05-05 07:17:23 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2020-88ef4b4d66 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.