We believe this issue is resolved in Bionic. Could IBM verify that this bug is actually fixed in bionic? The backport to Xenial is complex, and so we are investigating other routes.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1714485 Title: Ubuntu 16.04: kdump fails with error "kdump-tools[1532]: /etc/init.d /kdump-tools: 26: [: -ne: unexpected operator" when / file system is xfs. Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: Triaged Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in makedumpfile source package in Xenial: New Status in makedumpfile source package in Zesty: Won't Fix Status in makedumpfile source package in Artful: New Status in makedumpfile source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: == Comment: #0 - PAVITHRA R. PRAKASH <> - 2017-08-31 00:33:37 == ---Problem Description--- Ubuntu 16.04.03: kdump fails with error "kdump-tools[1532]: /etc/init.d/kdump-tools: 26: [: -ne: unexpected operator" when / file system is xfs. ---Steps to Reproduce--- 1. Install Ubuntu 16.04.03 with / as xfs. 2. Configure kdump. 3. trigger crash. Machine hangs after below log. Attaching console log. [ OK ] Reached target Network is Online. Starting Kernel crash dump capture service... Starting iSCSI initiator daemon (iscsid)... [ 12.263089] kdump-tools[1205]: /etc/init.d/kdump-tools: 26: [: -ne: unexpected operator [ OK ] Started Kernel crash dump capture service. [ OK ] Started iSCSI initiator daemon (iscsid). Starting Login to default iSCSI targets... [ OK ] Started Login to default iSCSI targets. [ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems (Pre). 4. After manual reboot /etc/default/kdump-tools is empty. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1714485/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

