[Bug 1664367] Re: s390x squashfs image should include s390-tools

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

s390-tools, and specifically zipl part of that package is a bootloader
and only makes sense on images that are booted: e.g. for virtual
machines and bare metal. It is kind of like e.g. grub2 in x86_64 world.

squashfs is used for containers.

on amd64, squashfs does not contain grub2, thus s390-tools should be
installed just like other bootloaders are installed.

So no, s390-tools should not be installed in the squashfs, but instead
installed just before zipl is called to make image/install bootable. How
is grub2 installed in amd64 case in MAAS images?

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Title:
  s390x squashfs image should include s390-tools

Status in cloud-images:
  New
Status in curtin:
  New
Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I propose that the s390x cloud-images should contain the s390-tools
  package by default.

  In working on the s390x testing for curtin we discovered that the
  s390-tools package was missing as we needed to be able to run zipl.
  After talking to xnox and cpaelzer it was suggested that this package
  should be in there should you want to do anything useful with a s390x
  as the package contains many utilities to interact and manage a
  system.

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