subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['dracut', '--conf', 'tmp.conf']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

[Rtoax]

Error Reason

Lorax need DracutChroot() class during make initrd.img, and lorax support --dracut-conf argument to pass the dracut_args for dracut --conf argument. In old dracut(<055-105-g7de9ffc05747) version, dracut.sh will skip the --conf conffile check if it is not exist, However, the new dracut(>=055-105-g7de9ffc05747, commit 7de9ffc05747("fix(dracut.sh): do not ignore invalid config file or dir path")) will exit 1 if --conf conffile is not exist, the patch as follows:

 # if we were not passed a config file, try the default one
-if [[ ! -f $conffile ]]; then
+if [[ -z $conffile ]]; then
     if [[ $allowlocal ]]; then
         conffile="$dracutbasedir/dracut.conf"
     else
         conffile="$dracutsysrootdir/etc/dracut.conf"
     fi
+elif [[ ! -f $conffile ]]; then
+    printf "%s\n" "dracut: Configuration file '$conffile' not found." >&2
+    exit 1
 fi

What we can do?(maybe)

1. forbidden lorax --dracut-conf argument;
2. find a good way to pass the --dracut-conf conffile in DracutChroot(), so that, [[ ! -f $conffile ]] will not exit 1;

Lorax Fatal Message

$ sudo lorax --dracut-conf /home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf ...
...
rebuilding initramfs images
2022-12-27 10:51:01,768: dracut args = ['--conf', '/home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf']
dracut args = ['--conf', '/home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf']
2022-12-27 10:51:01,768: anaconda args = ['--conf', '/home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf', '--add', 'anaconda pollcdrom qemu qemu-net prefixdevname-tools']
anaconda args = ['--conf', '/home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf', '--add', 'anaconda pollcdrom qemu qemu-net prefixdevname-tools']
2022-12-27 10:51:01,800: rebuilding boot/initramfs-5.15.67-1.cl9.x86_64.img
rebuilding boot/initramfs-5.15.67-1.cl9.x86_64.img
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/sbin/lorax", line 226, in <module>
    main()
  File "/sbin/lorax", line 207, in main
    lorax.run(dnfbase, opts.product, opts.version, opts.release,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylorax/__init__.py", line 358, in run
    treebuilder.rebuild_initrds(add_args=anaconda_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylorax/treebuilder.py", line 338, in rebuild_initrds
    dracut.Run(args + [outfile, kernel.version])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylorax/imgutils.py", line 509, in Run
    runcmd(["dracut"] + args, root=self.root)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylorax/executils.py", line 367, in runcmd
    return execWithRedirect(cmd[0], cmd[1:], **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylorax/executils.py", line 230, in execWithRedirect
    return _run_program(argv, stdin=stdin, stdout=stdout, root=root, env_prune=env_prune,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pylorax/executils.py", line 205, in _run_program
    raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(proc.returncode, argv, output)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['dracut', '--nomdadmconf', '--nolvmconf', '--conf', '/home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf', '--add', 'anaconda pollcdrom qemu qemu-net prefixdevname-tools', '--force', 'boot/initramfs-5.15.67-1.cl9.x86_64.img', '5.15.67-1.cl9.x86_64']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
2022-12-27 10:51:01,853: Cleaning up tempdir - /home/rongtao/cclinux/cclinux.out/tmp/lorax.w443f2n7

/home/rongtao/cclinux/tools/dracut/conf.d/01.conf

# dracut config file customized for My Linux OS

stdloglvl=3
sysloglvl=5

# see https://github.com/weldr/lorax.git: src/pylorax/__init__.py
# DRACUT_DEFAULT="--xz --install /.buildstamp --no-early-microcode --add fips"
compress="xz"
install_items+=" /.buildstamp "
early_microcode="no"
add_dracutmodules+=" fips "

# New Arch need ignition module
add_dracutmodules+=" ignition "

[bcl]

Thanks for the report, the right thing to do is to copy it into the chroot somewhere and rewrite the --dracut-conf argument.