'abrt-vmcore' service doesnt move the vmcore to its parent directory.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Replication of vmcore files under /var/crash and /var/spool/abrt because of abrt-vmcore service:

    [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /var/crash/ /var/spool/abrt/
    /var/crash/:
    total 1
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 42 Feb 20 16:15 127.0.0.1-2017.02.20-16:15:46 <<---
    /var/spool/abrt/:
    total 4
    drwx------. 3 root root 4096 Feb 20 16:16 vmcore-127.0.0.1-2017.02.20-16:15:46 <<---
    
    [root@localhost ~]# du -sh /var/crash/* /var/spool/abrt/*
    68M     /var/crash/127.0.0.1-2017.02.20-16:15:46 <<---
    73M     /var/spool/abrt/vmcore-127.0.0.1-2017.02.20-16:15:46 <<---
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

  • abrt-addon-vmcore-2.1.11-12.el7 and onwards till 2.1.11-48.el7

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