mkinitrd fails with "/sbin/scsi_id: option requires an argument -- s" error
Issue
mkinitrd command used to rebuild ramdisk image during the kernel upgrade fails with the following error messages:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ip kernel-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64.rpm
warning: kernel-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
/sbin/scsi_id: option requires an argument -- s
/sbin/scsi_id: option requires an argument -- s
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
mkinitrd package earlier than 5.1.19.6-75.el5
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