rpm-ostree kargs --delete crashes with assertion pkglist->len > 0 on bootc/OCI deployment

[rwangsol]

Describe the bug

Running rpm-ostree kargs --delete= crashes the rpm-ostreed daemon with a GLib assertion failure when the active deployment is a bootc OCI image (i.e., pulled from a container registry via ostree-unverified-registry:). The same crash also occurs when running rpm-ostree status.

Reproduction steps

1. Boot a system deployed from a bootc OCI image (no traditional RPM layering)
2. Run: rpm-ostree kargs --delete=isolcpus=4-43

Expected behavior

Kernel argument is deleted and a new deployment is staged successfully.

Actual behavior

The staging completes (Staging deployment... done) but then rpm-ostreed crashes:

  rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/lib/rpmostree-package.c:284:_rpm_ostree_package_list_for_commit: assertion failed (pkglist->len > 0): (0 > 0)
  Bail out! rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/lib/rpmostree-package.c:284:_rpm_ostree_package_list_for_commit: assertion failed (pkglist->len > 0): (0 > 0)
  Aborted (core dumped)

Note: rpm-ostree status also crashes with the identical assertion, suggesting the daemon consistently fails to handle this deployment type.

# rpm-ostree status
State: idle
Deployments:
......
**
rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/lib/rpmostree-package.c:284:_rpm_ostree_package_list_for_commit: assertion failed (pkglist->len > 0): (0 > 0)
Bail out! rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/lib/rpmostree-package.c:284:_rpm_ostree_package_list_for_commit: assertion failed (pkglist->len > 0): (0 > 0)
Aborted (core dumped)

System details

• OS: Oracle Linux Server 10.1 (kernel 6.12.0-124.52.1.el10_1.x86_64)
• Deployment type: ostree-unverified-registry (bootc OCI image)

Additional information

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