Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 12:18:08 GMT From: Martin Jackson <mhjacks@swbell.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/96711: 6.1-RC2 fails binary upgrade: chmod var/empty not allowed Message-ID: <200605031218.k43CI8fx075471@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200605031220.k43CKJZ8052752@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 96711 >Category: misc >Synopsis: 6.1-RC2 fails binary upgrade: chmod var/empty not allowed >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 03 12:20:18 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Martin Jackson >Release: 6.1-RC2 >Organization: >Environment: 6.1-RC2 Installer/GENERIC >Description: When doing a binary upgrade from various versions (I have directly observed this going from 6.0-RELEASE to 6.1-BETA4 and from 6.1-BETA4 to 6.1-RC2), the installer pukes while unpacking the base distribution, complaining that var/empty cannot be chmod'ed. It definitely has the schg flag set; and if I use the holographic shell to remove that flag, and retry installation (which the installer prompts for) it will complete successfully. I selected a custom distribution set, including: base, kernels (GENERIC only), man, info, games, and doc. I can work around the issue, but I would like to know if I'm doing something wrong or there is a bug in the installer. >How-To-Repeat: Select binary upgrade. Pick the following distributions: base, kernel (GENERIC), doc, info, man, games. The install should fail almost immediately with a write error. The log VT should show a cpio/gzip error writing to var/empty >Fix: A workaround is to use the "holographic shell" on vt 4 to chflags noschg /var/empty. Retrying the installation should succeed at that point. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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