Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:28:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Lars Eggert <lars@netapp.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newnfs pkgng database corruption? Message-ID: <279486232.724924.1365636491154.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <4C9A5BAE-8607-4E3A-8E69-E3993EA9873F@netapp.com>
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Lars Eggert wrote: > Hi, > > on a diskless server, I keep the ports tree and pkgng databases on a > newnfs NFSv4 mount. After a bunch of "portmaster -a" runs, the pkgng > sqlite database appears to get corrupted. For example, when I try to > update an existing port, this happens: > > root@five:~ # portmaster ports-mgmt/pkg > ... > ===> Registering installation for pkg-1.0.11 > Installing pkg-1.0.11...pkg: sqlite: database disk image is malformed > (pkgdb.c:925) > pkg: sqlite: database disk image is malformed (pkgdb.c:1914) > *** [fake-pkg] Error code 70 > Error code 70 is ESTALE (or NFSERR_STALE, if you prefer). The server replies with that when the file no longer exists. File locking doesn't stop a file from being removed, as far as I know. rick > I have removed all ports and the pkgng databases and reinstalled, but > the corruption seems to return after a few days or weeks of installing > and deinstalling ports. > > On another system that has a disk, that corruption of the pkgng > database has not happened over six months or so. I therefore wonder if > storing the sqlite database on an NFS-mount is triggering some sort of > bug, either in pkgng or in newnfs. AFAIK, pkgng is using locks on the > database quite liberally, could that be where a bug is lurking? > > I'm happy to help debug this, but someone would need to let me know > what to try. > > Thanks, > Lars > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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