Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 16:57:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Cc: freebsd-jail@freebsd.org, Ekkehard Gehm <gehm@doom-labs.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stagedir vs. jail Message-ID: <24528.128.135.70.2.1386629831.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <56141.128.135.70.2.1384825435.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <20131013105853.GA63463@doom-labs.net> <525A8AB5.9000102@FreeBSD.org> <20131013122217.GA87222@doom-labs.net> <20131013131901.GA55678@doom-labs.net> <56141.128.135.70.2.1384825435.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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And answering the question (weird: the on I was asking too...) just in case someone still needs the solution. I upgraded to latest release 9.2, rebuilt jails (by the book) and the issue is gone: all works like a charm, no staging directory problem. Thanks. Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On Mon, November 18, 2013 7:43 pm, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Hi Ekkehard, > > Did you find the solution or workaround? Could you point to it of you you > found one. As I still have this problem in quite a few on jails, so, it > doesn't look like it was solved on jail support or port support level. > > Thanks. > Valeri > > On Sun, October 13, 2013 7:19 am, Ekkehard Gehm wrote: >> A quick addition: >> >> My Jail is buid exactly as discribed in the jail handbook: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/jails-application.html >> >> So hanging around with this issue because of this staging thing is a bit >> *argl* >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ekki >> >> On Sun, 13 Oct 2013, Ekkehard Gehm wrote something like: >> >>> Ahoi! >>> >>> On Sun, 13 Oct 2013, Matthew Seaman wrote something like: >>> >>> > On 13/10/2013 11:58, Ekkehard Gehm wrote: >>> > > I resently have some problems installing/updating ports. The main >>> > > problem is that the stagedir path is somehow messed up. >>> > > >>> > > The system is running FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p6 and I'm working in a >>> > > jail. While building it creates the stagedir in >>> > > /s/portbuild/usr/ports/...../usr/local/ BUT: When it comes to the >>> pkg >>> > > building it suddently is looking in .../usr-local/.. witch acctualy >>> > > is a part of the symlink. (In the jail /usr/local is a symlink to >>> > > /s/usr-local). Resulting in an failure. >>> > > >>> > > The only workiaround is disabling stage completly thru >>> make.conf... >>> > > As this is very quick'n'dirty I wonder if there is any other >>> > > solution! >>> > >>> > Your subject line is (perhaps) a bit misleading: this seems to be >>> > nothing specific to the use of jails, but due to having sym-links in >>> > various paths. It could happen just the same if you laid out your >>> host >>> > filesystem using sym-links. >>> > >>> >>> Right. That might be... >>> >>> > Anyhow, this looks like a bug to me -- using sym-links to put your >>> > filesystem together should not result in chaos. >>> > >>> >>> >>> This is alo my understanding of this issue... >>> >>> > Are you using pkg(8)? There are differences in the way a package is >>> > generated from the staging directory between pkg(8) and pkg_create(1) >>> > which might make all the difference. >>> > >>> >>> Here is a short cut out of a build (portmaster portmaster): >>> >>> install -o root -g wheel -m 444 >>> /s/portbuild/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/wo >>> >>> rk/freebsd-portmaster-7359019/files/bash-completions >>> /s/portbuild/usr/ports/por >>> >>> ts-mgmt/portmaster/work/stage/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/portmaster.sh >>> ====> Compressing man pages >>> ===> Building package for portmaster-3.17.2 >>> Creating package >>> /s/portbuild/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/work/portmaster-3. >>> 17.2.tbz >>> Registering depends:. >>> Creating bzip'd tar ball in >>> '/s/portbuild/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/work/p >>> ortmaster-3.17.2.tbz' >>> tar: could not chdir to >>> '/s/portbuild/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/work/stage >>> /s/usr-local' >>> >>> pkg_create: make_dist: tar command failed with code 256 >>> *** [do-package] Error code 1 >>> >>> Stop in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster. >>> *** [install] Error code 1 >>> >>> Stop in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster. >>> >>> ===>>> A backup package for portmaster-3.17.1 should >>> be located in /var/ports/packages/portmaster-backup >>> >>> ===>>> Installation of portmaster-3.17.2 (ports-mgmt/portmaster) failed >>> ===>>> Aborting update >>> >>> ===>>> Killing background jobs >>> Terminated >>> >>> ===>>> You can restart from the point of failure with this command >>> line: >>> portmaster <flags> ports-mgmt/portmaster >>> >>> ===>>> Exiting >>> >>> As a result portmaster is not working anymore... >>> > Is it all ports that are affected? Does the use of PLIST_FILES or >>> > PLIST_DIRS in the port Makefile make any difference compared to >>> having >>> a >>> > pkg-plist file? >>> > >>> > A possible work-around: instead of sym-linking /s/usr-local -> >>> > /usr/local use a nullfs mount instead. >>> > >>> > mount -t nullfs /s/usr-local /usr/local >>> > >>> > (Actually, you'ld probably do that from outside the jail so adjust >>> the >>> > paths accordingly.) >>> > >>> > Another workaround: set up your own poudriere instance to build >>> > packages for all your jails. poudriere(8) will create its own jails >>> to >>> > do package building in, and manage paths etc. itself. It's a natural >>> > partner to pkg(8) and zfs(8) but it will work without either of >>> those. >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > >>> > Matthew >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. >>> > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ekkehard Gehm * mailto:gehm@doom-labs.net >>> Doom-Labs Inc. * http://www.doom-labs.net >>> Frag Content * PGP-Key: >>> http://www.physik.tu-berlin.de/~gehm/pubkey.asc >>> >>> Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else. >>> >>> Microsoft: "Where do you want to go today?" >>> Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" >>> FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" >> >> >> >> -- >> Ekkehard Gehm * mailto:gehm@doom-labs.net >> Doom-Labs Inc. * http://www.doom-labs.net >> Frag Content * PGP-Key: >> http://www.physik.tu-berlin.de/~gehm/pubkey.asc >> >> Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else. >> >> Microsoft: "Where do you want to go today?" >> Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" >> FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" >> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-jail@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-jail > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-jail-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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