Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:36:42 +0800 (SGT) From: Chan Tur Wei <twchan@singnet.com.sg> To: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> Cc: Sung Nae Cho <sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>, Steve Bernard <sbernard@gmu.edu>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: packages/INDEX on ftp.freebsd.org corrupted [was: Re: Has anybody been having problem with latest Snapshot for 4.3? (Release 4.3-20010718-STABLE)] Message-ID: <20010721142148.B5244-100000@zaapth.twnet.org> In-Reply-To: <007201c11140$c20a7950$1800a8c0@borges>
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Hi, I dug into this a little; the reason why sysinstall was dying was that its stack had been smashed by a really bad INDEX in the ftp sites. E.g. line 52 of INDEX, referring to the p5-Astro-MoonPhase port, has its fields completely bonkers -- extra fields, wrong data in the fields, etc. The wrong data caused sysinstall to overwrite its stack and hence to die at weird places. The INDEX that's in the CVS repository, however, is correct. Who should be fixing this problem? Regards -T.W.Chan- On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Scott Reese wrote: > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:23:57 -0700 > From: Scott Reese <sreese@codysbooks.com> > To: Sung Nae Cho <sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>, > Steve Bernard <sbernard@gmu.edu> > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Has anybody been having problem with latest Snapshot for > 4.3? (Release 4.3-20010718-STABLE) > > This subject came up a week or two ago, I believe. IIRC (someone please > correct me if I'm wrong) /stand/sysinstall isn't set up for supporting > package installation on the -STABLE branch (*technically* that is) but th= e > work-around is to change 4.3-STABLE to 4.3-RELEASE in your config (this i= s > because packages aren't tagged for -STABLE, only -RELEASE). The best thi= ng > to do is to keep your ports collection up to date and install any necessa= ry > programs that way... > > -Scott > > > I'm also glad that it's not just me! If you want to stay stable, you > > could either install everything from the latest SNAPSHOT (excluding the > > preprepared packages) or CVSUP and make world.... I prefer to reinstal= l > > the snapshot since it's much faster than making world and etc. Also, I > > really can't justify the performance gain I get from recompiling the fi= les > > with all the system specific optimization flags enabled. Anyone gettin= g > > enormouse or noticeable performance gain through recompilation? > > > > For the packages, I'm getting it from FreeBSD 4.3 Release ftp sites. > > > > > > Yours sincerely, > > Sung N. Cho, > > Friday, July 20, 2001. > > > > Dept. of Physics, > > Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Steve Bernard wrote: > > > > > Thank God it isn't just me!!! I've been racking my brain over the sam= e > > > problems for the past couple of days. I installed 4.3-STABLE a couple= of > > > weeks ago, late June, without a problem. This week I decided to rebui= ld > the > > > system and have been experiencing the exact problems that you describ= e. > > > Finally, I used my 4.3-RELEASE CD and everything installed flawlessly= =2E > To > > > test things out I successfully installed OpenBSD 2.9, RedHat Linux 7.= 1, > > > _and_ Windows 2000 Server, individually, using the same box and never > had a > > > problem. On a similar note, a couple of weeks ago the INDEX file was > missing > > > for the most recent STABLE releases on releng4.freebsd.org and that > caused > > > several aborted package installs for me. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Steve Bernard > > > > > > Systems Engineer > > > George Mason University > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sung Nae Cho > > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:29 AM > > > To: Jos=E9 M. Fandi=F1o > > > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: Re: Has anybody been having problem with latest Snapshot for > > > 4.3? (Release 4.3-20010718-STABLE) > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Sung Nae Cho wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Jos=E9 M. Fandi=F1o wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sung Nae Cho wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone run across package install failure with the latest > snapshot > > > > > > (4.3-20010718-STABLE) which was released on Wednesday, July 18? > I'm > > > > > > reinstalling my FreeBSD using snapshots since it seems to be > faster > > > than > > > > > > CVSUP and making the world. During the install, when it asks y= ou > if > > > you > > > > > > want to install "Linux Binaries", if I say yes, the installatio= n > > > abruptly > > > > > > ends with the error, "Segmentation fault (core dumped) and says > > > something > > > > > > about signal 11 ......" I thought it was a bug in new snapshot= , > so I > > > > > > tried installing snapshot released on July 17, July 16, (I had > been > > > using > > > > > > it prior) and those installation causes the same problem! So, > I've > > > > > > reinstalled the snapshot edition 20010718 and this time, I > answered > > > "NO" > > > > > > for "Linux binaries part" then exited the install. I've logged= in > as > > > root > > > > > > and ran /stand/sysinstall then "Configure" -> "Packages" -> "FT= P" > and > > > same > > > > > > thing happens. I get "Segmentation fault (core dumped) singal = 11 > .... > > > > > > error." Is this a problem with the FreeBSD FTP site or bug in > > > release? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ > > > > > > > > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > > > Sung N. Cho, > > > > > > Friday, July 20, 2001. > > > > > > Dept. of Physics, > > > > > > Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Thanks for the info. But, after reading this article, I don't thin= k > it's > > > > the hardware failure for my case. I am compiling kernel, all other > ports > > > > flawlessly under FreeBSD. Also, I had no problem installing Redhat > 7.1 > > > > and compiling Linux kernel 2.4.6 (did it yesterday!). I've tried > > > > reinstalling FreeBSD via ftp 7 times (5 times yesterday, 2 times > today) > > > > all with different settings in BIOS for I thought it might be the > settings > > > > in BIOS that was causing the problem. But, for all 7 tries, it alw= ays > > > > fails at exactly same point of installation, i.e., when the > installation > > > > asks if "linux binaries for compatibility" should be enabled. If I > choose > > > > yes, then it tries to grab the file from FreeBSD ftp site and it > crashes > > > > with "segment fault (core dumped).... something about signal 11" a= nd > it > > > > says that it'll try to save the current configuration and computer > reboots > > > > after a while. If it was a hardware problem, I doubt it would happ= en > at > > > > exactly same spot for 7 installation trials! Now, FreeBSD is instal= led > and > > > > running. But, unfortunately, when I try to grab some packages from > ftp > > > > using /stand/sysinstall, it still gives the same error at exactly s= ame > > > > spot! It tries to grab the package from FreeBSD ftp site... then I > get > > > > that segment fault error! However, grabbing the Distribution files > via > > > > ftp from /stand/sysinstall works flawlessly. I'm at the moment > installing > > > > everything via (make install clean distclean) method. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sung > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, again! > > > > > > This is a follow up! > > > > > > In the OPTION part of the /stand/sysinstall, I've modified my FreeBS= D > > > release version from 4.3-20010718-STABLE to 4.3-RELEASE and opend th= e > > > PACKAGES from one of the RELEASE ftp sites and I no longer get the > > > "segment fault (core dump), signal 11" error. I'm able to download t= he > > > packages from 4.3-RELEASE sites. But, I'm still getting "segment fau= lt > > > (core dump) error when I try to download packages via > /stand/sysinstall -> > > > Configure -> Packages from SNAPSHOT ftp sites! What's up with this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Sung > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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