FS#12568 - install scriptlets do not work with a non default RootDir setting

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Yun Zheng Hu (yun) - Thursday, 25 December 2008, 03:00 GMT
Last edited by Xavier (shining) - Friday, 11 September 2009, 13:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Backend/Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.2.1
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:

When you configure pacman's RootDir other than the directory '/' for instance '/opt/arch', the install scriptlet in packages cannot be executed.

Steps to Reproduce:

- Change the RootDir of pacman to something else in pacman.conf, for example: /opt/arch
- Create a package that has an install scriptlet, and put a debug "echo foobar" at the top of the scriptlet for debugging output.
- Install the package with pacman -U, you will notice the debug "echo foobar" is not printed.

Additional info:

When running pacman with --debug it shows:

debug: executing post_install script...
debug: . /tmp/alpm_iXE3YI/.INSTALL; post_install 1.0-1
debug: chrooting in /opt/arch/
debug: executing ". /tmp/alpm_iXE3YI/.INSTALL; post_install 1.0-1"
debug: call to waitpid succeeded

I think the script cannot be executed because it cannot find '/bin/sh' and other tools needed to run the script because it got chrooted.
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Closed by  Xavier (shining)
Friday, 11 September 2009, 13:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:  dup of  FS#1446  :)
Comment by Xavier (shining) - Friday, 11 September 2009, 13:49 GMT
This is indeed very likely the reason. But there is nothing we can do about it, can we ?

You need to setup a base environment first if you want scriptlets to be executed.

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