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FS#30683 - [glibc] PLEASE ENTER SUMMARY

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eugene L (lava) - Sunday, 15 July 2012, 06:12 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 15 July 2012, 06:52 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Not sure if this bug relates to glibc package or pacman, but update of glibc was unsuccesfull this morning and have broke me the system.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
glibc 2.16.0-2

Steps to reproduce:
1. Use ArchLinux x64
2. Be updated (I've had glibc 2.16.0-1 and all other stuff have been up-to-date til 14th of July)
3. Start upgrade: pacman -Syu
ERROR: Directory 'lib' already exists
4. Remember thoose kind of errors usually being fixed with force: pacman -Syuf
ERROR:
[2012-07-15 08:12] error: problem occurred while upgrading glibc
[2012-07-15 08:12] call to execv failed (No such file or directory)
[2012-07-15 08:12] upgraded glibc (2.16.0-1 -> 2.16.0-2)
# Other packages have not been updated
# X doesn't start
5. Panic, reboot
ERROR: Couldn't init kernel, says, there is no init

Fixing:
1. Reboot to fallback init=/bin/bash
2. mount -o rw,remount /new_root
3. untar glibc-2.16.0-2 to /new_root (have overriden PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point at software (xz won't load wo LD_LIBRARY_PATH) in /new_root [chroot wasn't starting for some reason])
ERROR: Directory 'lib' already exists
4. cp -r <unpacked_glibc>/lib/* /new_root/lib/
# Success
5. Reboot
# It works
6. Go to bugs.archlinux.org to see if someone has this problem, fill the ticket for glibc just in case if anyone meet similar issue and will look for solution.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Sunday, 15 July 2012, 06:52 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  -Syuf is pure stupidity
Comment by Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred) - Sunday, 15 July 2012, 06:24 GMT Comment by Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred) - Sunday, 15 July 2012, 06:49 GMT
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 09:38:26AM +0300, Eugene Lavnikevich wrote:
> Of course, this is great, that in News this article has been covered.A
> But as for me, for example, it was unknown(!) because I hadn't read even
> RSS since yesterday's morning and today have done upgrade from the morning
> even before starting X.
> Is there any way to provide such CRITICAL info during upgrade? Because I
> just can assume, I will not be the only one. And I filed the ticket for
> other people to help them load their system again without re-installation.
> Therefore, thanks for quick responce, I very appreciate this and all the
> whole Arch community.
>
> Also, I see, I forgot to enter SUMMARY (what a shame for a developer).
> Can't you please change the summary to "Forced upgrade of glibc breaks the
> system"?

or you could comment on the bug...
and use pacmatic which does this... or subscribe to arch-dev-public, or
arch-announce which will email you with the news... or you can read the
news before you just use -f ... or send an email to arch-general
or subscribe to the new rss feed... or google your error


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