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author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-02-18 00:58:35 +0100 |
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Revert "rename open_issues.mdwn to service_solahart_jakarta_selatan__082122541663.mdwn"
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diff --git a/open_issues/nightly_builds_deb_packages.mdwn b/open_issues/nightly_builds_deb_packages.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cef16734 --- /dev/null +++ b/open_issues/nightly_builds_deb_packages.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,747 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +I'd be quite helpful to have nightly builds in form of Debian `.deb` +packages. + + * <http://noone.org/talks/vcs-buildd/> (german) + + * Need to have an automation to get from Hurd upstream Git branches to + a branch usable in Debian. + + IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-12-18: + + <teythoon> http://darnassus.sceen.net/~teythoon/hurd-ci/ has hurd and + mig and gnumach packages built directly from the upstream git + repository + + +--- + +There is infrastructure available to test whole OS installations. + + * <http://www.os-autoinst.org/> + +--- + +[[Debian_Cross_Toolchain]] for cross-building? + +--- + +See also [[nightly_builds]]. + + +# Debian Jenkins Instance + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-24 + + <pere> hi. can hurd be installed using d-i? If so, what about scripting + the installation on <URL: + http://jenkins.debian.net/view/g-i-installation/ >? + <gnu_srs> pere: d-i works for Hurd, yes, with full graphical interface I + dunno. Maybe you can ask about scripting in #hurd, more people are + present there? + <pere> gnu_srs: the scripts in questions are for jenkins. quite easy to + write (d-i preseed scripts and qemu boot rules). + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-25 + + <pere> getting a automated test in jenkins running could show the status. + what is needed to boot the hurd d-i image with a preseed file using qemu? + <pere> git://git.debian.org/git/users/holger/jenkins.debian.net.git is the + repo with the jenkins build rules. + <pere> youpi: is it possible to start the hurd d-i installer with a preseed + file from the qemu command line? --append need --kernel, which I suspect + do not make sense with hurd? + <pere> can the d-i hurd installer take a preseed file at all? my initial + try failed. :( + <teythoon> i don't know + <teythoon> there has been talk here the other day about using qemus + multiboot capabilities to directly boot the hurd + +[[hurd/running/qemu#multiboot]]. + +For d-i purposes, you'll additionally need: + + $ wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/current/initrd.gz + +..., and to the `--initrd` option prepend `'initrd.gz $(ramdisk-create)',` +before the `ext2fs.static`, and refer the latter to `gunzip:device:rd0` instead +of `device:hd0s1`. + + <pere> I tried adding an url= option to grub when booting the installer, + but it seem to be ignored. + <pere> perhaps the preseed udeb is missing, or the network support was + enabled after preseed looked for the file? + <teythoon> uh, i don't know about that stuff, youpi creates the d-i images + <pere> ok. seem to me that the d-i images do not support preseeding at the + moment. + <teythoon> youpi: ^ did you succeed? if so, can you share how? + <pere> teythoon: nope, I concluded it didn't work, and left it to other to + fix. :) + <youpi> pere, teythoon: IIRC preseeding can be put on the gnumach kernel + command line + <youpi> but I'm wondering why you can't simply modify the disk image into + doing what you want + <youpi> or you mean reinstalling the image each time? + <pere> youpi: the point is testing the installer, and that can only be done + by using the installer. :) + <youpi> ok + <pere> I would like to see something like <URL: + http://jenkins.debian.net/view/g-i-installation/job/g-i-installation_debian_sid_daily_lxde/lastBuild/ + > for hurd. + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-26 + + * gg0 setting up jenkins, almost time to give up + <pere> gg0: why do you set up jenkins? + <gg0> because i want to fail at doing all things, not just something ;) + <gg0> oops seems my setup just sent emails to jenkins+debian-qa + holger@layer-acht.org :/ + <pere> #debian-qa will understand. :) + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-02-28 + + <pere> gg0: are you able to feed the installer one of the preseed files at + <URL: http://jenkins.debian.net/d-i-preseed-cfgs/ >? + <gg0> though jenking translates double quotes, need to escape the world + <pere> debian_sid_daily_lxde_preseed.cfg seem like a good candiate. :) + <gg0> pere: i'm working on that, stuck at working around that mandatory + double quote + <gg0> *initrd double quote + <gg0> ok got a g-i-installation_debian_sid_daily_hurd_lxde able to boot + <gg0> let's provide a preseed + <gg0> shouldn't there be some info/debug consoles from tty 2 to 4? + <youpi> there should be + <gg0> maybe i can't send alt+NUM from vlc + <youpi> ah, yes + <youpi> you need to use the menu for that + <youpi> press f8 + <gg0> great + <gg0> (found out C+A+{1,2,3} give interesting monitor,serial,parallel + consoles btw) + <gg0> not much options on menu + <gg0> just clipboard management, quit, full screen, send ctrl-alt-del, send + F8 + * gg0 takes "great" back + <gg0> i guess it depends on vnc implementation + <gg0> don't ask me how i found out one can switch console with + ... left/right arrow keys + <youpi> without alt pressed? + <gg0> without alt pressed + <youpi> I've already seen that with qemu, when focusing into/out from the + qemu window by using alt + <youpi> somehow the alt state gets stuck + <gg0> so you mean if i close viewer then reattach it, it doesn't happen + anymore? let's see + <gg0> you're right + <gg0> though yes alt+left/right switches consoles + <youpi> the last is expected :) + <gg0> it says kbd-udeb doesn't exist so it falls back to + hurd-debian-ports-udeb + <youpi> that's not a problem + <gg0> no partman-auto? + <youpi> it should be working + <gg0> i meant if it was installed but yes it gets it along with others + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-01 + + <gg0> partman-auto would need to be patched to be able to discover + available disks + <gg0> worked around by forcing /dev/hd1, jenkins creates disk with index=1 + <gg0> stuck at installation-report installed. seems it can't manage to + umount(then remount) /cdrom gracefully + <gg0> or better it gets stuck at apt-cdrom ident + <gg0> something like https://bugs.debian.org/598457 + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-02 + + <gg0> youpi: any chance to have monthly/weekly (daily would be too much i + guess) isos/images? can i help somehow? + <youpi> I am wondering why having that + <youpi> since we have up-to-date mirrors + <gg0> i'd say to install with latest installer/gnumach/hurd/eglibc + <youpi> so that means also rebuilding the d-i image + <gg0> and in general to not have to manually produce them + <pere> youpi: the point is to automatically test the current images using + jenkins.debian.net, I believe. for that to work, current images need to + exist. :) + <gg0> not only. i think saving youpi's time is also important + <youpi> gg0: it doesn't really take me much time to generate images + <youpi> it's about a few command lines to start, and then work on something + else :) + <gg0> well though it still requires manual intervention which is not + scheduled and also error prone btw + <youpi> gg0: I guess the most important help you could provide would be to + actually track when the autobuild breaks :) + <gg0> what pros keeping it manual? i don't think disk space saving + <youpi> it's not really a question of manual, but the frequency + <youpi> I prefer to test manually before uploading something on my + somehow-official directory on people, anyway + <youpi> but that doesn't mean we can't have weekly builds somewhere else + indeed + <youpi> it's just that for tests it's good to have several images backlog, + but then it takes disk + <gg0> well we could keeping "official" ones + say 6 monthly and say 4 + weekly + * gg0 randomizes retention + <gg0> -ing + <teythoon> gg0: check out my hurdtest program + <teythoon> it updates qemu images automatically, and runs a test suite, + creates snapshots + <gg0> youpi: you'd just take actually care of official ones + <teythoon> and it can zero-fill the disk images to compact them for + publication + <youpi> gg0: and have a cron for the others + <youpi> on mirror.ftp-master + <gg0> nice, we already have a disk image generator then + <teythoon> i shall clean it up and merge stuff that i have changed locally + <teythoon> i covered it in my early blog posts + <teythoon> i use it extensively to test the packages from hurd-ci + <gg0> great. so usually at this point /me can't do anything so good work! + lol + <youpi> crontabs are in place, scheduled on monday mornings + <youpi> I have already completed a run, can be seen in weekly-0 + <gg0> great! + <gg0> assuming it will work forever without maintenance, how many minutes + you'll save per month? :) + <youpi> I don't think that'll save me time per month + <youpi> since it's just an additional thing + <gg0> youpi: so weekly-0 will always be the latest weekly (same about + monthly) ? + <youpi> yes + <gg0> how about adding -YYYYMMDD after -1 CD/DVD/NETINST number? + <youpi> that'd mean more scripting + <gg0> just to distinguish them + <youpi> we already have timestamps from the server + <gg0> unfortunately i can't script myself, i can suggest though :) + <gg0> or scripts are available somewhere? + <gg0> so current/ should be a link to weekly-0? + <youpi> on mirror.ftp-master.debian.org, but I guess you don't have access + to it + <youpi> no + <youpi> definitely no + <youpi> the point of current/ is to have something tested + <gg0> ok + <youpi> while weekly/monthly are most probably to get broken + <youpi> so let's not point people at that + <gg0> same story about diskimage? how do you generate them? + <gg0> how about teythoon's way? + <youpi> I do it by hand at the moment, but scripts would be welcome indeed + <youpi> http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.txt + <gg0> ok now stuck at grub install + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-03 + + <gg0> i probably should force /dev/hd0 as i did for /dev/hd0s1 as root + device + <gg0> if it's possible + <youpi> what do you mean by forcing /dev/hd0s1 as root device ? + <youpi> you shouldn't have to do that + <youpi> my fear is that these additional images will mostly just bring + additionnal reports + <gg0> i had to specify it in preseed + <youpi> which won't really decrease the amount of work + <gg0> as partman-auto/disk + <gg0> it can recognize available disks + <gg0> that's also because it can't list root partitions on rescue mode + <youpi> well, all I can say without having (again) to spend time on it, is + that you're not supposed to have to do that + <youpi> why are you using rescue mode? + <youpi> if it can't list root partitions, then of course partman can't work + <gg0> well, rescue mode should work + <youpi> if you delve into non-tested parts of d-i, you'll surely encounter + bugs + <youpi> well, less "should" than plain "d-i" + <youpi> in that I've never really tested it + <youpi> so don't be surprised that some bugs remain + <gg0> no problem + <youpi> but again, we don't really need more bug reports + <youpi> but rather bug fixing + <youpi> we already have enough to fix, no need to delve into advanced + things + <gg0> sure, i'm just trying to make it work with all its limitations + <gg0> it autopartition the disk well, it can't just make one choose among + disks because it can't probe and list them + <youpi> then fix the probe & list + <gg0> i'd like doing it, i'm better at working around for now though :) + <gg0> one blocker is mount/umount stuff + +[[glibc#mount]]. + + <youpi> well, you'll have to get into fixing bugs for real someday + <youpi> otherwise this is just adding to TODO lists + <youpi> what mount/umount stuff? + <gg0> (took a quick look at partconf) + <gg0> non-existent mount.h for instance + <gg0> do we have replacements? + <youpi> not that I know of + <gg0> 21:53 < teythoon> gnu_srs1: i put a small hacks entry in the list + about moving the mount/umount functionality from our utilities to the + libc + <youpi> ok + <gg0> another thing i'd really like to see would be a physical shutdown, + halt-hurd which actually poweroffs the system + <gg0> how to switch to sysvinit by default? next sysvinit upload? + <youpi> physical shutdown means implementing APM or ACPI + <gg0> have to teach jenkins it can shut it down :/ + <youpi> I'm extremely far from having the will for this + <youpi> switching to sysvinit by default is a matter of saying that we want + to do it + <youpi> I already asked for this on the list without answer IIRC + <gg0> i can't find anything + <youpi> anyway, just propose on the list + <gg0> d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/hd0 - here it is + <gg0> next run should not need any interaction, though it needs 20 mins to + understand it has to destroy it and run won't be successful :/ + <gg0> due to missing acpi/apm + <gg0> first graphical automated install http://postimg.org/image/vgagj06q7/ + <gg0> it seems 720x400 + <gg0> though jenkins passes video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 + <gg0> by reconnecting it switched to 800x600 + http://postimg.org/image/h32qjykrx/ + <gg0> but seems stuck now and i can't even switch from graphical to + consoles + <gg0> unusually stuck at scanning cdrom + <gg0> i'll check text install to see if it gets stuck there too + <gg0> text install switches from 720x400 to 640x400 + <gg0> i confirm it gets stuck on scanning cdrom, i guess because of this + one https://bugs.debian.org/728153 which already broke load-install-cd i + already had to workaround + <pere> gg0: are you in contact with h01ger to update jenkins.debian.net + with your cool installation code? + <gg0> pere: still trying to have something working + <gg0> plus with new weekly cd, apt-cdrom bug makes install getting stuck at + first Scanning cdrom: + <gg0> 03:44 < gg0> i confirm it gets stuck on scanning cdrom, i guess + because of this one https://bugs.debian.org/728153 which already broke + load-install-cd i already had to workaround + <youpi> do we really need the CD-1 image in weekly builds? + <gg0> just netinst? + <youpi> yes + <gg0> well, i don't know debian installer well. what's the difference + between CD and NETINST besides that CD has more packages user doesn't + need to download? + <gg0> has CD anything not in NETINST which is worth to continously test? + (talking about jenkins) + <youpi> that's only it, yes + <gg0> btw new ACPI on hurd consists of serial console to file + looping + grep "In tight loop: hit ctl-alt-del to reboot" && kill qemu + <gg0> anything better? + <gg0> filed http://bugs.debian.org/740673 + <gg0> without a patch just to express my great laziness :p + <youpi> well, I'm afraid nobody in the debian-boot team will attempt + anything at this + <youpi> is it reproducible on linux? + <gg0> nope + <gg0> my guess is that's due to udev, need a deeper check btw + <gg0> i mean non-udev cases like hurd maybe are not handled well + <youpi> maybe try on kfreebsd then? + <gg0> just guessing + * gg0 trying on kfreebsd + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-04 + + <gg0> hurd install started getting stuck running os-prober, final grub + install phase + <gg0> youpi: yes i confirm it affects kfreebsd too + <youpi> then please say so in the bug + <youpi> otherwise most probably but me in the debian-boot team will care + <youpi> +nobody + <gg0> that might get more attention from d-boot team? + <gg0> ok + <youpi> also Cc debian-bsd@ + <youpi> they will care + <youpi> and tell about the hint as being the non-udev case + <youpi> too much information or ideas is never a bad thing :) + <gg0> done + <gg0> (now i know notfound does remove found versions instead of adding + notfound versions) + <gg0> crazy things. to unblock os-prober i had to settrans -fg + /target/media/./cdrom0 + <gg0> it was mounting /dev/hd0s1 ... + <gg0> i suspect apt-cdrom is to blame again + <gg0> ok now jenkins just managed to start the installed system + <gg0> and it's configured to make vncdo testing it + <gg0> i'd need a graphical-working cd with old-apt to continue + <gg0> let's try to install old apt on weekly-0 + <gg0> "cdrom drive contains a cd which cannot be used for installation" + <gg0> i think a sort of non-authenticated anymore + <gg0> ehm.. http://paste.debian.net/plain/85224/ + <pere> gg0: nice. :) + <gg0> with apt 0.9.15.1 which should be good + <gg0> pere: it did mount /dev/hd0s1 under /media/cdrom0 + <gg0> 0.9.15.5, correctly i think, asks to insert it cdrom. but finally + both mount /dev/hd0s1 instead of /dev/hd2 + <gg0> -it + <gg0> cause they both can't detect where cdrom is i guess + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-04 + + <gg0> we could talk about apt-cdrom https://bugs.debian.org/740673 + <gg0> how should system recognize cdrom device? + <gg0> there's no /dev/cdrom link to actual cdrom device + <gg0> /dev/cd[01] are scsi devices if i'm not wrong + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-05 + + <gg0> installer gets stuck running os-prober, seems because + /target/proc/mounts gets unreadable, sometimes Resource lost sometimes it + gets stuck reading it + +[[hurd/translator/mtab/discussion#chroot]]. + + <gg0> youpi: could you publish script to rebuild CDs you scheduled? with + last official CD (20140212) mtab on /target dies and that seems getting + os-prober stuck. last (and only) weekly has recent apt-cdrom so it gets + stuck wrongly asking to change cdrom + <youpi> see the readme file + <youpi> err, you say it's the 0212 build which fails? + <youpi> I had tested that before uploading + <youpi> so the issue comes form the installed packages, not from the CD + udebs + <youpi> did you test with no network mirror? + <gg0> no i didn't. should it find all packages it needs from cd? + <youpi> sure, that's what netinst and dvd-1 are, as opposed to netboot + <gg0> lxde desktop probably not + <youpi> indeed + <youpi> though with the dvd in principle it should + <youpi> (if all deps were avaijlable at image build time) + <youpi> gg0: btw if you haven't noticed, there's a daily too + <gg0> youpi: till apt-cdrom is not fixed, they all will be broken, stuck at + "Scanning cdrom" + <youpi> gg0: did you try to bisect which git change produces the apt-cdrom + bug? + <gg0> youpi: all in bug in question + <gg0> youpi: https://bugs.debian.org/740673 + <youpi> is there the precise git commit id in the bug log? + <gg0> + http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=commitdiff;h=62dcbf84c4aee8cb01e40c594d4c7f3a23b64836 + <youpi> well, don't tell that to just me, but the bug report... + <gg0> bug report says "See <bug>" where bug is + https://bugs.debian.org/728153 + <youpi> gg0: bug report doesn't say it was *tested* that it is that changes + which broke things + <gg0> i don't think we could get it reverted just because it breaks hurd + (+kfreebsd to check) debian installer + <youpi> of course, but that's at least where developers can have a look at + <gg0> well ok i could have been more clear + <youpi> it's *WAY* better than having no idea where to have a look at + <youpi> gg0: btw, that's why the README file advises not to use a network + mirror, to avoid such kind of issues + <youpi> you can't expect sid not to be not-broken :) + <gg0> one gets Resource lost even when install is just started, no packages + from any mirror + <gg0> https://bugs.debian.org/740673#19 + + * gg0 installing without mirrors, without desktop, without lxde + <gg0> same problem + <gg0> so problem has nothing to do with installing from mirrors + <youpi> what's odd is that I don't get this issue at all with the 20140212 + upload at least + <youpi> kvm -cdrom debian-7.0-hurd-i386-NETINST-1.iso -drive + file=blip,cache=unsafe -m 1G + <youpi> no more, no less + <gg0> it must depend on preseed and/or kernel append options + <youpi> possibly + <gg0> oh wait here qemu multiboot + <youpi> that shouldn't have any impact + <gg0> 5€ on qemu multiboot as the culprit + <gg0> you should also see it sometimes double-mounts /dev/hd0s1 under + /target and /target/./media/cdrom(!) + <gg0> but that's due to new apt it in-targets (= installs under /target) + + <gg0> any luck reproducing mtab issue? + <youpi> still not + +[[hurd/translator/mtab/discussion#chroot]]. + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-06 + + <youpi> http://paste.debian.net/85535/ + <youpi> no issue + <youpi> (no network mirror) + <gg0> full install till grub-installer? + <youpi> yes + <youpi> and reboot + <gg0> -append 'auto=true mirror/suite=sid console=com0 priority=critical + locale=en_US keymap=us + url=http://10.0.2.1//d-i-preseed-cfgs/debian_sid_daily_hurd_lxde_preseed.cfg + video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 -- quiet' + <gg0> i should provide preseed too + <youpi> well, of course + <youpi> always provide as much information as possible + <youpi> so there's also your preseed file + <gg0> not much different from + http://jenkins.debian.net/d-i-preseed-cfgs/debian_sid_daily_lxde_preseed.cfg + <gg0> but you need to force a couple of things + ugly workaround for broken + apt-cdrom ident + <youpi> well, I didn't even know that jenkins had that pressed file + <youpi> well, here apt-cdrom is not needed + <youpi> +hacks + <youpi> since that's the old image we're checking + <gg0> well ok, given you take everything from cd only, yes + <gg0> here no mirror, no desktop, no lxde + http://paste.debian.net/plain/85538/ + <gg0> i'm trying this one too + <gg0> main difference seems to be i usually use CD-1, not NETINST + <gg0> had to add -net nic,vlan=0 -net + user,vlan=0,host=10.0.2.1,dhcpstart=10.0.2.2,dns=10.0.2.254 + <gg0> here target mtab is already crashed + <gg0> because some package already tried to read /target/proc/mounts + <gg0> youpi: reproduced there? + <gg0> .o(well, maybe he's been sleeping for ~50 mins) + <youpi> nope, I'm working on upgrading servers + <youpi> I'm sorry, but your testcase is not really easy to reproduce :) + <gg0> do you have apache on your host? just put preseed in the root, vm + will take it + <gg0> full command line is what you pasted + -net nic,vlan=0 -net + user,vlan=0,host=10.0.2.1,dhcpstart=10.0.2.2,dns=10.0.2.254 + <gg0> what else? when it starts debstrapping, open a console and check + procfs and mtab processes + <gg0> err, what you paster + -append i pasted + -net nic,vlan=0 -net + user,vlan=0,host=10.0.2.1,dhcpstart=10.0.2.2,dns=10.0.2.254 + <gg0> *pasted + <gg0> which is http://paste.debian.net/plain/85554/ + <gg0> surely keyboard layout doesn't help, here at least + * gg0 tries to reproduce without preseed + <gg0> i can't reproduce it + <gg0> it doesn't crash + * gg0 enabling all options but preseed + <gg0> need to wait 31% of Installing base system to have the second procfs + <gg0> ok got Resource lost even without preseed + <gg0> youpi: you can reproduce it by adding -append console=com0 to what + you pasted. that breaks grub-installer, it gets stuck at 66%, while runs + os-prober + <youpi> ah + <gg0> how can that affect /target/proc/mounts? + <youpi> no idea + <gg0> couldn't daily be here? http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/ + <youpi> if I knew how to push files there, sure + <gg0> asking on #debian-boot would be a starting point i guess + <youpi> probably + <gg0> me asking on behalf of youpi would not a good one i think, given + whatever will the answer i can't do anything + <gg0> +be + <youpi> you can still trasmit me + <youpi> never understimate the little time you can save other people by + doing some bits of work + <gg0> well, i would not even have to repaste lines here given you joined + there too + <gg0> never understimate what "help with laziness" means :) + <youpi> not necessarily repasting, but at least highlighting me + <youpi> so I know where to read in the #d-b logs + <gg0> there are no isos there, i'm missing something + <youpi> there are no daily isos + <youpi> only weekly isos + <gg0> so seems i have to reask initial question with this url + http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ + <gg0> oh wait they are from testing, that's why no hurd ones + <gg0> i guess they could be here though + http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/current/ + * gg0 asking on #debian-cd + * gg0 would ignore non-DD gg0 asking whatever + <youpi> people don't really ask themselves who is a DD and who is not + <youpi> as long as you provide information in your question, it'll get + answered + <gg0> teythoon: interested in reproducing mtab-dying-under-chroot? + <gg0> oh just realized it's not only under a chroot, chroot is on another + disk. might that make the difference? + <gg0> i didn't try to reproduce it by creating a chroot on a different + disk, which is what installer does + * gg0 wonders if it would have been better filing a bug against + cdimage.debian.org + <gg0> if no one fixes console=com0 thing, i have to think about a new acpi + <gg0> ok managed to workaround apt bug in installer, i can graphically + install last weekly + <gg0> no console=com0 means no vm shutdown though + <pere> gg0: wow. impressed! + <gg0> patching CI to make CI workaround bugs CI spots is not so good + <gg0> any idea about another shutdown trick without console=com0 till + teythoon or youpi fix it? + <pere> nope + <gg0> current one: vm writes serial console to file and host loops grepping + "In tight loop: hit ctl-alt-del to reboot" + <gg0> -watchdog might be an alternative + <gg0> if there are watchdog agents that can run on hurd + <gg0> "watchdog" for instance doesn't build on hurd + <pere> it need kernel support + * gg0 testing -add-fd + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-07 + + <gg0> teythoon: just mounted an additional fs, it's mounted but not present + in proc/mounts + <braunr> gg0: how did you mount it ? + <gg0> i was under /root, sid-chroot is the mountpoint. i did mount /dev/hd3 + sid-chroot (relative path) + <braunr> does fsysopts confirm a new translator is running on sid-chroot ? + <gg0> i shut down vm, working on another one by mounting the same disk + which hosts a debchroot + <gg0> i'm trying to reproduce the mtab-dying-on-chroot issue i get with + debian installer + <gg0> at the end, os-prober gets stuck by reading /target/proc/mounts + (target is the installed system) + <gg0> to be precise it gets stuck at second access. at first it gives + Resource lost + <gg0> didn't manage to reproduce so far + <gg0> environment is pretty the same: booting with qemu multiboot + http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/hurd/running/qemu/#multiboot + <gg0> so root on initrd + chroot on real disk + <gg0> what's weird is that issue vanishes by removing console=com0 from + -append options + + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-08 + + <gg0> os-prober doesn't get stuck anymore and grub can install + <gg0> my guess is that without console=com0 /target/proc/mounts is just + accessed once + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-08 + + <gg0> youpi: from #debian-cd http://paste.debian.net/plainh/559f669b + <gg0> any quick way to recreate initrd? + <teythoon> gg0: i'm working on that + <gg0> teythoon: that what? + <teythoon> gg0: there is genext2fs, i have some patches that allows one to + create nodes with passive translator records + <gg0> recreating initrd? + <teythoon> yes + <teythoon> in the meantime, you can mount the existing initrd and modify it + <gg0> well i'm following this one to rebuild whole cd then take an updated + initrd to test with your repo + <gg0> http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/README-d-i + <gg0> probably too much work to get that + <gg0> copying current /hurd to new initrd would be enough? + <youpi> just copy the precise translator you need + <youpi> also, no need to rebuild the whole cd just to replace the initrd + <youpi> simply copy the content of an existing is + <youpi> iso + <youpi> replace the initrd.gz there + <youpi> and then use grub-mkrescue to rebuild the ios + <youpi> development would be horrible if you had to rebuild everything from + zero everytime + <youpi> first thing to do when developping is first take the time to find + ways to work efficiently + <youpi> unfortunately I had to apply some patches + <youpi> first in d-i because isc-dhcp doens't work -> use the debian-ports + version + <youpi> then in d-i to automatically enable the debian-ports mirror + <youpi> and last in the debian-cd to include debian-ports-archive-keyring + + <gg0> anything missing here? + http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/README-d-i + <gg0> mini.iso doesn't like any mirror + <gg0> "mirror does not support the specified release" + <gg0> something wrong/missing in my rebuilt + <gg0> youpi: anything wrong in http://paste.debian.net/plain/86258 ? + <gg0> i have/had problems with name resolution + <youpi> gg0: the patch makes sense for -bsd too, Cc them too + <gg0> i was wondering how many hunks in your patches are upstreamable + <youpi> normally it's zero + <gg0> + http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/patch-debootstrap + <gg0> why "release" instead on "main" by default? sid is never released + <youpi> only because my mirror directory is hacked one + <youpi> that merges debian.org, debian-ports.org, and my repo + <youpi> and I don't rebuild Release files, just Packages files + <gg0> i keep getting gpgv: BAD signature from "Debian Archive Automatic + Signing Key (7.0/Wheezy) <ftpmaster@debian.org> + <gg0> just before creating debootstrap chroot + <gg0> i applied hunk #2 only, installed modified debootstrap and put debs + under localdebs/ + <gg0> trying a different mirror + <youpi> I don't know what issue you are encountering + <youpi> but again, it's way simpler and faster to just patch existing + images, rather than rebuilding them from zero + <gg0> ok just read i'd need a local mirror to build isos + <gg0> better using netinst and proxy cache + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-03-09 + + <gg0> teythoon: shouldn't there be a patch which shows pid instead of task? + <gg0> 20:43 < teythoon> task /hurd/procfs(19) <EF><BF><BD>O<EF><BF><BD> + deallocating an invalid port 1049744, most probably a bug. + <teythoon> there is + <teythoon> i placed the functionality in proc first, but the wiki suggested + to put it in the exec server instead + <teythoon> i did that, it has the advantage, that the argv vector is easily + accessible + <teythoon> so i can also include the program name + <teythoon> but there are two programs, that are not started using the exec + server + <teythoon> the root filesystem and the exec server itself + <teythoon> so for these two processes, the approach does not work + <gg0> i see. so here we got two which could come from + ext2fs.static(initrd), exec(initrd) and ext2fs(chroot) + http://postimg.org/image/e3qyafd0b/ right? + <gg0> i also noticed that once mtab dies, by killing its procfs parent, + they both restart, but /target/proc is not in /proc/mounts anymore + <youpi> teythoon: for those we could use the first word of the module + command line + <gg0> restart doesn't means that by accessing /target/proc/mounts again it + works btw, it'll give Resource lost again + <teythoon> youpi: indeed + <teythoon> gg0: no, the ext2fs for /target will be started by the exec + server + <gg0> ok two invalid ports one from ext2fs.static and one exec then + <teythoon> gg0: what makes you attribute one to the exec server ? + <teythoon> i'm pretty sure that there is a bug in libfshelp, it's easily + triggered by killing an translator like procfs + <teythoon> i must have introduced it with the translator list work i've + done for the mtab translator + <gg0> teythoon: a totally wrong task-is-a-process reasoning probably + <gg0> just mounted another procfs which seems to work + <gg0> http://postimg.org/image/q6w9xzo2j/ + http://postimg.org/image/cr998jfkr/ + <teythoon> gg0: the mtab translators in your screenshots are oldish, what's + the point exactly ? + <teythoon> gg0: also, all tasks are processes. task is a mach concept, + whereas process is a posix concept implemented by hurds proc server. it + creates a process object for every mach task. + <gg0> my guess was that given we got two messages with different taskid: + <gg0> 16:01 < gg0> ok two invalid ports one from ext2fs.static and one exec + then + <gg0> screenshot is this one http://postimg.org/image/e3qyafd0b/ + <gg0> btw what do you mean by oldish. except first one 01:18 < gg0> + http://postimg.org/image/oca8ormaj/ the only with current debian + packages, remaining are done with your latest packages + <gg0> in all cases i boot using qemu multiboot + <gg0> root@hurd01:~# cat /proc/version + <gg0> Linux version 2.6.1 (GNU 0.5 GNU-Mach 1.4-486-dbg/Hurd-0.5 + i686-AT386) + <gg0> it wouldn't be bad customizing version somehow, last commit id for + instance + <gg0> or build date + <gg0> user01@jessie01 ~$ cat /proc/version + <gg0> Linux version 3.11-2-686-pae (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc + version 4.8.2 (Debian 4.8.2-7) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04) + <gg0> user01@jessie01 ~$ uname -v + <gg0> #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04) + + +## IRC, OFTC, #debian-hurd, 2014-03-10 + + <gg0> tschwinge: i just meant Debian Jenkins provides (hopefully for hurd + too) continuos testing of debian installer, it doesn't produce .debs |