[oe] do_rootfs file or not to file....

[Patrick Fischer]

> > We have a strange do_rootfs problem.
> > After update to Ubuntu 8.04 and debian testing we can't run do_rootfs
> anymore.
> >
> > Sometimes it is a file which is no file or a dir which is not a dir:
> 
> Sound like fakeroot issues, you have 2 options to 'fix' it:
> 
> * cat /dev/urandom > /dev/zero while doing do_rootfs
> * upgrade the fakeroot-native recipe

fakeroot 1.7.1 seems to work fine.

Thanks
Patrick





> 
> regards,
> 
> Koen
> 
> 
> >
> > In this case a dir was created with mkdir and the next ls -l line shows
> that
> > it is a file:
> >
> > ######
> > + rm -rf /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/
> > + mkdir -p /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/
> > + ls -l /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/
> > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May  8
> > 14:03 /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/
> > +
> > cp -r /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/usr/local/
> /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/
> > cp: target `/usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/'
> is not
> > a directory
> > ######
> >
> > Also it could be inverted. A file copied by cp is a dir.
> >
> > ######
> > mkfs.jffs2 -x
> > lzo --root=/usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs/../rootfs_2/
> --faketime
> --output=/usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/deploy/images/rootfs.jffs2 --little-endian -e
> > 128 --pad=27131904
> > mkfs.jffs2: opening
> > directory
> /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/rootfs_2/lib/libblaconfig.so.0:
> > Not a directory
> > ######
> >
> > The really strange thing is that if I run
> > the
> /usr/src/trunk/projects/base/build/tmp/work/boxr5-1.0-r0/temp/run.do_rootfs.12648
> > by hand, it works fine. The Problem is not always at the same line!!
> >
> > I read something about "switch from RiserFS to ext3" but I have ext3.
> > /bin/sh is bash
> >
> > I'm not sure but the scripts are called from within python??
> > The workstation which failed are using Python 2.5.2.
> > Python 2.4.4 ->  works
> > Python 2.5.2 ->  fails
> >
> > I'm not allown, in this Forum some people have the same problem:
> >
> http://www.dream-multimedia-tv.de/board/thread.php?postid=17280#post17280
> >
> > Maybe somebody knows a fix.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Patrick Fischer
> >
> 
> 
> 
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