Logic in modules/generic_stage_target.py:575 attempts to deduce if both SEEDCACHE is defined in the catalyst config AND if the source_path is a directory. If both are true, then it is supposed to rsync the stage1root directory over as the stage2 build directory. If false, it attempts to run a tar extraction. In the event SEEDCACHE is not defined, but stage1root exists, catalyst inadvertently tries to run a tar extraction on a directory, which bombs most fantastically. Example: Using seed-stage from /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage1-mips3-2006.1-pre/tmp/stage1root/ Delete this folder if you wish to use a seed stage tarball instead The autoresume path is /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/.autoresume-stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ Location of the package cache is /usr/catalyst/packages/default/stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ Location of the kerncache is /usr/catalyst/kerncache/default/stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ Checking for processes running in chroot and killing them. Running action sequence: unpack Starting tar extract from /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage1-mips3-2006.1-pre/tmp/stage1root/ to /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ (This may take some time) ... tar: /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage1-mips3-2006.1-pre/tmp/stage1root/: Cannot read: Is a directory tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. bzip2: Invalid argument Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) [snip] To resolve this, a patch is attached the re-writes the logic of this conditional block as such (abbreviated hacky C logic): if has_key(SEEDCACHE) {
Logic in modules/generic_stage_target.py:575 attempts to deduce if both SEEDCACHE is defined in the catalyst config AND if the source_path is a directory. If both are true, then it is supposed to rsync the stage1root directory over as the stage2 build directory. If false, it attempts to run a tar extraction. In the event SEEDCACHE is not defined, but stage1root exists, catalyst inadvertently tries to run a tar extraction on a directory, which bombs most fantastically. Example: Using seed-stage from /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage1-mips3-2006.1-pre/tmp/stage1root/ Delete this folder if you wish to use a seed stage tarball instead The autoresume path is /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/.autoresume-stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ Location of the package cache is /usr/catalyst/packages/default/stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ Location of the kerncache is /usr/catalyst/kerncache/default/stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ Checking for processes running in chroot and killing them. Running action sequence: unpack Starting tar extract from /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage1-mips3-2006.1-pre/tmp/stage1root/ to /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage2-mips3-2006.1-pre/ (This may take some time) ... tar: /usr/catalyst/tmp/default/stage1-mips3-2006.1-pre/tmp/stage1root/: Cannot read: Is a directory tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. bzip2: Invalid argument Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) [snip] To resolve this, a patch is attached the re-writes the logic of this conditional block as such (abbreviated hacky C logic): if has_key(SEEDCACHE) { ··· if isdir(source_path) { ······ /* Directory exists, use rsync */ ······ run rsync(); ··· } else { ······ /* Directory does not exist, or is not a ······ ** directory. Attempt tar extract instead ······ **/ ······ run tar_extract(); ··· } } else { ··· /* No SEEDCACHE, extract tarball */ ··· run tar_extract(); }
Created attachment 87988 [details, diff] Rewrite SEEDCACHE extraction logic
I've added this to CVS
Fixed in 2.0_rc47
