I went and updated to glibc-2.3.2-r9 today, and it compiled, got to the install stage and did this: --- /sbin/ >>> /sbin/sln >>> /sbin/ldconfig >>> /lib/libpthread.so.0 -> libpthread-0.60.so !!! FAILED postinst: 2816 This rendered 90% of the programs on the system unable to start, me unable to login, etc... I'm running gcc-3.3.2-r5, gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.1r1 and NPTL. No idea what happened exactly, but this is not a good thing. /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9 is still full of everything if details from there would be useful. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: root # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r3,2.3.2-r9, 2.6.1-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.1-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 distcc 2.11.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/distfiles" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X X509 aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt dedicated dga doc encode esd fbcon foomaticdb gdbm ggi gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mbox md5sum mikmod mmx motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozp3p mozsvg mpeg ncurses nls nptl offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Hi, I just updated to glibc-2.3.2-r9 on my productive system and for me it works without a problem. When looking at the emerge --info output and comparing it to mine the major difference is, that my USE is without nptl. If this info helps. Portage 2.0.49-r20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.0-G) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.0-G i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -fforce-addr -fmove-all-movables -march=athlon-xp -mmmx -msse -m3dnow" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/bind /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -fforce-addr -fmove-all-movables -march=athlon-xp -mmmx -msse -m3dnow -Wno-deprecated" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://gentoo.mirror.at.stealer.net/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X509 acl apache2 berkdb crypt cscope curl evms2 exiscan exiscan-acl fam flash gd gd-external gdbm gif gpm imap imlib innodb java jpeg kerberos lcms libg++ libwww lmtp maildir mbox mmx mysql ncurses nls nocd pam passfile pdflib perl pg-hier php png postgres python readline ruby sasl skey slang snmp sse ssl tcpd tiff truetype wmf x86 xfs xml xml2 xv zlib"
Possible to get the exact failing message posted here?
Hmm, I apparently didn't think to record it. (whoops.) It was an error such as "failed to load shared libraries: libpthread.so.0" or something similar. I know that it definitely was libpthread that it was complaining about.
Just to be clear - This is the error when running programs after the emerge failed, not on the emerge itself. (The emerge itself said nothing more than what was in the first post.) I assume this is what you meant.
Yes, I meant what does the output (if any) from the programs run post look like?
Yes, they complain about failing to load libpthread.so.
** This should definitely be a blocker bug due to its severity**. My main machine utterly useless. After performing the glibc update the following items are horribly broken (from what I've tested until now). * python * portage * most applications (openoffice, mozilla, gaim etc etc) Errors look like below. # emerge -s glibc /usr/bin/python: relocation error: /lib/libpthread.so.0: symbol errno, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference $ /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/program/swriter /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/program/javaldx: relocation error: /lib/libpthread.so.0: symbol errno, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.0/program/soffice.bin: relocation error: /lib/libpthread.so.0: symbol errno, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference I really hope there is some way to repair this without reinstalling OS as I can't downgrade glibc for obvious reasons.
Chinstrap binaries for x86 work nicely (Been tested both on build/rebuild + live systems) so I think the glibc in itself is ok. Though chinstrap uses -march=i686 -O2 , and no more insanity than that.
I just want to add that my main machine is only booting half way now till 'Calculating module dependencies' and then produce a stream of errors. And although I can login eventually I can't do anything after having logged in (stuff like `ls`). X won't run either. Is there any way to retrieve my data from this system? I'm now resigned full time to WinXP until this gets worked out. What a shock. In the absence of emerge info I should add that I'm on x86 stable tree with all base applications on stable versions except portage which is on 2.0.50_pre.
boot with init=/bin/sash should have you a basic system Check if tar/bzip2/wget works, if thats the case you can get a known working glibc GRP build here : http://chinstrap.alternating.net/files/binaries/i686/glibc-2.3.2-r3.tbz2 http://chinstrap.alternating.net/files/binaries/i686/glibc-2.3.2-r9.tbz2 if those don't work, boot from cd, mount your root file system from there and then download and install the files from there.
I tried all that and after several recovery attempts my system's screwed beyond recognition.
After having lost all of my data and reinstalled using stage3 I'm back where I started. I have a pending glibc update and many others also. I have had nptl disabled from the start this time whereas last time I had it enabled all the way until I turned it off before the glibc update. My question is do we know any more about this horrible bug and should I apply this update on a fresh install? Also, what precautions should I take in case portage stops working like before? Many thanks.
So far from what I've heard it seems to be perfectly working with every instance of an AMD machine and problematic occassionally with Intel machines.
Actually mine was on an athlon-xp. I think the answer lies in the source of the "FAILED postinst" message, but I don't know what created that...
Here's the error I'm getting: making executable: /usr/lib/libpthread.so >>> Completed installing into /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/image/ >>> Merging sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2-r9 to / --- /etc/ >>> /etc/rpc >>> /etc/nscd.conf --- /lib/ >>> /lib/libnss_files-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libnss_nis.so.2 -> libnss_nis-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libm.so.6 -> libm-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/librt-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libnss_nisplus-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libnss_files.so.2 -> libnss_files-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libresolv.so.2 -> libresolv-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libnss_nis-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libnsl.so.1 -> libnsl-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libm-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libutil.so.1 -> libutil-2.3.2.so >>> /lib/libthread_db-1.0.so !!! Failed to move /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.2-r9/image/lib/libpcprofile.so to /lib/libpcprofile.so !!! [Errno 13] Permission denied Mine seems to be a permissions problem... And here is my emerge info (I'm using an internal rsync mirror): Portage 2.0.49-r21 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r3, 2.4.24) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.24 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://stargate/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups dv dvd encode esd foomaticdb freetype gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww lirc mad maildir mikmod motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls nvidia oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd transcode truetype usb v4l x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
My other two machines are fine and have glibc-2.3.2-r9 installed, here is the emerge info for: My server: Portage 2.0.49-r20 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22-gentoo-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22-gentoo-r2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=athlon-xp -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow apache2 apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk2 imlib jpeg libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib" My Desktop: Portage 2.0.49-r21 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.24) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.24 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium4 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium4 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://stargate/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dv dvd dvdr encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif glut gnome gpm gstreamer gtk2 guile imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd transcode truetype usb wxwindows x86 xinerama xml2 xmms xv zlib"
My problem on my pvr machine seems to be with the permissions of /lib/libpcprofile.so As root, I can't do anything to it, ls, mv, rm, and rm -f all give me permission denied. Is there any way to forceably remove this file? Kinda hard when even root can't do it...
how about chmod and/or chown ? is your filesystem broken ?
FEATURES="sandbox userpriv" maybe a userpriv issue ?
closing, no info given
