sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1 fails to compile on 2.6.18 kernels (important for xen-sources when used as Dom0, also tried on vanilla-sources) due to fact that their kernel specific patch is buggy on 0.4.15-r1. (As shown in reproduce/results) I've tried using the "ebuild unpack" and reading the patch source, so I could try apply it manually using a text editor, in case the differences were small enough, but I gave up. Finally I've checked from svn version r148 from svn://svn.berlios.de/iscsitarget/trunk which make-compiles and installs flawlessly, and I've been using it for a couple of days with no problems. r148 version won't compile on 2.6.22 - 2.6.23 (as stated http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/iscsitarget/?rev=0&sc=1), so, I'm thinking it should be added as masked, since it could break updates, and hopefully people having the same problem as I did, could come here and try and use the svn ebuild instead of the 0.4.15-r1 currently in portage. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a xen-sources-2.6.18-r4 Dom0 (or point /usr/src/linux to any 2.6.18 sources) 2. emerge =sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1 Actual Results: part of erroneous emerge output (make in work directory) ---------------------- >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1/work/iscsitarget-0.4.15 ... Applying Patch compat-2.6.14-2.6.18.patch patching file kernel/iscsi.h patching file kernel/digest.c Hunk #4 FAILED at 160. Hunk #5 succeeded at 185 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #6 FAILED at 206. Hunk #7 succeeded at 222 with fuzz 2 (offset -4 lines). Hunk #8 succeeded at 249 (offset -4 lines). Hunk #9 succeeded at 265 (offset -4 lines). 2 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file kernel/digest.c.rej patching file kernel/file-io.c patching file kernel/iscsi.c patching file kernel/tio.c make: *** [.patched.2.6.18-xen-r4] Error 1 -------------------------------------- Expected Results: install the iscsi_trgt module. erroneous emerge output ---------------------- >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-block/iscsitarget-0.4.15-r1/work/iscsitarget-0.4.15 ... Applying Patch compat-2.6.14-2.6.18.patch patching file kernel/iscsi.h patching file kernel/digest.c Hunk #4 FAILED at 160. Hunk #5 succeeded at 185 (offset -5 lines). Hunk #6 FAILED at 206. Hunk #7 succeeded at 222 with fuzz 2 (offset -4 lines). Hunk #8 succeeded at 249 (offset -4 lines). Hunk #9 succeeded at 265 (offset -4 lines). 2 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file kernel/digest.c.rej patching file kernel/file-io.c patching file kernel/iscsi.c patching file kernel/tio.c make: *** [.patched.2.6.18-xen-r4] Error 1 --------------------------------------
upgrade your kernel or downgrade your iscsitarget
(In reply to comment #1) > upgrade your kernel or downgrade your iscsitarget > Not much of a resolution is it ? I think so because: Newer xen kernels fail to delegate virtual pci properly towards the DomU, and that's probably one of the reasons why they are still hard masked. And, there are no other versions of iscsi-target in portage. Can't a new version with r148 sources be added as iscsi-target-0.4.15-r2 ? Would it help more if I were to update an ebuild to include an accompanying r2 patch (diff from official 0.4.15) ?
without an active iscitarget maintainer, the answer is no
