As those old kernelsources like 2.6.16 are still in portage tree, compatible coreutils should be provided too. It results in an unusable system otherwise. See bug #233280. Reproducible: Always
Is this for restoring old coreutils or dropping old kernels ?
I don't see this as a kernel bug as we don't own, maintain or make decisions on coreutils. Base-system?
You didn't specify which kernel package you are using, but at least in the case of the kernel-project supported kernels, just because they are in the tree doesn't mean they are supported. You should upgrade to a newer (supported) kernel, where this bug has already been fixed.
(In reply to comment #3) > You didn't specify which kernel package you are using, I'm using linux-2.6.19.7 (vanilla), which I need for a project. For myself it's not that big problem, as I've solved it with an overlay. > but at least in the case of the kernel-project supported kernels, just > because they are in the tree doesn't mean they are supported. That's a contradiction. Also it's rather ignorant to say that's provided but not supported. > You should upgrade to a newer (supported) > kernel, where this bug has already been fixed. Gentoo shouldn't provide packages which lead to completely broken systems. Either all dependencies for a package are provided, or the package should be removed, if support isn't possible.
you need to post real problems. Bug 233280 is not a real problem -- it is a bug specific to the openvz patches. as such, we arent going to cater to their broken systems. i can boot linux-2.6.10 just fine with coreutils-7.5
(In reply to comment #5) > you need to post real problems. Bug 233280 is not a real problem -- it is a > bug specific to the openvz patches. as such, we arent going to cater to their > broken systems. > > i can boot linux-2.6.10 just fine with coreutils-7.5 > The symptoms are similar as with bug 233280. touch fails with 'bad file descriptor'. As a result emerge doesn't work anymore and the init-scripts fail. I'm not sure if it's only restricted to touch. But after replacing by the one from the stage3-tarball, init-scripts and emerge worked again.
you need to start providing real details. obvious things that are missing: - emerge info - exact coreutils version in use - exact command run and error displayed - exact system setup (are you running on real hardware or some vm) debugging steps you should look into: - strace a simple touch - make sure /dev/fd is symlinked properly - make sure /proc is mounted properly - make sure /proc/self/fd/ is sane linux-2.6.19.2 also boots just fine with coreutils-7.5-r1 and glibc-2.9
(In reply to comment #7) > you need to start providing real details. obvious things that are missing: > - emerge info localhost ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.19.7-noja i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.19.7-noja-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.20GHz-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:24 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p35 dev-lang/python: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups cxx dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session spl sqlite ssl sysfs tcpd unicode x86 xattr xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS It's a new install from stage3-i686-2008.0.tar.bz2, which was updated to the actual stable version. > - exact coreutils version in use Coreutils first used was from the stage3-tarball. Don't know the exact version, but it works. After update to coreutils-7.5-r1 (stable), it doesn't work anymore. Downgrade to coreutils-6.10-r3 makes it work again. I had to take the touch binary from the stage3-tarball to get emerge work. > - exact command run and error displayed localhost ~ # touch testfile touch: setting times of `testfile': Bad file descriptor > - exact system setup (are you running on real hardware or some vm) real hardware > debugging steps you should look into: > - strace a simple touch localhost ~ # strace touch testfile execve("/usr/bin/touch", ["touch", "testfile"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8053000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=24529, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 24529, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f9d000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240\31\0\0004\0\0\0\200"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=30552, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f9c000 mmap2(NULL, 33392, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f93000 mmap2(0xb7f9a000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6) = 0xb7f9a000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`h\1\0004\0\0\0\244"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1290524, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1295984, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e56000 mmap2(0xb7f8d000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x137) = 0xb7f8d000 mmap2(0xb7f90000, 9840, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f90000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@H\0\0004\0\0\0\230"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=118210, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 94688, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e3e000 mmap2(0xb7e52000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13) = 0xb7e52000 mmap2(0xb7e54000, 4576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e54000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e3d000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7e3d6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0xb7e52000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f8d000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f9a000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x8051000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7fc0000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb7f9d000, 24529) = 0 set_tid_address(0xb7e3d708) = 21864 set_robust_list(0xb7e3d710, 0xc) = 0 futex(0xbfaa6b14, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0xb7e422e0, [], SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0xb7e42360, [], SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0 getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="noja", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8053000 brk(0x8074000) = 0x8074000 open("testfile", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 3 dup2(3, 0) = 0 close(3) = 0 utimensat(0, NULL, NULL, 0) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) close(0) = 0 write(2, "touch: "..., 7touch: ) = 7 write(2, "setting times of `testfile'"..., 27setting times of `testfile') = 27 write(2, ": Bad file descriptor"..., 21: Bad file descriptor) = 21 write(2, "\n"..., 1 ) = 1 close(1) = 0 close(2) = 0 exit_group(1) = ? and a strace with a working 'touch': localhost ~ # strace touch testfile execve("/usr/bin/touch", ["touch", "testfile"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8054000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=24529, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 24529, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0b000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240\31\0\0004\0\0\0\200"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=30552, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f0a000 mmap2(NULL, 33392, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f01000 mmap2(0xb7f08000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6) = 0xb7f08000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`h\1\0004\0\0\0\244"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1290524, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1295984, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dc4000 mmap2(0xb7efb000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x137) = 0xb7efb000 mmap2(0xb7efe000, 9840, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7efe000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@H\0\0004\0\0\0\230"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=118210, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 94688, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dac000 mmap2(0xb7dc0000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13) = 0xb7dc0000 mmap2(0xb7dc2000, 4576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dc2000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dab000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7dab6c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0xb7dc0000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7efb000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f08000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x8052000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f2e000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb7f0b000, 24529) = 0 set_tid_address(0xb7dab708) = 21871 set_robust_list(0xb7dab710, 0xc) = 0 futex(0xbffd9044, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0xb7db02e0, [], SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0xb7db0360, [], SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0 getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="noja", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8054000 brk(0x8075000) = 0x8075000 close(0) = 0 open("testfile", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 0 utimensat(0, NULL, NULL, 0) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) utimes("testfile", NULL) = 0 close(0) = 0 close(1) = 0 close(2) = 0 exit_group(0) = ? > - make sure /dev/fd is symlinked properly localhost ~ # ls -l /dev/fd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 18 16:51 /dev/fd -> /proc/self/fd > - make sure /proc is mounted properly localhost ~ # mount | grep proc proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,devmode=0664,devgid=85) > - make sure /proc/self/fd/ is sane localhost ~ # ls /proc/self/fd/ -l total 0 lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Dec 19 00:43 0 -> /dev/pts/1 lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Dec 19 00:43 1 -> /dev/pts/1 lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Dec 19 00:43 2 -> /dev/pts/1 lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Dec 19 00:43 3 -> /proc/21866/fd > linux-2.6.19.2 also boots just fine with coreutils-7.5-r1 and glibc-2.9 >
once again, it looks like it's your kernel sucks. "noja" is not a vanilla kernel source. utimensat() should return ENOSYS. it isnt. fix your kernel and stop blaming other things.
dont need anymore info ...
(In reply to comment #9) > once again, it looks like it's your kernel sucks. "noja" is not a vanilla > kernel source. > utimensat() should return ENOSYS. it isnt. fix your kernel > and stop blaming other things. Aargh, I was working with the wrong kernel. Yes, noja is a modification to the vanilla kernel. Since the older coreutils ignored the wrong returned EBADF, I suspected coreutils wrongly here. Sorry for the noise.
