While trying to install sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 the /boot partition incorrectly gets detected as being read-only. The remount attempt in this case remounts it ro and installation fails. sysresccd linux # cat /etc/fstab # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda2 / ext4 noatime,discard 0 1 sysresccd linux # mount /dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime) sysresccd linux # touch /boot/test && rm /boot/test (works without error) sysresccd linux # emerge grub-static These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 * grub-static-0.97-r10.tar.bz2 RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found sources for kernel version: * 3.3.8-gentoo * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking grub-static-0.97-r10.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/work bzip2: /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/distdir/grub-static-0.97-r10.tar.bz2: trailing garbage after EOF ignored >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/work >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/work ... >>> Source compiled. >>> Test phase [not enabled]: sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 >>> Install grub-static-0.97-r10 into /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/image/ category sys-boot * New grub can run on your system, good! >>> Completed installing grub-static-0.97-r10 into /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/image/ * QA Notice: Pre-stripped files found: * /usr/lib/debug/bin/mbchk.debug * /usr/lib/debug/sbin/grub.debug ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/info ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/man >>> Installing (1 of 1) sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 * checking 38 files for package collisions >>> Merging sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 to / * * To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot, * just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable. * * * Your boot partition, detected as being mounted as /boot, is read-only. * Remounting it in read-write mode ... * --- /bin/ >>> /bin/mbchk --- /usr/ --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/info/ >>> /usr/share/info/multiboot.info.bz2 >>> /usr/share/info/grub.info.bz2 --- /usr/share/grub/ >>> /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz --- /usr/share/man/ --- /usr/share/man/man1/ >>> /usr/share/man/man1/mbchk.1.bz2 --- /usr/share/man/man8/ >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub-terminfo.8.bz2 >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub.8.bz2 >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub-install.8.bz2 >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub-md5-crypt.8.bz2 --- /usr/share/doc/ --- /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/ >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/grub.conf.sample.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/AUTHORS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/NEWS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/README.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/TODO.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/THANKS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/grub.conf.gentoo.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/BUGS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/ChangeLog.bz2 --- /usr/lib/ --- /usr/lib/debug/ --- /usr/lib/debug/bin/ >>> /usr/lib/debug/bin/mbchk.debug --- /usr/lib/debug/sbin/ >>> /usr/lib/debug/sbin/grub.debug --- /sbin/ >>> /sbin/grub >>> /sbin/grub-md5-crypt >>> /sbin/grub-install >>> /sbin/grub-set-default >>> /sbin/grub-terminfo --- /lib/ --- /lib/grub/ --- /lib/grub/i386-pc/ >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/xfs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/iso9660_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/jfs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/fat_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/reiserfs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/e2fs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/ufs2_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage1 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/vstafs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/minix_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/ffs_stage1_5 >>> Safely unmerging already-installed instance... * * To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot, * just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable. * * * Your boot partition, detected as being mounted as /boot, is read-only. * Remounting it in read-write mode ... * No package files given... Grabbing a set. --- replaced obj /usr/share/man/man8/grub.8.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/man/man8/grub-terminfo.8.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/man/man8/grub-md5-crypt.8.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/man/man8/grub-install.8.bz2 --- replaced dir /usr/share/man/man8 --- replaced obj /usr/share/man/man1/mbchk.1.bz2 --- replaced dir /usr/share/man/man1 --- replaced dir /usr/share/man --- replaced obj /usr/share/info/multiboot.info.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/info/grub.info.bz2 --- replaced dir /usr/share/info --- replaced obj /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz --- replaced dir /usr/share/grub --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/grub.conf.sample.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/grub.conf.gentoo.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/TODO.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/THANKS.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/README.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/NEWS.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/ChangeLog.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/BUGS.bz2 --- replaced obj /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10/AUTHORS.bz2 --- replaced dir /usr/share/doc/grub-static-0.97-r10 --- replaced dir /usr/share/doc --- replaced dir /usr/share --- replaced obj /usr/lib/debug/sbin/grub.debug --- replaced dir /usr/lib/debug/sbin --- replaced obj /usr/lib/debug/bin/mbchk.debug --- replaced dir /usr/lib/debug/bin --- replaced dir /usr/lib/debug --- replaced dir /usr/lib --- replaced dir /usr --- replaced obj /sbin/grub-terminfo --- replaced obj /sbin/grub-set-default --- replaced obj /sbin/grub-md5-crypt --- replaced obj /sbin/grub-install --- replaced obj /sbin/grub --- replaced dir /sbin --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/xfs_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/vstafs_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/ufs2_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage1 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/reiserfs_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/minix_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/jfs_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/iso9660_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/ffs_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/fat_stage1_5 --- replaced obj /lib/grub/i386-pc/e2fs_stage1_5 --- replaced dir /lib/grub/i386-pc --- replaced dir /lib/grub --- replaced dir /lib --- replaced obj /bin/mbchk --- replaced dir /bin * * Automatically remounting /boot as ro * >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> Original instance of package unmerged safely. ln: Symbolischen Verknüpfung „//boot/boot“ konnte angelgt werden: Das Dateisystem ist nur lesbar mkdir: kann Verzeichnis „//boot/grub“ nicht anlegen: Das Dateisystem ist nur lesbar * ERROR: sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 failed (postinst phase): * //boot/grub does not exist! * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 85: Called pkg_postinst * environment, line 2602: Called setup_boot_dir '//boot' * environment, line 2844: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * mkdir "${dir}" || die "${dir} does not exist!"; * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/work/grub-static-0.97' !!! FAILED postinst: 1 * Messages for package sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10: * * To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot, * just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable. * * Messages for package sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10: * * To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot, * just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable. * * ERROR: sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10 failed (postinst phase): * //boot/grub does not exist! * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 85: Called pkg_postinst * environment, line 2602: Called setup_boot_dir '//boot' * environment, line 2844: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * mkdir "${dir}" || die "${dir} does not exist!"; * * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10', * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/temp/environment'. * S: '/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r10/work/grub-static-0.97' >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. * Regenerating GNU info directory index... * Processed 72 info files.
The system is amd64 multilib. Emerging sys-boot/grub gives similar messages, but works. After merging sys-boot-grub grub is installed in /boot, but /boot has been remounted ro. [...] make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/work/grub-0.97' make[2]: Für das Ziel »install-exec-am« ist nichts zu tun. make[2]: Für das Ziel »install-data-am« ist nichts zu tun. make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/work/grub-0.97' make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/work/grub-0.97' * Fallback PaX marking -m * /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/image//sbin/grub TYPE PAX FILE ET_EXEC --mxe- /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/image//sbin/grub >>> Completed installing grub-0.97-r10 into /var/tmp/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10/image/ strip: strip --strip-unneeded -R .comment -R .GCC.command.line bin/mbchk sbin/grub ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/info ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/doc ecompressdir: bzip2 -9 /usr/share/man >>> Installing (2 of 2) sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 * checking 36 files for package collisions >>> Merging sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 to / * * To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot, * just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable. * * * Your boot partition, detected as being mounted as /boot, is read-only. * Remounting it in read-write mode ... * --- /bin/ >>> /bin/mbchk --- /usr/ --- /usr/share/ --- /usr/share/info/ >>> /usr/share/info/multiboot.info.bz2 >>> /usr/share/info/grub.info.bz2 >>> /usr/share/grub/ >>> /usr/share/grub/splash.xpm.gz --- /usr/share/man/ --- /usr/share/man/man1/ >>> /usr/share/man/man1/mbchk.1.bz2 --- /usr/share/man/man8/ >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub-terminfo.8.bz2 >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub.8.bz2 >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub-install.8.bz2 >>> /usr/share/man/man8/grub-md5-crypt.8.bz2 --- /usr/share/doc/ >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/ >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/grub.conf.sample.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/AUTHORS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/NEWS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/README.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/TODO.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/THANKS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/grub.conf.gentoo.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/BUGS.bz2 >>> /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97-r10/ChangeLog.bz2 --- /sbin/ >>> /sbin/grub >>> /sbin/grub-md5-crypt >>> /sbin/grub-install >>> /sbin/grub-set-default >>> /sbin/grub-terminfo --- /lib/ >>> /lib/grub/ >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/ >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/xfs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/iso9660_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/jfs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/fat_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/reiserfs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/e2fs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/ufs2_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage1 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/vstafs_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/minix_stage1_5 >>> /lib/grub/i386-pc/ffs_stage1_5 * * To avoid automounting and auto(un)installing with /boot, * just export the DONT_MOUNT_BOOT variable. * * * Your boot partition, detected as being mounted as /boot, is read-only. * Remounting it in read-write mode ... * * Linking from new grub.conf name to menu.lst * Copying files from /lib/grub, /usr/lib/grub and /usr/share/grub to //boot/grub Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. * Grub has been installed to //boot successfully. * * To interactively install grub files to another device such as a USB * stick, just run the following and specify the directory as prompted: * emerge --config =grub-0.97-r10 * Alternately, you can export GRUB_ALT_INSTALLDIR=/path/to/use to tell * grub where to install in a non-interactive way. * * Automatically remounting /boot as ro * >>> sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 merged. [...] sysresccd linux # mount /dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (ro,noatime)
grub-static and grub use the same exact /boot mount logic -- they simply call the eclass. are you sure they behave the same ?
Well, both give the "Automatically remounting /boot as ro" message. But grub remounted after installing the files into /boot while grub-static remounted it prior to installing the files and subsequently failed.
Today I installed Gentoo on a different second computer and had the exact same behaviour. Both systems were stable amd64 multilib systems and installed as described in the Gentoo AMD64 Handbook.
Masked for removal
sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r12 works perfect since many years on 24 boxes I look after, including some with RAID 5. No maintainence and no new feature needed that screw up a perfectly good and reliable application. sys-boot/grub (Grub 2) is unreliable, overdesigned and complicated pile of dung to install and troubleshoot.
+1 on that! Please don't remove grub-static.
If there's no further maintenance needed you can simply copy the ebuild to your local overlay - that takes less time than it takes to copy&paste a bugzilla message to a second bug. Of course if any maintenance is needed after all you'll have to perform that yourself. Instructions: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/CustomTree#Defining_a_custom_repository
+1 do not remove grub-static. If somebody needs new features -> grub2. Grub works since many years on maybe 200+ servers without problems.
Gone
