Bug 591792 – sh: printf: I/O error

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects

[Description Hadrien Lacour 2016-08-21 11:49:11 UTC]

Hello,
I'm getting these "sh: printf: I/O error" randomly during rc boot or shutdown.
With OpenRC 0.19.1 and 0.21.3 and /bin/sh -> /bin/dash

Reproducible: Sometimes

[Comment 1 William Hubbs 2016-08-21 16:39:05 UTC]

I need more information to track this down.

In particular, please attach the output of
"emerge --info sys-apps/openrc" as well as a copy of /var/log/rc.log
when the error happens.

If rc.log does not exist, set rc_logger=yes in /etc/rc.conf.

Thanks,

William

[Comment 2 Hadrien Lacour 2016-08-21 17:49:50 UTC]

Created attachment 443828 [details]
emerge --info sys-apps/openrc

[Comment 3 Hadrien Lacour 2016-08-21 17:51:19 UTC]

Created attachment 443830 [details]
rc.log

[Comment 4 William Hubbs 2016-08-22 14:03:09 UTC]

Hi,

I see that the emerge --info you attached shows OpenRC-0.21.3. However,
the rc.log does not show the error you described and it shows boots from
OpenRC 0.17.x and 0.18.x.

Can you get a log for 0.21.3?

Thanks,

William

[Comment 5 Hadrien Lacour 2016-08-22 15:37:26 UTC]

What? The previous rc.log does show "sh: printf: I/O error" (two times, in fact). Here's a rc.log with openrc 0.21.3 and these errors (they seem more rare, though).

[Comment 6 Hadrien Lacour 2016-08-22 15:37:59 UTC]

Created attachment 443866 [details]
rc.log (openrc-0.21.3)