I have just done an 'emerge -auDvN world' and it took many passes of 'emerge --resume'. All failures are of the same type, but I don't think any single package failed more than once or twice. I originally had ccache on and -j3, but removing ccache and changing to -j1 did not seem to make any difference. The error was always right after ">>> Completed installing mpg123-1.12.1 into /home/portage/tmpdir/portage/media-sound/mpg123-1.12.1/image/" (for whatever package) and was a traceback such as: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 42, in <module> retval = emerge_main() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/main.py", line 1410, in emerge_main myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/actions.py", line 416, in action_build retval = mergetask.merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 914, in merge rval = self._merge() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 1222, in _merge self._main_loop() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/Scheduler.py", line 1362, in _main_loop self._poll_loop() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/PollScheduler.py", line 134, in _poll_loop handler(f, event) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/SpawnProcess.py", line 198, in _output_handler self._unregister_if_appropriate(event) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AbstractPollTask.py", line 27, in _unregister_if_appropriate self.wait() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 42, in wait self._wait_hook() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/AsynchronousTask.py", line 115, in _wait_hook self._exit_listener_stack.pop()(self) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/_emerge/EbuildPhase.py", line 70, in _ebuild_exit _post_src_install_chost_fix(settings) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/package/ebuild/doebuild.py", line 1520, in _post_src_install_chost_fix 'build-info', 'CHOST'), chost + '\n') File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 1020, in write_atomic f.close() File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 973, in close apply_stat_permissions(f.name, os.stat(real_name)) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 819, in apply_stat_permissions mode=newstat.st_mode, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 910, in apply_secpass_permissions stat_cached=stat_cached, follow_links=follow_links) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 745, in apply_permissions os.chown(filename, uid, gid) File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/__init__.py", line 228, in __call__ rval = self._func(*wrapped_args, **wrapped_kwargs) OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: '/home/portage/tmpdir/portage/media-sound/mpg123-1.12.1/build-info/CHOST.28249' I don't know if all errors were identical, but they certainly looked close. The number in the last line did seem to change. I also tried adding --keep-going to the emerge, but either multiple packages failed, or it didn't really keep-going. (I suspect the latter, but did not actually catch it in the act.) Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -auDvN world (or later emerge --resume) 2. 3. Actual Results: sample traceback above. Expected Results: successful emerge This is a mostly amd64 system with a few select ~amd64 packages.. emerge --info: Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.4.3, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.32-gentoo-r7-02 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.32-gentoo-r7-02-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_4000+-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:45:03 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.10 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r2, 3.1.2-r3 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r3 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6b virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 skype-eula googleearth AdobeFlash-10 AdobeFlash-10.1" 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XAUTHORITY="/home/jack/.Xauthority" XCURSOR_THEME="default" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" XZ_OPT="--memory=max" _="/usr/bin/emerge" I suppose this could be classed as minor, since just repeating the emerge eventually succeeds, but I'd love to figure out if there is actually something wrong - even if it is only with my own setup :-)
After the latest sync, emerge was OK for dev-libs/libtasn1, app-misc/gentoo, and dev-java/java-config but failed for www-client/chromium-bin. I'll leave the build dir around for a bit, in case there might be any evidence there that could be useful.
It looks like a filesystem issue. What type of filesystem are you using for /home/portage/tmpdir/?
Maybe fsck or reboot will help.
ext3 over ntfs3. The switch from ntfs2 to 3 was relatively recent, and I did have some issues when I first set it up, but I thought it was stable now. Perhaps not quite? I'll try fsck and reboot.
Correction - it's ntfs4, not 3. fsck on the actual volume showed no problems. rebooted ntfs client and server machines, and the next emerge succeeded. However, I'll avoid claiming success until I run through another lengthy set of emerges, since this is not a 100% repeatable failure.
Packages are still failing (mostly just once, but up to four times) and then succeeding on emerge --resume. I haven't identified any pattern in which packages. Both ntfs client and server have been rebooted, and fsck has not shown any problems. If I can get enough free space on a local partition, I'll move tmpdir locally, just in case it's some strange timing or locking issue with ntfs4.
It's almost certainly related to ntfs4 since nobody else has ever reported this problem.
OK. At this point I'm ready to believe that ntfs4 is the culprit. I'm actually also willing to believe that it's not an inherent problem with ntfs4, but just something specific to my configuration. How do I troubleshoot? Should the bug get reassigned to ntfs4? Close it for now as invalid, follow-up in the forums, and reopen if/when I find the actual cause?
(In reply to comment #0) > File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 1020, in > write_atomic > f.close() > File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 973, in close > apply_stat_permissions(f.name, os.stat(real_name)) > File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 819, in > apply_stat_permissions > mode=newstat.st_mode, **kwargs) > File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 910, in > apply_secpass_permissions > stat_cached=stat_cached, follow_links=follow_links) > File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/util/__init__.py", line 745, in > apply_permissions > os.chown(filename, uid, gid) > File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage/__init__.py", line 228, in __call__ > rval = self._func(*wrapped_args, **wrapped_kwargs) > OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: > '/home/portage/tmpdir/portage/media-sound/mpg123-1.12.1/build-info/CHOST.28249' The traceback suggests that the error may be triggered by an issue in uid/gid mapping in the chown call. The uid and gid come from a stat call on the existing CHOST file in the same directory, so it's strange that those wouldn't work as arguments to a chown call on another file in the same directory.
Thank you for (silently) correcting my repeated typo. Yes - it's NFSv4 not ntfs any flavor. That was really sloppy of me. However, nfs4 requires idmap to deal with mapping uids (and also gids I presume) and if anything, that's the place where my configuration may be problematic. However, I would expect it to behave consistently, even if not correctly due to misconfiguration, so that may be where to look, especially if root is ever involved (although I do have no_root_squash set on that file system.) Looking into that directory from the last failed emerge CHOST and all other files are 0644 root:root. Also -I see CHOST, not CHOST.nnnnn. Is that just an artifact of the error message?
(In reply to comment #10) > Looking into that directory from the last failed emerge CHOST and all other > files are 0644 root:root. Also -I see CHOST, not CHOST.nnnnn. Is that just an > artifact of the error message? That's expected because there's some code that automatically removes the CHOST.nnnnn file when an error occurs. It's strange that chown was invoked, because the CHOST.nnnnn file should have inherited root:root ownership from the emerge process, and the apply_permissions function skips the chown call when the uid/gid returned from stat indicate that the chown call will be unnecessary.
The bug for you is 318847. :) I ran into the same issue. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 318847 ***
