Emerging libidn-1.23 warns of a file collision on /usr/share/info/dir, but no other package owns that file, so it (over)writes it. However, that file is the dir of all installed info files. I have no idea if that file existed before the emerge, but there are plenty of files in that directory. I assume that file "dir" should either be owned by the package that installs the info command (sys-apps/texinfo) or by no package. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge libidn-1.23 (I assume 1.24 will do the same, but have not tried) 2. 3. Actual Results: Warns about collision on /usr/share/info/dir, but overwrites since no other package owns. Expected Results: /usr/share/info/dir not overwritten, but updated with any info files installed by the package. This is NOT a normal "file collision" report. I know no other package claims to own the file, but I certainly don't see how libidn should own it. Sorry if I've completely misunderstood the process of managing info files - if so, please point me to the right fine manual to read.
1) Please post your `emerge --info' output in a comment. 2) Please attach the entire build log to this bug report as a file.
I guess some other package claims to own this file and the libidn ebuild was simply the next to edit it. /usr/lib/portage/bin/misc-functions.sh explicitly removes and rebuilds this file...
Emerge --info below. I no longer have the build log. I can re-run the emerge, but I suppose I would have to unmerge first, and manually create the file so the collision is reported again. Please note that the collision explicitly said that no other package owned the file. I also confirmed this with equery belongs. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.10.41 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.0.6-gentoo-01 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.0.6-gentoo-01-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_4000+-with-gentoo-2.0.3 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:45:01 +0000 ccache version 3.1.6 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.2-r3, 3.1.4-r3 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.6 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.6-r4 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.3 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::<unknown repository>, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.13-r4 Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync: 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Thank you. I don't think this has anything to do with net-dns/libidn - the ebuilds do not (and should not) touch that file, so I guess that in the past, the info dir regeneration failed, and that net-dns/libidn happened to be the ebuild that installed some new info files since. I assume an general operating system or package manager failure caused all this.
OK - so maybe libidn is clean, and it should be a bug against portage, since this: # equery belongs /usr/share/info/dir * Searching for /usr/share/info/dir ... net-dns/libidn-1.23 (/usr/share/info/dir) really shouldn't be happening, should it? Even if the bug gets closed as CANTFIX (I wish there was a better category, although it certainly can't be fixed if we don't really know what went wrong) it should be listed against either portage or whatever component failed and let that file be marked as owned by the ebuild currently being emerged (libidn).
It looks similar to bug 255775, but not the same. Can you rebuild net-dns/libidn-1.23 to see if it installs /usr/share/info/dir again? Please set PORT_LOGDIR and attach the build log if you can reproduce it.
I have a bunch of packages left to emerge for my KDE 4.7.4 upgrade, but once that's done, I'll redo libidn, and post the results.
Well, the original emerge was with portage 2.1.10.41. I just re-emerged libidn with portage 2.1.10.44, and the error did not recur, and after the emerge, /usr/share/info/dir is NOT claimed to be owned by any package (per equery). I don't know if there was some (subtle?) bug in portage-2.1.10.41, fixed in .44, or if I just hit some transient hiccough in the ether. I'll try a few more times, but if I can't repeat it, I'll close it myself as invalid, and apologize for the noise.
Unfortunately (or not) I am not able to reproduce with, with over a dozen repeats of the emerge. I don't know if it was some funny state of /usr/share/info/dir to begin with, or just "phase of the moon." I guess if that file actually gets rebuilt (which is how I read the note in the log) then I wouldn't have lost anything from the initial overwrite, since it seems to have been successfully rebuilt with every emerge since. Obviously I'll reopen if I see this again, but closing for now. No point in wasting any more of anybody's time.
I have personally seen this quite a few times, and it's nearly impossible to reproduce without recreating the package database state from before the merge that caused the warning. It's also quite a minor issue and the bug probably still is in the code somewhere. Obviously no package should own that file but some portage version did create that ownership in the past. So this bug definitely isn't invalid - it's just difficult to reproduce.
Are there any hints at all about what type of state might trigger this? Is there anything in particular I should be careful to record if it happens again, so I don't lose information that might help track down the cause?
OK - it happened again to me with sci-visualization/gnuplot-4.4.4-r1. It's a bit complicated by the fact that I had an error in the emerge due to an nfs4 issue, but following the failed emerge with "ebuild /usr/portage/sci-visualization/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.4.4-r1.ebuild merge" ended with the collision error. Hopefully I have not disturbed the state of things, so I can get some useful information - but what should I capture and report here? Oddly - 'equery /usr/share/info/dir' now returns dev-libs/libconfig-1.4.3, which was emerged as part of the batch just before gnplot, so this is at least different from my last case, where it was assigned to the package with the emerge that detected the collision.
(In reply to comment #12) > OK - it happened again to me with sci-visualization/gnuplot-4.4.4-r1. It's a > bit complicated by the fact that I had an error in the emerge due to an nfs4 > issue Oh, your PORTAGE_TMPDIR is on a remote share? There's a slew of similar bugs...
Yes, my PORTAGE_TMPDIR is on nfs4. I know that leads to issues such as failing on some "chown" commands within emerge, as well as not being able to delete some (apparently empty) directories. It also causes emerge of sudo to not set the program as setuid. However, is it likely that is also the cause of this collision problem? If so, I have nothing to add here, until those issues are resolved.
Makes me wonder if /usr/lib/portage/bin/misc-functions.sh:781: rm -f "${ED}"/usr/share/info/dir{,.gz,.bz2} fails properly. Maybe that should be run without -f and with a || die to troubleshoot this. net-dns/libidn-1.23 does run this: install-info --info-dir='/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/libidn-1.23/image//usr/share/info' '/var/tmp/portage/net-dns/libidn-1.23/image//u sr/share/info/libidn.info' but other package probably do that too, so the file is definitely present but not removed in misc-functions.sh.
(In reply to comment #15) > Makes me wonder if > /usr/lib/portage/bin/misc-functions.sh:781: rm -f > "${ED}"/usr/share/info/dir{,.gz,.bz2} > > fails properly. The return code isn't even checked, so no it won't. Fixed now: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=9e4b06838cef9a10468a6e3d220cc4f2154939e1 > Maybe that should be run without -f and with a || die to troubleshoot this. I think -f is appropriate, but ignoring the return value is not. Here's what the rm man page says: -f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
As far as I can see, this commit will prevent the collision problem, but it is also likely to cause some if not many emerges with PORTAGE_TMPDIR on nfs4 to just fail. I'd really love to figure out exactly what it is about nfs4 that is causing these problems. I'm not going to hijack this bug, and I'm not ready to file a specific one yet, but I'd really love any suggestions on what I can to do track down and capture enough information to actually identify the underlying issue.
(In reply to comment #17) > As far as I can see, this commit will prevent the collision problem, but it is > also likely to cause some if not many emerges with PORTAGE_TMPDIR on nfs4 to > just fail. It's better that the alternative, which is to allow installation of a corrupt package. > I'd really love to figure out exactly what it is about nfs4 that is causing > these problems. I'm not going to hijack this bug, and I'm not ready to file a > specific one yet, but I'd really love any suggestions on what I can to do track > down and capture enough information to actually identify the underlying issue. While you're on the topic of NFS bugs, if you've experienced bug 364143 then maybe you can look into that too.
(In reply to comment #16) > (In reply to comment #15) > > Makes me wonder if > > /usr/lib/portage/bin/misc-functions.sh:781: rm -f > > "${ED}"/usr/share/info/dir{,.gz,.bz2} > > > > fails properly. > > The return code isn't even checked, so no it won't. Fixed now: > > http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=9e4b06838cef9a10468a6e3d220cc4f2154939e1 This is fixed in 2.1.10.45 and 2.2.0_alpha85.
