[arch-dev-public] [signoff] bash 3.2.048-3, texinfo 4.13a-2, glibc 2.9-3

[Aaron Griffin]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Andreas Radke wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:31:13 -0600
>>>> schrieb Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Aaron Griffin
>>>>> <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These three packages contain fixes for our core dep-cycle that was
>>>>>> discussed in another thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changes:
>>>>>> texinfo now scans *all* info files on install (not on upgrade)
>>>>>> - this means that packages do not need direct deps, as it will pick
>>>>>> up all info files when it's installed
>>>>>> glibc and bash no longer require/depend on texinfo
>>>>>> - existence of install-info is checked before running it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please signoff. The install ISOs need these packages to ensure
>>>>>> installation happens cleanly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> $ pacSu --ignore openoffice-base
>>>>> :: Starting full system upgrade...
>>>>> warning: openoffice-base: ignoring package upgrade (3.0.0-4 =>
>>>>> 3.0.1-1) resolving dependencies...
>>>>> warning: dependency cycle detected:
>>>>> warning: glibc will be installed before its bash dependency
>>>>> looking for inter-conflicts...
>>>>>
>>>>> Something doesn't seem quite right here, I thought this resolved these
>>>>> issues? Or did that only pertain to info?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The update went smooth here with pacman from current.
>>>>
>>>> Everything's working here (x86_64). If the dep cycle is solved we will
>>>> see when we start testing the new ISOs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> There still appears to be some issues:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> sudo mkarchroot /home/tmp/root base
>>>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>> Targets (102): kernel-headers-2.6.27.6-2  tzdata-2008i-1  glibc-2.9-3
>>>       ncurses-5.7-2  texinfo-4.13a-2  readline-5.2.013-1
>>>  bash-3.2.048-3  dash-0.5.5.1-1  attr-2.4.41-1  acl-2.2.47-1 ...
>>> warning: dependency cycle detected:
>>> warning: glibc will be installed before its bash dependency
>>> ...
>>> (  1/102) installing kernel-headers
>>> [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  2/102) installing tzdata
>>> [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  3/102) installing glibc
>>>  [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  4/102) installing ncurses
>>>  [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  5/102) installing texinfo
>>>  [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> error: scriptlet failed to execute correctly
>>> (  6/102) installing readline
>>> [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  7/102) installing bash
>>> [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  8/102) installing dash
>>> [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>> (  9/102) installing attr
>>> [#####################]
>>> 100%
>>>
>>> Note that a "pacman -Rd texinfo" followed by "pacman -S --asdep texinfo"
>>> give no errors so it is an install order issue.
>>>
>>
>> Oh... the change in the scriptlet added a findutils dep. Totally
>> missed that. Could someone verify that adding that dep fixes that for
>> good?
>>
>
> Building texinfo with findutils as a dep I get:
>
>> sudo mkarchroot /home/tmp/root base
>
> warning: dependency cycle detected:
> warning: bash will be installed before its glibc dependency
> warning: dependency cycle detected:
> warning: readline will be installed before its texinfo dependency
> warning: dependency cycle detected:
> warning: readline will be installed before its glibc dependency
> warning: dependency cycle detected:
> warning: ncurses will be installed before its glibc dependency
>
>
> (  1/102) installing ncurses                        [#####################]
> 100%
> (  2/102) installing readline                       [#####################]
> 100%
> (  3/102) installing bash                           [#####################]
> 100%
> error: scriptlet failed to execute correctly
> (  4/102) installing kernel-headers                 [#####################]
> 100%
> (  5/102) installing tzdata                         [#####################]
> 100%
> (  6/102) installing glibc                          [#####################]
> 100%
> (  7/102) installing findutils                      [#####################]
> 100%
> (  8/102) installing texinfo                        [#####################]
> 100%
>
> So I am thinking the bash/glibc cycle actually needs fixed to get things
> working.  I will build glibc without bash as a dep now and see if that
> helps.

Actually, I'm confused as to why the bash scriptlet would fail at
all... it only runs install-info and only if it is present. Sure you
used the latest version?