[arch-dev-public] [signoff] util-linux 2.19-3

[Tobias Powalowski]

Am Dienstag 22 Februar 2011 schrieb Dan McGee:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Ionuț Bîru <ibiru at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The util-linux-ng project has been renamed back to util-linux.
> 
> Huge -1 on this one.
> 
> I just hosed my system during an upgrade, trimmed log below. The
> explanation- when we do replaces in pacman, we do all of the removes
> upfront. This is by no means ideal, we should fix this, but it isn't
> happening tomorrow. So during this upgrade where both the kernel and
> util-linux are being installed, we have a period of time where the
> util-linux utilities are not on the system, we try to generate our
> initrd, and then we fail to locate the blkid binary. I didn't even see
> this until I rebooted and got dropped to a shell; thankfully the
> rootfstype parameter exists.
> 
> I can guarantee we get bug reports if we let this situation make its
> way to core; I'm not sure what the solution is but this definitely
> doesn't work as is.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> [2011-02-22 11:53] Running 'pacman -Syu'
> [2011-02-22 11:53] synchronizing package lists
> [2011-02-22 11:53] starting full system upgrade
> [2011-02-22 11:53] removed util-linux-ng (2.18-4)
> .....
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> ----------------
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be
> found here:
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
> [2011-02-22 11:54]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.
> Please wait...
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Building image "default"
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k
> 2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Begin build
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [base]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] which: no blkid in (/sbin)
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ERROR: '/sbin/blkid' is not a file
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [udev]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ERROR: Root file system type detection failed.
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [pata]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [sata]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [mdadm]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] Custom /etc/mdadm.conf file will be used in
> initramfs for assembling arrays.
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Generating module dependencies
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ==> SUCCESS
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Building image "fallback"
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k
> 2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S
> autodetect
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Begin build
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [base]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] which: no blkid in (/sbin)
> [2011-02-22 11:54] ERROR: '/sbin/blkid' is not a file
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [udev]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [pata]
> [2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
> [2011-02-22 11:55] :: Parsing hook [sata]
> [2011-02-22 11:55] :: Parsing hook [mdadm]
> [2011-02-22 11:55] Custom /etc/mdadm.conf file will be used in
> initramfs for assembling arrays.
> [2011-02-22 11:55] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
> [2011-02-22 11:55] :: Generating module dependencies
> [2011-02-22 11:55] :: Generating image
> '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS [2011-02-22 11:55] ==> SUCCESS
> [2011-02-22 11:55] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.37-6 -> 2.6.37.1-1)
> .....
> [2011-02-22 11:55] installed util-linux (2.19-3)
adding util-linux>=2.19 to kernel would that help?

-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa at archlinux.org
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