[arch-general] Updating iputils over NFS

[Bryan Schumaker]

On 09/28/2012 11:19 AM, Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
> I'm having an issue updating a system that boots over NFS.  Attempting to 
> upgrade the iputils package results in the following:
>
> ---8<-------------------------------
> (1/1) upgrading iputils                              
> [###########################] 100%
> Failed to set capabilities on file `usr/bin/ping' (Operation not supported)
> usage: setcap [-q] [-v] (-r|-|<caps>) <filename> [ ... (-r|-|<capsN>) 
> <filenameN> ]
>
>  Note <filename> must be a regular (non-symlink) file.
> Failed to set capabilities on file `usr/bin/ping6' (Operation not supported)
> usage: setcap [-q] [-v] (-r|-|<caps>) <filename> [ ... (-r|-|<capsN>) 
> <filenameN> ]
>
>  Note <filename> must be a regular (non-symlink) file.
> ---8<-------------------------------
>
> I suspect this is something to do with NFS not supporting the capabilities 
> that setcap is trying to use, but I admit I haven't encountered capabilities 
> before I ran into this issue, so it's just a guess.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem, or does anyone have an idea how to fix it?
NFS doesn't support any capibilities, so I guess the output is to be expected... I'm not sure what to do as a workaround, though.  Does the package still install and run even though it printed the warning?

- Bryan

>
> Paul