[arch-releng] Dep cycles in core and 2009.01

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> Aaron Griffin wrote:
>   
>> Hello all,
>> Just a "heads up" - I am currently rebuilding packages due to some
>> dependency cycles in core that caused install scriptlets to fail when
>> installing a new system.
>>
>> Later today I want to push out a beta3 ISO containing the fixed
>> packages (for the core images), and a new installer, in addition to a
>> minor usbdelay related fix.
>>
>> Now... I will be leaving for the weekend on a little vacation Friday
>> night. What I'd like, when I push this out, is for people to "signoff"
>> on this.
>>
>> In order to signoff, please list:
>> * The full name of the image used
>> * Real hardware, or virtual machine
>> * Bootloader used
>> * FS types used (useful for ext4 or esoteric filesystems)
>> * Other setup tweaks (encryption, lvm, etc)
>> * Success / Failure
>> * Related bug report links
>>
>> We will not be completely able to fix 100% of bugs, so we need a "good
>> enough for most people" rating, right now. If all goes as planned, the
>> same beta3 images will be used for release.
>>
>> If we run into too many issues, we may need to make this a 2009.02 release :(
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Aaron
>>
>>   
>>     
> Hi,
>
> * archlinux-2009.01-beta3-core-i686.iso (sha1sum verified OK)
> * Virtualbox 2.1.2 (SATA HD)
> * GRUB
> * installation command: /arch/setup (base system only)
> * (manual partition) [sda1 / ext4] [sda5 /var ext4] [sda6 /home ext4]
> [sda3 swap]
> * { It contains old bash-3.2.048-2, glibc-2.9-2, and texinfo-4.13a-1 in
> /src/core/pkg :(
>       Only the "live-root-fs" is update with these packages.
>       Have the archiso-early problem: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13049
>    }
>
> Installed system boot OK ;)
>
>
> * archlinux-2009.01-beta3-core-x86_64.iso (sha1sum verified OK)
> * Virtualbox 2.1.2 (SATA HD)
> * GRUB
> * installation command: /arch/setup (base system only)
> * (manual partition) [sda1 / ext4] [sda5 /var ext4] [sda6 /home ext4]
> [sda3 swap]
> * { It contains old bash-3.2.048-2, glibc-2.9-2, and texinfo-4.13a-1 in
> /src/core/pkg :(
>       Only the "live-root-fs" is update with these packages.
>       Have the archiso-early problem: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13049
>       **** GRUB FAIL (setup reports OK) it uses grub-gfx (grub-install
> reference to /sbin/grub not /mnt/sbin/grub ) that fails in x86_64 ****
>    }
>
> To solve the GRUB problem when setup is finished, i executed:
> mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
> mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
> chroot /mnt
> cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab ## df command need this, otherwise it fails
> and grub not installed.
> grub-install --recheck --no-floppy /dev/sda
> exit
> umount /mnt/dev
> umount /mnt/proc
> reboot
>
> Installed system boot OK ;)
>
>   
Also contructed with old readline, gcc, gcc-libs and fakeroot

Ooohh! The grub-gfx installed at root-image-fs (x86_64) is the
grub-gfx-0.97-7 (latest from community) and in i686 is 0.97-11.
I tested compiling the grub-gfx for x86_84 sync to -11 version. copied
with scp to installCD , pacman -U grub-gfx-0.97-11-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

And install grub like /arch/setup and now WORKS :)

BTW: grub-gfx in ABS lack some patches, i copied all from ABS grub.



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