[arch-releng] Finding packages in the 2011.04.03 iso

[Jesse Jaara]

Excerpts from Charles Vejnar's message of 2011-04-08 22:14:17 +0300:
> Le 06/04/2011 16:58, Charles Vejnar a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > During an automatic install with the latest iso (2011.04.03), pacman
> > complained that /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db wasn't there. It seems
> > core.db.tar.gz is present in /src/core/pkg/core.db.tar.gz
> >
> > I have seen on the forum an issue that might be related. So sorry if
> > this is already fixed. But is it ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
> >
> > In aif.log:
> > [LOG] 1999-04-04 16:52:14 *** Executing worker install_packages
> > [DEBUG UI ] inform: Refreshing package database...
> > [DEBUG UI ] notify: Package installation will begin now. You can watch
> > the output in the progress window. Please be patient.
> > [DEBUG UI ] notify: Installing... Please Wait
> > [DEBUG MISC ] run_controlled done with pacman_installpkg: exitcode
> > ($CONTROLLED_EXIT): 1 .Logfile /var/log/aif/pacman.log
> > [DEBUG UI ] show_warning 'Installation Failed (see errors below)':
> > /var/log/aif/pacman.log (text)
> > [DEBUG MAIN ] Execute(): worker_install_packages exit state was 1
> >
> > In pacman.log:
> > error: target not found: could
> > error: could not open file /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Failed to
> > open '/mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db'
> >
> > Package Installation FAILED.
> >
> Hi,
> 
> As you guys are not very inspired by the problem ;), I am answering it 
> my self. But I still need some help.
> 
> The installation process stops at the line "$PACMAN_TARGET -Sy >$LOG 
> 2>&1 || return 1" in lib-pacman.sh. If I try to run manually the 
> command, which is "pacman --conf /tmp/pacman.conf", it actually doesn't 
> work.
> It seems it is failing because the core.db file is missing. If I add a 
> link with "ln -s core.db.tar.gz core.db", then it's working again.
> 
> I don't know why this link doesn't exists there (it is in the archlinux 
> mirror), so probably we have to add it. I need some help there.
> 
> And also, it wasn't a problem with pacman 3.4 but it became a problem 
> with 3.5.
> 
> Charles
Problem doesen't exist in 3.4 as we swiched to new db format in 3.5 :)
we extracted the tarball in 3.4 and read from the dir, but now we read
from the tarball itself :)