[gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[darren kirby]

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Hello all,

I have been having some problems getting glibc installed. It builds just fine, 
but when it comes time to move the files into the live filesystem it craps 
out with this error:

<snip>
>>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/oc_FR
>>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/nn_NO
!!! copy /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/image/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro 
-> /usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro failed.
!!! [Errno 13] Permission denied


When I list the directory I get:

ls: fr_BE@euro: Permission denied
ls: tig_ER: Permission denied
ls: translit_combining: Permission denied
ls: wa_BE@euro: Permission denied
ls: wal_ET: Permission denied
ls: gez_ER@abegede: Permission denied
ls: fr_LU@euro: Permission denied
ls: translit_font: Permission denied
ls: translit_wide: Permission denied
ls: de_LU@euro: Permission denied
ls: fr_FR@euro: Permission denied
ls: br_FR@euro: Permission denied
ls: gez_ET@abegede: Permission denied
ls: translit_small: Permission denied

but the rest of the files are shown normally. I cannot delete these files 
manually either...

So the question is, what are these files, why are the permissions screwed up, 
and how do I fix this. The strange thing is I use locales.build which 
contains only:

en_US/ISO-8859-1
en_US.UTF-8/UTF-8

Isn't locales.build supposed to get glibc to _not_ build any other locales?

uname -a:
Linux vyvyan 2.6.10-hardened-r3 #1 Fri Jan 28 11:17:17 PST 2005 i686 AMD 
Duron(tm) processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

glibc version I am trying to build is 2.3.5

I do use grsecurity kernel, but no file ACL's or anything, so I don't 
understand the Permission denied messages.

Any help is greatly appreciated. If I forgot to mention some important info 
please just ask,

Thanks,
darren
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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[Joe Menola]

On Monday August 15 2005 6:45 pm, darren kirby wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have been having some problems getting glibc installed. It builds just
> fine, but when it comes time to move the files into the live filesystem it
> craps out with this error:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/oc_FR
> >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/nn_NO
>
> !!! copy
> /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/image/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro ->
> /usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro failed.
> !!! [Errno 13] Permission denied

Have you tried "chown -R  root /usr/sharei18n/locales "?

-jm
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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:45:31 -0700, darren kirby wrote:

> Isn't locales.build supposed to get glibc to _not_ build any other
> locales?

Only if you emerge glibc with the userlocales USE flag.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are mentally ill.

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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[darren kirby]

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quoth the Joe Menola:
> On Monday August 15 2005 6:45 pm, darren kirby wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have been having some problems getting glibc installed. It builds just
> > fine, but when it comes time to move the files into the live filesystem
> > it craps out with this error:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/oc_FR
> > >>> /usr/share/i18n/locales/nn_NO
> >
> > !!! copy
> > /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/image/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro ->
> > /usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro failed.
> > !!! [Errno 13] Permission denied
>
> Have you tried "chown -R  root /usr/sharei18n/locales "?
>
> -jm

Hello,
# chown -R root /usr/share/i18n/locales
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/tig_ER': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_combining': Permission 
denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/wa_BE@euro': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/wal_ET': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/gez_ER@abegede': Permission 
denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_LU@euro': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_font': Permission 
denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_wide': Permission 
denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/de_LU@euro': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_FR@euro': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/br_FR@euro': Permission denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/gez_ET@abegede': Permission 
denied
chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_small': Permission 
denied

So these files are owned by someone more powerfull than root? I am really 
confused here...

-darren

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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[Joe Menola]

On Monday August 15 2005 7:20 pm, darren kirby wrote:
> Hello,
> # chown -R root /usr/share/i18n/locales
> chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_BE@euro': Permission
> denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/tig_ER': Permission
> denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_combining':
> Permission denied
> chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/wa_BE@euro': Permission
> denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/wal_ET': Permission
> denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/gez_ER@abegede':
> Permission denied
> chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_LU@euro': Permission
> denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_font':
> Permission denied
> chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_wide': Permission
> denied
> chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/de_LU@euro': Permission
> denied chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_FR@euro':
> Permission denied chown: cannot access
> `/usr/share/i18n/locales/br_FR@euro': Permission denied chown: cannot
> access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/gez_ET@abegede': Permission denied
> chown: cannot access `/usr/share/i18n/locales/translit_small': Permission
> denied
>
> So these files are owned by someone more powerfull than root? I am really
> confused here...

Yikes! I saw on eBay where someone had a perogi that Jesus had appeared 
on...maybe the same has happended to your hdd? ;)
My guess is it's some sort of file corruption, if worse comes to worse, I 
guess you could just rename the locales directory so the new files can be 
installed?
Caution...I know nothing, you've been warned.

-jm
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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[darren kirby]

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quoth the Neil Bothwick:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:45:31 -0700, darren kirby wrote:
> > Isn't locales.build supposed to get glibc to _not_ build any other
> > locales?
>
> Only if you emerge glibc with the userlocales USE flag.

I do have this flag set...

-d
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[Benno Schulenberg]

darren kirby wrote:
> I do use grsecurity kernel, but no file ACL's or anything,

Have you tried booting into a vanilla kernel, listing the dir and 
removing the files?  If that succeeds, you know a little more.

Benno
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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[darren kirby]

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quoth the Benno Schulenberg:
> darren kirby wrote:
> > I do use grsecurity kernel, but no file ACL's or anything,
>
> Have you tried booting into a vanilla kernel, listing the dir and
> removing the files?  If that succeeds, you know a little more.
>
> Benno

Hello,

A good suggestion, but this is a live server, so downtime is an issue.

However, I took Joe's advice and simply renamed the locales directory, and 
created a new one. This seemed to work fine but then I ran into this:

>>> /usr/share/info/libc.info-8.gz
>>> /usr/share/info/libc.info-9.gz
--- /usr/share/zoneinfo/
!!! copy /var/tmp/portage/glibc-2.3.5/image/usr/share/zoneinfo/GB 
-> /usr/share/zoneinfo/GB failed.
!!! [Errno 13] Permission denied

So it would seem The zoneinfo directory has similar screwy permissions.
While it appears I can get around this, I don't like the idea of all these 
files that I can't touch. Has anyone seen something like this?

Also, I have rebuilt the glibc several times through this ordeal, and at 5-6 
hours per pop it is getting tedious to try new things. Glibc _was_ built 
correctly, so is there anyway I can manually copy the rest of the files from 
the portage sandbox to the live filesystem without having to rebuild it 
again?

The problem is that whatever files get copied before it craps out are in the 
live filesystem, while files after are not copied, so I have a mish-mash of 
old and new glibc files installed. To me, this is going to cause issues down 
the road...

Thanks for the help,
darren 
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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Re: [gentoo-user] glibc builds but won't install

[Benno Schulenberg]

darren kirby wrote:
> Also, I have rebuilt the glibc several times through this ordeal,
> and at 5-6 hours per pop it is getting tedious to try new things.
> Glibc _was_ built correctly, so is there anyway I can manually
> copy the rest of the files from the portage sandbox to the live
> filesystem without having to rebuild it again?

Yes,

  ebuild  /usr/portage/sys-libs/glibc/glibc-2.3.5.ebuild  merge

or whatever precise ebuild you were trying to emerge.  It detects 
that the package is already compiled and skips that step, simply 
keeps the work, and installs it.

> The problem is that whatever files get copied before it craps out
> are in the live filesystem, while files after are not copied, so
> I have a mish-mash of old and new glibc files installed.

When updating such an important package as glibc, it might be wise 
to first use quickpkg, to create a binary package of the existing 
glibc, one that can be reinstalled in a minute or two (with emerge 
-K) when the update goes wrong.  Myself I don't do this by the way, 
(:), but seeing as yours is a server...

Benno
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