Re: [gentoo-user] emerge consistently 'hangs' on kernel/gentoo-sources

[ralfconn <mentadent47@yahoo.com>]

Il 17/12/23 15:17, Remco Rijnders ha scritto:
> Hi all,
>
> I've tried googling and didn't get very far so am afraid this might 
> not be a
> common thing...
>
> Since a number of months, emerge hangs when doing a upgrade as soon as 
> it gets
> to the package gentoo-sources:
>>>> Installing (23 of 27) sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.1.67::gentoo
>  * If you are upgrading from a previous kernel, you may be interested
>  * in the following document:
>  *   - General upgrade guide: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade
>  * For more info on this patchset, and how to report problems, see:
>  * https://dev.gentoo.org/~mpagano/genpatches
> WARNING: Will unset existing variable 'TMPDIR' to avoid clashing with 
> genkernel config ...
> WARNING: Will unset existing variable 'CHOST' to avoid clashing with 
> genkernel config ...
> * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 4.3.6
> * Using genkernel configuration from '/etc/genkernel.conf' ...
> * Running with options: 
> --kernel-config=/etc/kernels/kernel-config-6.1.19-gentoo-x86_64 all
>
> * Working with Linux kernel 6.1.67-gentoo for x86_64
> * Using kernel config file 
> '/etc/kernels/kernel-config-6.1.19-gentoo-x86_64' ...
> *
> * Note: The version above is subject to change (depends on config and 
> status of kernel sources).
>
> * kernel: >> Initializing ...
> *         >> Running 'make mrproper' ...
> *         >> Running 'make oldconfig' ...
> *         >> Kernel version has changed (probably due to config 
> change) since genkernel start:
> *            We are now building Linux kernel 6.1.67-gentoo-x86_64 for 
> x86_64 ...
> *         >> Compiling 6.1.67-gentoo-x86_64 bzImage ...
> *         >> Compiling 6.1.67-gentoo-x86_64 modules ...
> *         >> Installing 6.1.67-gentoo-x86_64 modules (and stripping) ...
> *         >> Generating module dependency data ...
> *         >> Compiling out-of-tree module(s) ...
>
> It is consistent every time and at the same point. It has been stuck 
> there for
> 24 hours now. Pressing Ctrl-C takes me back to the command line with 
> no error
> indication. Computer load is low, and this is the process tree for 
> emerge:
>
> root     19590  0.0  0.0   7916  4264 pts/5    S    09:15   0:00  
> |           \_ bash
> root     19936  0.6  1.9 322620 314152 pts/5   SN+  09:16   1:17  
> |               \_ /usr/bin/python3.11 
> /usr/lib/python-exec/python3.11/emerge --ask --update --newuse --de
> ep @world
> root      8996  0.1  1.8 324220 308860 pts/5   SN+  09:40   0:20  
> |                   \_ /usr/bin/python3.11 
> /usr/lib/python-exec/python3.11/emerge --ask --update --newuse
> --deep @world
> root      9142  0.0  0.0  10892  7148 pts/5    SN+  09:40   0:00  
> |                       \_ bash /usr/lib/portage/python3.11/ebuild.sh 
> postinst
> root      9153  0.0  0.0  10892  5992 pts/5    SN+  09:40   0:00  
> |                           \_ bash 
> /usr/lib/portage/python3.11/ebuild.sh postinst
> root      9196  0.0  0.0  12724  9024 pts/5    SN+  09:40   0:00  
> |                               \_ /bin/bash /usr/bin/genkernel 
> --kernel-config=/etc/kernels/kernel-config
> -6.1.19-gentoo-x86_64 all
> root     31236  0.0  0.4  71804 67416 pts/5    SN+  10:03   0:00  | \_ 
> /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/lib/python-exec/python3.11/emerge --ignore
> -default-opts --buildpkg=n --usepkg=n --quiet-build=y @module-rebuild
>
> Anyone has any ideas what might be wrong?
>
I don't use genkernel so just a guess. It looks like the kernel got 
build and installed but genkernel is stuck 'building out of tree 
module'. Maybe it is trying to fetch some code and not managing to? Try 
checking /var/log/emerge-fetch.log

raf