Warnings when building svn2137

Warnings when building svn2137

[BandiPat]

Getting these errors when building the package for Zenwalk Linux!

WARNING:  zero length file usr/include/grub/lib/datetime.h
WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkimage.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkelfimage.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkfont.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-editenv.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkrescue.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-setup.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-mkdevicemap.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-probe.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-install.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-mkconfig.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-dumpbios.8.gz is an empty gzipped file

Checking the files does indeed show them empty.  Thanks for you help. 
The datetime.h warning has been happening for a while now, yet it is not 
an empty file, it's just reported that way at the end of the build and 
packaging.

Regards,
Pat

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[BandiPat]

BandiPat wrote:
> Getting these errors when building the package for Zenwalk Linux!
> 
> WARNING:  zero length file usr/include/grub/lib/datetime.h
> WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkimage.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkelfimage.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkfont.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-editenv.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkrescue.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-setup.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-mkdevicemap.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-probe.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-install.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-mkconfig.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
> WARNING:  usr/man/man8/grub-dumpbios.8.gz is an empty gzipped file
> 
> Checking the files does indeed show them empty.  Thanks for you help. 
> The datetime.h warning has been happening for a while now, yet it is not 
> an empty file, it's just reported that way at the end of the build and 
> packaging.
==========

Answering my own email.  Seems these files have been empty for quite 
some time, so this is nothing new.  Don't understand why suddenly one of 
my computers started alerting me to them, while another still does not 
mention them.  Seems though, someone still needs to fill these manuals 
up so they'll have some info for the users later.  :-)

The only real warning at this point is the datetime.h, as it shouldn't 
be showing up at all.

Thanks,
Pat

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         Registered Linux User #225206
"Ever tried Zen computing?"  http://www.zenwalk.org

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[Pavel Roskin]

On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 13:58 -0400, BandiPat wrote:
> BandiPat wrote:
> > Getting these errors when building the package for Zenwalk Linux!
> > 
> > WARNING:  zero length file usr/include/grub/lib/datetime.h
> > WARNING:  usr/man/man1/grub-mkimage.1.gz is an empty gzipped file
...

I guess it's files installed in a temporary location, and the messages
are from your package manager.

> Answering my own email.  Seems these files have been empty for quite 
> some time, so this is nothing new.  Don't understand why suddenly one of 
> my computers started alerting me to them, while another still does not 
> mention them.  Seems though, someone still needs to fill these manuals 
> up so they'll have some info for the users later.  :-)

The manuals are generated from the output of the corresponding commands.
I believe your version of help2man is not working.  I'm going to fix the
makefile to prevent generation of empty manuals in that case.

> The only real warning at this point is the datetime.h, as it shouldn't 
> be showing up at all.

Zero length datetime.h and datetime.c were left in the tree erroneously.
They were supposed to be moved to different locations.  I have removed
the empty files.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[BandiPat]

Pavel Roskin wrote:

> The manuals are generated from the output of the corresponding commands.
> I believe your version of help2man is not working.  I'm going to fix the
> makefile to prevent generation of empty manuals in that case.
> -----------
Thanks Pavel.  Turns out I didn't know about help2man, so did not have 
it installed.  Also turns out that the Zenwalk mirrors did not have it 
available either, so I built a package for that.  After installing it, 
then recompiling the package, all is well.  Wish I had known about that 
little program before!  I'm guessing there are other programs that use 
it when building.


>> The only real warning at this point is the datetime.h, as it shouldn't 
>> be showing up at all.
> 
> Zero length datetime.h and datetime.c were left in the tree erroneously.
> They were supposed to be moved to different locations.  I have removed
> the empty files.
> 
-------
This one has never been a big problem, but I'll be glad to see the 
warning go away at the end of the package build & check.  Thanks for 
your help with this.

Regards,
Pat


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         Registered Linux User #225206
"Ever tried Zen computing?"  http://www.zenwalk.org

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[Pavel Roskin]

Quoting BandiPat <magicpage91@earthlink.net>:

> Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
>> The manuals are generated from the output of the corresponding commands.
>> I believe your version of help2man is not working.  I'm going to fix the
>> makefile to prevent generation of empty manuals in that case.
>> -----------
> Thanks Pavel.  Turns out I didn't know about help2man, so did not have
> it installed.

I didn't realize we would create empty manual pages in that case!   
Still, my patch will fix it.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[BandiPat]

Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Quoting BandiPat <magicpage91@earthlink.net>:
> 
>> Pavel Roskin wrote:
>>
>>> The manuals are generated from the output of the corresponding commands.
>>> I believe your version of help2man is not working.  I'm going to fix the
>>> makefile to prevent generation of empty manuals in that case.
>>> -----------
>> Thanks Pavel.  Turns out I didn't know about help2man, so did not have
>> it installed.
> 
> I didn't realize we would create empty manual pages in that case!  
> Still, my patch will fix it.
> 
---------
Yep, creates very nice empty manuals!  ;-)  Anyway, if someone hasn't 
already, it might be a good idea to mention the help2man in your Wiki 
and/or the Readme within the source.  Maybe something in the Wiki about 
the programs needed to compile Grub2 the most efficiently?

It works a treat though and now Zenwalk mirrors have it available!

Thanks again.

Oh, has anyone experienced any problems with grub-mkdevicemap when 
installing Grub2 or updating?  I had one user complain about it 
segfaulting on his machine, but I've not seen any problems.  This is 
with svn2137.

Pat

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[Andreas]

BandiPat schrieb:
> Pavel Roskin wrote:
>> Quoting BandiPat <magicpage91@earthlink.net>:
>>
>>> Pavel Roskin wrote:
>>>
>>>> The manuals are generated from the output of the corresponding 
>>>> commands.
>>>> I believe your version of help2man is not working.  I'm going to 
>>>> fix the
>>>> makefile to prevent generation of empty manuals in that case.
>>>> -----------
>>> Thanks Pavel.  Turns out I didn't know about help2man, so did not have
>>> it installed.
>>
>> I didn't realize we would create empty manual pages in that case!  
>> Still, my patch will fix it.
>>
> ---------
> Yep, creates very nice empty manuals!  ;-)  Anyway, if someone hasn't 
> already, it might be a good idea to mention the help2man in your Wiki 
> and/or the Readme within the source.  Maybe something in the Wiki 
> about the programs needed to compile Grub2 the most efficiently?
>
> It works a treat though and now Zenwalk mirrors have it available!
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Oh, has anyone experienced any problems with grub-mkdevicemap when 
> installing Grub2 or updating?  I had one user complain about it 
> segfaulting on his machine, but I've not seen any problems.  This is 
> with svn2137.
I'm experiencing also problems using it, but it's not segfaulting. Using 
a svn2130 build grub-mkdevicemap --no-floppy create a device.map with 
proper content like this:
(hd0) /dev/sda
But a svn2137 build (exactly the same BandiPat uses) creates this 
content, which might not be wrong, but at least the most important part 
my HDD is missing:
(fd0) (null)

Probably this problem was introduced by revision 2133 and obviously 
wasn't fixed in rev 2134 - 2137 and in 2138 - 2140 I can see nothing 
which might fix this.
It would be great if somebody could have a look what could cause this 
problem. Maybe davem as the author of that revision.
If you need any additional information give me a yell and I'll try my 
best to provide it.

Andreas

Re: Warnings when building svn2137

[BandiPat]

Andreas wrote:

>>
>> Oh, has anyone experienced any problems with grub-mkdevicemap when 
>> installing Grub2 or updating?  I had one user complain about it 
>> segfaulting on his machine, but I've not seen any problems.  This is 
>> with svn2137.
> I'm experiencing also problems using it, but it's not segfaulting. Using 
> a svn2130 build grub-mkdevicemap --no-floppy create a device.map with 
> proper content like this:
> (hd0) /dev/sda
> But a svn2137 build (exactly the same BandiPat uses) creates this 
> content, which might not be wrong, but at least the most important part 
> my HDD is missing:
> (fd0) (null)
> 
> Probably this problem was introduced by revision 2133 and obviously 
> wasn't fixed in rev 2134 - 2137 and in 2138 - 2140 I can see nothing 
> which might fix this.
> It would be great if somebody could have a look what could cause this 
> problem. Maybe davem as the author of that revision.
> If you need any additional information give me a yell and I'll try my 
> best to provide it.
> 
> Andreas
========
I just tested on one machine, running grub-mkdevicemap -v from the 
shell, which resulted in a segfault and blank device.map file in /boot/grub!

Looks like some bug was introduced after svn2130 in the file.

Thanks devs for your attention to this one.

Pat