Re: release 2010-12: tar error

[Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>]

On 06/12/10 20:47, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 11:44:14AM -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Frans Meulenbroeks
>> <fransmeulenbroeks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Not sure if this is reproducible or a race but when building console-image
>>> for minimal for calamari I got:
>>>
>>> ERROR: Function staging_packager failed
>>> NOTE: Task failed: ('function staging_packager failed',
>>> '/home/hudson/jobs/FM_TEST/workspace/tmp/work/calamari-oe-linux-gnuspe/linux-2.6.30-r6/temp/log.staging_packager.27026')
>>> ERROR: Task 601
>>> (/home/hudson/jobs/FM_TEST/workspace/openembedded/recipes/linux/linux_2.6.30.bb,
>>> do_package_stage) failed with 256
>>> NOTE: oestats: task failed, see
>>> http://tinderbox.openembedded.net/packages/1176040/
>>> ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in:
>>> /home/hudson/jobs/FM_TEST/workspace/tmp/work/calamari-oe-linux-gnuspe/linux-2.6.30-r6/temp/log.staging_packager.27026
>>> Log data follows:
>>> | tar: .: file changed as we read it
>>>
>>> NOTE: package linux-2.6.30-r6: task do_package_stage: Failed
>>>
>>> Didn't have time to dig into this. Sry.
>>
>> yes this happens time to time. Its some sort of race condition. I get
>> it sometimes in different packages but never went in deep to fix it.
> 
> I can confirm that this is a long standing race condition, presumably in 
> packaged staging - there were several attempts at fixing it w/o much success.
> 

I recently repeatedly hit this. I'm in the process of setting up some
automated testing which made this particularly annoying. I had
BB_NUMBER_THREADS and PARALLEL_MAKE setup in my local.conf. I think this is
arises when BB_NUMBER_THREADS is set. I've removed it and taken the hit in
build time instead (preferable in my situation). This seems to have stop it
being an issue, but I need to do quite a few more runs to make sure.

Martyn


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