Re: Bug in recent changes to builddeb

Re: Bug in recent changes to builddeb

[Randy Dunlap]

at least Cc linux-kbuild.

On 3/27/23 13:55, Ron Economos wrote:
> Looks like there's a bug in /scripts/package/builddeb. On lines 188, 197 and 198, the variable $version is used. However, it's not defined (removed with recent changes).
> 
> This causes the headers to be put into /usr/src/linux-headers-. When the next version is attempted to be installed, the following error occurs.
> 
> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb
> Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4.
> (Reading database ... 376925 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb ...
> Unpacking linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4 (6.3.0-rc4-2) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb (--install):
>  trying to overwrite '/usr/src/linux-headers-/.config', which is also in package linux-headers-6.3.0-rc3 6.3.0-rc3-4
> dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb
> 

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~Randy

Re: Bug in recent changes to builddeb

[Randy Dunlap]

On 3/27/23 15:41, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> at least Cc linux-kbuild.
> 

or just see https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/patch/3351f907cfd0b5d8372e858a8ec9065cc2bd91df.1679434718.git.kevin@kevinlocke.name/

and use a later git tree.

I.e., it's fixed now.

> On 3/27/23 13:55, Ron Economos wrote:
>> Looks like there's a bug in /scripts/package/builddeb. On lines 188, 197 and 198, the variable $version is used. However, it's not defined (removed with recent changes).
>>
>> This causes the headers to be put into /usr/src/linux-headers-. When the next version is attempted to be installed, the following error occurs.
>>
>> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb
>> Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4.
>> (Reading database ... 376925 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb ...
>> Unpacking linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4 (6.3.0-rc4-2) ...
>> dpkg: error processing archive linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb (--install):
>>  trying to overwrite '/usr/src/linux-headers-/.config', which is also in package linux-headers-6.3.0-rc3 6.3.0-rc3-4
>> dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb
>>
> 

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~Randy

Re: Bug in recent changes to builddeb

[Sedat Dilek]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:52 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 3/27/23 15:41, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > at least Cc linux-kbuild.
> >
>
> or just see https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kbuild/patch/3351f907cfd0b5d8372e858a8ec9065cc2bd91df.1679434718.git.kevin@kevinlocke.name/
>
> and use a later git tree.
>
> I.e., it's fixed now.
>
> > On 3/27/23 13:55, Ron Economos wrote:
> >> Looks like there's a bug in /scripts/package/builddeb. On lines 188, 197 and 198, the variable $version is used. However, it's not defined (removed with recent changes).
> >>
> >> This causes the headers to be put into /usr/src/linux-headers-. When the next version is attempted to be installed, the following error occurs.
> >>
> >> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb
> >> Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4.
> >> (Reading database ... 376925 files and directories currently installed.)
> >> Preparing to unpack linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb ...
> >> Unpacking linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4 (6.3.0-rc4-2) ...
> >> dpkg: error processing archive linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb (--install):
> >>  trying to overwrite '/usr/src/linux-headers-/.config', which is also in package linux-headers-6.3.0-rc3 6.3.0-rc3-4
> >> dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> >> Errors were encountered while processing:
> >>  linux-headers-6.3.0-rc4_6.3.0-rc4-2_riscv64.deb
> >>
> >

Hi Masahiro,

when do you plan the next git-pull request to Linus?

For people using Debian and builddeb this is really annoying.

Thanks.

Regards,
-Sedat-

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild.git/log/?h=fixes

Re: Bug in recent changes to builddeb

[Bagas Sanjaya]

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 06:49:00AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> 
> Hi Masahiro,
> 
> when do you plan the next git-pull request to Linus?
> 
> For people using Debian and builddeb this is really annoying.

He has sent the PR [1] and got merged.

Thanks.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK7LNAQEKgqrJNeknymSTsiRBbjoJJjWQ8VJ7ViC2-9Z0Mgpyw@mail.gmail.com/

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