Re: [meta-oe] do_rootfs fails with networkmanager (was network-manager-applet) included

[Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>]

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Op 25-09-11 15:06, Andreas Müller schreef:
> On Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:37:30 PM Andreas Müller wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> For my xfce-image ( lives in meta-angstrom/recipes-angstrom/images )  I
>> want to make use of network-manager-applet which came in meta oe few
>> days ago.
>> 
>> It seems that as soon as I add network-manager-applet do_rootfs fails
>> with something like:
>> 
>> 
>> | Configuring openssh-sftp. | Configuring xf86-input-evdev. |
>> Configuring cpufrequtils. | Configuring systemd-compat-units. |
>> Configuring gvfsd-ftp. | Collected errors: |  * extract_archive: Cannot
>> create symlink from ./var/run to 'volatile/run': File exists. | + '['
>> '!' -z '' ']' | + package_tryout_install_multilib_ipk | +
>> multilib_tryout_dirs= | + '[' '!' -z
>> /home/Superandy/tmp/oe-core-eglibc/work/overo-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/xfce-base-image-1.0-r0/multilib_check.py
>> ']' | | ERROR: Function 'do_rootfs' failed (see
>> /home/Superandy/tmp/oe-core-eglibc/work/overo-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/xfce-base-image-1.0-r0/temp/log.do_rootfs.28313
>> for further information) NOTE: package xfce-base-image-1.0-r0: task
>> do_rootfs: Failed ERROR: Task 8
>> (/home/Superandy/data/oe-core/sources/meta-angstrom/recipes-angstrom/images/xfce-base-image.bb,
>> do_rootfs) failed with exit code '1' ERROR:
>> '/home/Superandy/data/oe-core/sources/meta-angstrom/recipes-angstrom/images/xfce-base-image.bb'
>> failed
>> 
> Looked around a bit for this issue. As soon as there is networkmanager
> included, do_rootfs fails with with something like
> 
> | Collected errors: |  * extract_archive: Cannot create symlink from
> ./var/run to 'volatile/run': File exists.
> 
> In 'image'-folder of networkmanager I find a folder
> 'var/run/NetworkManager'. At do_rootfs this folder has moved to
> '/var/volatile/run/NetworkManager' ( see
> <build>/<machine>-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/<image>-1.0-r0/rootfs/var/volatile).
>
>  Seems as do_rootfs tries to setup a link 'var/run' where still a
> (remaining) folder is present - or the transition from var/run ->
> var/volatile/run is somehow incomplete.
> 
> Any ideas how - or especially where to fix ( not only for networkmanager
> I guess ). Maybe this is an oe-core issue but there no networkmanager is
> available...

I've finally managed to reproduce this! I vaguely recall you finding out
some more details, could you please give a summary of your finding?

regards,

koen
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