[3629] in Release_7.7_team
[Fwd: Re: On- and off-list discussions]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Mon Dec 16 17:01:10 2002
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
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From: Bill Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>
To: Mark Levine <yba@polytronics.com>
Subject: Re: On- and off-list discussions
Date: 16 Dec 2002 17:00:37 -0500
Wierd.
That "21" is a percentage install, not a package number.
The packages, as far as I know, get installed from a list in AFS.
/afs/athena.mit.edu/system/rhlinux/control is the directory that holds
the lists of packages we install
I'm running Athena 9.1.18, and the packages around glibc are:
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/gdb-5.2-2.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/ghostscript-6.52-9.4.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/glibc-2.2.5-42.i686.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/glibc-common-2.2.5-42.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/glibc-devel-2.2.5-42.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/glibc-kernheaders-2.4-7.16.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/glibc-profile-2.2.5-42.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/kernel-2.4.18-17.7.x.i686.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.18-17.7.x.i386.rpm
redhat-7.3-updates/RPMS/libpng-1.0.14-0.7x.3.i386.rpm 2
We HAVE been working a bug where on UPDATES, install of the kernel hangs
in mkinitrd. I see that glibc precedes kernel, and I wonder if you're
getting bit by this.
The relevant redhat bug is:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=76237
What kind of machine are you installing on?
You ARE doing a clean install, right?
I REALLY don't know what's going on with my team's tracking down that
bug, but it seems superficially enough similar that I'm cc'ing your note
to the guys working on it.
But it may be that the first response from people on my team who know
more details is that "this bug never happens on a clean install".
-wdc
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 16:29, Mark Levine wrote:
>
> >
> > With regards to Athena remote install, that should now JUST work.
> >
> > Go to http://web.mit.edu/bootkit/rhlinux
> >
> > Follow instructions in file INSTRUCTIONS.
> >
>
> Well, tried this twice with a two year old machine. Both times it hangs
> forever
> preparing whatever rpm would come after 21. glibc. Runs really well up to
> that
> point. I get no error message at all, just a hang, Exact same spot twice,
> so I'd
> say it is repeatable.
>
> I'll asume for a few minutes the problem is at my end and try a different
> machine,
> but if you happen to have any hints or know what package follows glibc and
> whether
> it has restrictions, please let me know.
>
>
