Package: debirf
Version: 0.34
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
Installing gpm in a debirf instance results in an error :
$ debirf make minimal
[ ... ]
$ debirf enter minimal
# apt-get update
# apt-get install gpm
[ ... ]
Unpacking gpm (1.20.4-6.1) ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The postinst script tries to set up a link under /dev (lines 51-55
- gpm version 1.20.4-6.1) :
if [ -n "$repeat_type" ] && [ "$repeat_type" != "none" ]; then
ln -s gpmdata /dev/mouse
else
ln -s ${device#/dev/} /dev/mouse
fi
It fails because of insufficient permissions to write in /dev
on the build machine (#686881 is similar in trying to make
directories under /dev)
This error doesn't occur if I make use of a wrapper as ln_in_dev.sh
below :
$ export FAKECHROOT_CMD_SUBST=/bin/ln=$(readlink -f ln_in_dev.sh)
$ debirf enter minimal
# apt-get install gpm
[ ... ]
Setting up gpm (1.20.4-6.1) ...
Creating config file /etc/gpm.conf with new version
open: No such file or directory
ioctl: Bad file descriptor
[ ok ] Stopping mouse interface server: gpm.
[....] Starting mouse interface server: gpm/etc/init.d/gpm: 66:
/etc/init.d/gpm: cannot open /dev/input/mice: No such file
invoke-rc.d: initscript gpm, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing package gpm (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The second error occurs when gpm is started (on the build machine !)
by the postinst script (lines 90-94) :
db_get gpm/restart
if [ "$RET" = true ] || /usr/lib/gpm/gpm_has_mouse_control; then
# Note, yes, this is restart, its ment to be..
invoke-rc.d gpm restart
fi
We may disable /usr/lib/gpm/gpm_has_mouse_control :
$ export
FAKECHROOT_CMD_SUBST="${FAKECHROOT_CMD_SUBST:+${FAKECHROOT_CMD_SUBST}:}/usr/lib/gpm/gpm_has_mouse_control=/bin/false"
(Or we may solve #754470. But gpm_has_mouse_control triggers a message anyway :
open: No such file or directory
ioctl: Bad file descriptor
)
Regards,
JH Chatenet
File ln_in_dev.sh :
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#!/bin/bash
# ln
#
# Wrapper for /bin/ln.
# Write in /dev outside of fakechroot environment.
# May be needed to install gpm.
fakechroot_wrapper_base="$FAKECHROOT_BASE_ORIG"
# is /dev an excluded path ?
dev_is_excluded=`
IFS=:
for target_d in $FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH; do
if [ "$target_d" = "/dev" ]; then
echo "1"
exit
fi
done
echo "0"
`
# link name
make_replacement() {
filename="$1"
# is it a relative path ?
if [ "${filename#/}" = "$filename" ]; then
absfilename=$(readlink -m "$filename")
filename="$absfilename"
fi
# is a symlink to be created in /dev ?
if [ "$filename" = "/dev" -o "${filename#/dev/}" != "$filename" ]; then
replacement="${fakechroot_wrapper_base}${filename}"
fi
}
# walk through command line arguments
is_replacement_needed() {
is_symbolic=0
ln_arg_nr=0
# parse options
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
ln_arg_nr=$(($ln_arg_nr + 1))
case "$1" in
-s|--symbolic)
is_symbolic=1
shift
;;
-t|--target-directory)
fourth_form=1
make_replacement "$2"
if [ -n "$replacement" ]; then
replacement_nr=$(($ln_arg_nr + 1))
fi
shift 2
;;
--target-directory=*)
fourth_form=1
make_replacement "${1#--target-directory=}"
if [ -n "$replacement" -a -z "$replacement_nr" ]; then
replacement_nr=$ln_arg_nr
replacement="--target-directory=$replacement"
fi
shift
;;
--)
shift
break
;;
-*)
shift
;;
*)
break
;;
esac
done
if [ "$is_symbolic" = "0" ]; then
replacement=
replacement_nr=
return
elif [ "$fourth_form" = "1" ]; then
# fourth syntactical form in the man page
return
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
# second syntactical form in the man page
make_replacement "."
if [ -n "$replacement" ]; then
replacement_nr=$(($ln_arg_nr + 1))
fi
else
# first or third syntactical form in the man page
ln_arg_nr=$(($ln_arg_nr + $# - 1))
shift $(($# - 1 ))
make_replacement "$1"
if [ -n "$replacement" ]; then
replacement_nr=$ln_arg_nr
fi
fi
}
# calculate a replacement of destination
if [ $dev_is_excluded -eq 1 ]; then
is_replacement_needed "$@"
fi
# set up the link
if [ -n "$replacement_nr" ]; then
ln "${@:1:$(($replacement_nr - 1))}" "$replacement" "${@:$(($replacement_nr +
1))}"
else
env -u FAKECHROOT_BASE_ORIG FAKECHROOT_BASE="$fakechroot_wrapper_base" ln "$@"
fi
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages debirf depends on:
ii apt 1.0.9.2
ii cpio 2.11+dfsg-2
ii debootstrap 1.0.63
ii fakechroot 2.17.2-1
ii fakeroot 1.20.1-1.1
ii klibc-utils 2.0.4-1.1
Versions of packages debirf recommends:
ii grub-common 2.00-22
ii lsb-release 4.1+Debian13
ii xorriso 1.3.2-1.1
debirf suggests no packages.
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