Public bug reported: == Comment: #0 - Ray Kivisto <rkivi...@ca.ibm.com> - 2015-10-23 16:29:48 == ---Problem Description--- Ubuntu 15.10 ppc64le - unable to install packages after importing squashfs into docker Contact Information = Ray Kivisto <rkivi...@ca.ibm.com> Since ppc64le (Power Little endian) architecture images were not on dockerhub, I have been importing my own from the squashfs included on the ubuntu ISO images. This has worked well for Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10, and 15.04, 15.10 beta 2, but starting with 15.10 GA it fails to be able to install packages using apt-get or dpkg.
Here is the process I use to import the image into docker (running on a ppc64le, Power 8, Ubuntu 15.04 machine): wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/15.10/release/ubuntu-15.10-server-ppc64el.iso mkdir iso sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-15.10-server-ppc64el.iso iso mkdir unsquashfs sudo unsquashfs -f -d unsquashfs/ iso/install/filesystem.squashfs sudo tar -C unsquashfs -c . | docker import - ppc64le:ubuntu.15.10 Here is the output showing the errors trying to install packages in the container: $ docker run -ti ppc64le:ubuntu.15.10 /bin/bash root@d86f0dc00f57:/# apt-get update Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily InRelease [218 kB] Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [64.4 kB] Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [64.4 kB] Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily/main ppc64el Packages [1368 kB] Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en [839 kB] Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily-security/main ppc64el Packages [939 B] Get:7 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en [1509 B] Get:8 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main ppc64el Packages [1806 B] Get:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en [1701 B] Fetched 2559 kB in 5s (493 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done root@d86f0dc00f57:/# apt-get install tar Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: gcc-5-base libacl1 libattr1 libc6 libgcc1 libpcre3 libselinux1 multiarch-support Suggested packages: glibc-doc debconf debconf-2.0 locales bzip2 ncompress xz-utils tar-scripts The following NEW packages will be installed: gcc-5-base libacl1 libattr1 libc6 libgcc1 libpcre3 libselinux1 multiarch-support tar 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 5751 kB of archives. After this operation, 27.5 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main gcc-5-base ppc64el 5.2.1-22ubuntu2 [16.7 kB] Get:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main libc6 ppc64el 2.21-0ubuntu4 [5194 kB] Get:3 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main libgcc1 ppc64el 1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2 [27.6 kB] Get:4 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main multiarch-support ppc64el 2.21-0ubuntu4 [7234 B] Get:5 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main libattr1 ppc64el 1:2.4.47-2 [9324 B] Get:6 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main libacl1 ppc64el 2.2.52-2 [15.6 kB] Get:7 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main libpcre3 ppc64el 2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1 [217 kB] Get:8 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main libselinux1 ppc64el 2.3-2build1 [58.0 kB] Get:9 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ wily/main tar ppc64el 1.27.1-2 [206 kB] Fetched 5751 kB in 6s (848 kB/s) E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed? debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory dpkg: error: corrupt info database format file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/format' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) root@d86f0dc00f57:/# echo $? 100 root@d86f0dc00f57:/# dpkg -l root@d86f0dc00f57:/# cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ root@d86f0dc00f57:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -iG *.deb dpkg: error: corrupt info database format file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/format' root@d86f0dc00f57:/var/cache/apt/archives# cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/format root@d86f0dc00f57:/var/cache/apt/archives# Running the following command makes it so dpkg and apt-get can install packages, though the 'Cannot get debconf version' error remains: echo '1' > /var/lib/dpkg/info/format Then to fix the 'Cannot get debconf version' error I installed coreutils: apt-get install coreutils ---uname output--- Linux 5c413f4d7618 3.19.0-15-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 16 23:32:13 UTC 2015 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = Power 8 ---boot type--- CDROM / ISO image ---Install repository type--- CDROM ---Point of failure--- Problem during post-install (stage 2) configuration or other problem seen after reboot == Comment: #1 - Ray Kivisto <rkivi...@ca.ibm.com> - 2015-10-26 14:21:23 == One correction, I have only successfully used this squashfs import method for 15.10 daily build from 2015-09-22 and the 15.10 beta 2. For 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04 I had been using: sudo debootstrap --arch ppc64el vivid vivid http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports sudo tar -C vivid -c . | sudo docker import - ppc64le:ubuntu.15.04 ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Assignee: Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) Status: New ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-132322 severity-medium targetmilestone-inin--- ** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-132322 severity-medium targetmilestone-inin--- ** Changed in: ubuntu Assignee: (unassigned) => Taco Screen team (taco-screen-team) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1517885 Title: Ubuntu 15.10 ppc64le - unable to install packages after importing squashfs into docker To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1517885/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
