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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-December/020696.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-December/020696.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..364aba6cd --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-December/020696.html @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20ANN%3A%20Upgrading%20from%20Mageia%202%20via%20urpmi&In-Reply-To=%3C50C4DD1F.5010809%40colin.guthr.ie%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="020676.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="020749.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi</H1> + <B>Colin Guthrie</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20ANN%3A%20Upgrading%20from%20Mageia%202%20via%20urpmi&In-Reply-To=%3C50C4DD1F.5010809%40colin.guthr.ie%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi">mageia at colin.guthr.ie + </A><BR> + <I>Sun Dec 9 19:49:03 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020676.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020749.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20696">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20696">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20696">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20696">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 09/12/12 12:14 did gyre and gimble: +><i> 'Twas brillig, and Remy CLOUARD at 08/12/12 12:25 did gyre and gimble: +</I>>><i> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 04:37:43PM +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote: +</I>>>><i> Hi, +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> [...] +</I>>>><i> So I've just pushed the package mageia-prepare-upgrade to mga2 +</I>>>><i> core/updates_testing. +</I>>><i> [...] +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Happy testing. Let me know if it kills any kittens. Please keep a backup +</I>>>><i> etc. etc. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Col +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> Hi Colin, +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I’ve followed the procedure and could upgrade my system from 2 to +</I>>><i> cauldron, but I still have an issue with the filesystem package. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Somehow it seems like it fails to move /var/run to /run and /var/lock to +</I>>><i> /run/lock. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I would be glad if there could be a workaround for this. +</I>>><i> Here is a debug output of urpmi: +</I>>><i> # export LC_ALL=C +</I>>><i> # export LANG=C +</I>>><i> # urpmi --debug filesystem +</I>>><i> error: unpacking of archive failed on file /var/lock: cpio: rename +</I>>><i> failed - Is a directory +</I>>><i> error: filesystem-2.1.9-18.mga3.x86_64: install failed +</I>>><i> error: filesystem-2.1.9-17.mga2.x86_64: erase skipped +</I>>><i> unlocking urpmi database +</I>>><i> unlocking rpm database +</I>>><i> EXITING (pid=11661) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> The only way out I think would be to manually do the symlink from +</I>>><i> another install. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Could you confirm that ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Actually yes, there is still a problem at present with /var on a +</I>><i> separate partition... I need to look into that. +</I> +So the latest package should mount /var in the initrd in much the same +way it does with /usr (not exactly the same but I want to make the +changes as unobtrusive as possible and ideally separate from the main +dracut package for convenience of updating). + +I presume your setup is such that /var is indeed on a separate partition? + +In order to fix this, simply mv the folders out the way and just do the +symlinks manually - it'll mess up the current boot, but a reboot should +fix it. + +If the symlinks disappear and are replaced again by folders, then also +make sure you disable mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.service as it +helpfully nukes the symlinks (the update does this but perhaps it's +somehow been run/re-enabled?) + +Cheers + +Col + + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020676.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020749.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20696">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20696">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20696">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20696">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |