[Mageia-dev] Something is messed up in theme upgrades.. (initrd.img desymlinkified)

Tue Apr 3 15:41:12 CEST 2012

Hi,
+
+With a memory of the infamous "initrd killer" problem that is still
+lurking in the background somewhere, something related to theme updates
+is messing things up:
+
+e.g. see the before and after listings for my /boot
+
+
+[colin at jimmy code (master)]$ ll /boot
+total 39784
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     440 Apr 19  2011 boot.backup.sda
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      27 Apr  3 09:43 config ->
+config-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129696 Mar 19 15:14 config-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129696 Mar 24 22:50 config-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129667 Apr  3 01:00 config-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    1024 Mar 21 23:03 dracut/
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  537088 Nov 21 15:40 gfxmenu*
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    1024 Apr  3 09:22 grub/
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7548398 Mar 24 17:23 initrd-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2.img
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7554637 Mar 25 11:56 initrd-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2.img
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7552233 Apr  3 09:22 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      31 Apr  3 09:22 initrd-desktop.img ->
+initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      31 Apr  3 09:22 initrd.img ->
+initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img
+drwx------ 2 root root   12288 May 14  2010 lost+found/
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167564 Mar 19 15:14 symvers-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2.xz
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167612 Mar 24 22:50 symvers-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2.xz
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167668 Apr  3 01:00 symvers-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.xz
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      31 Apr  3 09:28 System.map ->
+System.map-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1942497 Sep  4  2011 System.map-3.0.4-1.mga2custom
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165675 Mar 19 15:14 System.map-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165675 Mar 24 22:50 System.map-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165824 Apr  3 01:00 System.map-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      28 Apr  3 09:22 vmlinuz ->
+vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731024 Mar 19 15:14 vmlinuz-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2729552 Mar 24 22:50 vmlinuz-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731232 Apr  3 01:00 vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      28 Apr  3 09:22 vmlinuz-desktop ->
+vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+
+After:
+
+[colin at jimmy code (master)]$ ll /boot
+total 47469
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     440 Apr 19  2011 boot.backup.sda
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      27 Apr  3 09:43 config ->
+config-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129696 Mar 19 15:14 config-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129696 Mar 24 22:50 config-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  129667 Apr  3 01:00 config-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    1024 Mar 21 23:03 dracut/
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  537088 Apr  3 14:33 gfxmenu*
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    1024 Apr  3 09:22 grub/
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7702983 Apr  3 14:33 initrd-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2.img
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7708571 Apr  3 14:34 initrd-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2.img
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7556641 Apr  3 14:34 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      31 Apr  3 09:22 initrd-desktop.img ->
+initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7556648 Apr  3 14:33 initrd.img
+drwx------ 2 root root   12288 May 14  2010 lost+found/
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167564 Mar 19 15:14 symvers-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2.xz
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167612 Mar 24 22:50 symvers-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2.xz
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167668 Apr  3 01:00 symvers-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.xz
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      31 Apr  3 09:28 System.map ->
+System.map-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1942497 Sep  4  2011 System.map-3.0.4-1.mga2custom
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165675 Mar 19 15:14 System.map-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165675 Mar 24 22:50 System.map-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165824 Apr  3 01:00 System.map-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      28 Apr  3 09:22 vmlinuz ->
+vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731024 Mar 19 15:14 vmlinuz-3.3.0-desktop-1.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2729552 Mar 24 22:50 vmlinuz-3.3.0-desktop-2.mga2
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731232 Apr  3 01:00 vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      28 Apr  3 09:22 vmlinuz-desktop ->
+vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
+
+
+
+Note that initrd.img is no longer a symlink....
+
+
+
+
+
+Here are the RPMs that were updated. I strongly suspect one of the theme
+updates, but we'll need to poke further:
+
+
+Apr  3 14:33:03 jimmy MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0,
+install=0, upgrade=9)
+Apr  3 14:33:05 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+e2fsprogs-1.42.2-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:05 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64ext2fs2-1.42.2-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:05 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64gdmgreeter1-3.4.0.1-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:05 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64gdmsimplegreeter1-3.4.0.1-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:06 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+gdm-3.4.0.1-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:07 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64gdmgreeter-gir1.0-3.4.0.1-2.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:07 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64ext2fs-devel-1.42.2-1.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:07 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+initscripts-9.34-15.mga2.x86_64 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:12 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-extra-1.5.0.18-3.mga2.noarch installed
+Apr  3 14:33:12 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+initscripts-9.34-15.csg2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64ext2fs-devel-1.42.1-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+e2fsprogs-1.42.1-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64ext2fs2-1.42.1-1.mga2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64gdmgreeter-gir1.0-3.4.0.1-1.1.csg2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+gdm-3.4.0.1-1.1.csg2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64gdmsimplegreeter1-3.4.0.1-1.1.csg2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+lib64gdmgreeter1-3.4.0.1-1.1.csg2.x86_64 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:13 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-extra-1.5.0.18-2.mga2.noarch removed
+Apr  3 14:33:35 jimmy MageiaUpdate: transaction on / (remove=0,
+install=0, upgrade=5)
+Apr  3 14:33:35 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-common-1.5.0.18-3.mga2.noarch installed
+Apr  3 14:33:37 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-Default-1.5.0.18-3.mga2.noarch installed
+Apr  3 14:33:37 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-kde-background-1.5.0.18-3.mga2.noarch installed
+Apr  3 14:33:37 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+libext2fs2-1.42.2-1.mga2.i586 installed
+Apr  3 14:33:38 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-Default-screensaver-1.5.0.18-3.mga2.noarch installed
+Apr  3 14:33:38 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-kde-background-1.5.0.18-2.mga2.noarch removed
+Apr  3 14:33:38 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-Default-1.5.0.18-2.mga2.noarch removed
+Apr  3 14:33:38 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-common-1.5.0.18-2.mga2.noarch removed
+Apr  3 14:33:38 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+libext2fs2-1.42.1-1.mga2.i586 removed
+Apr  3 14:33:39 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: [RPM]
+mageia-theme-Default-screensaver-1.5.0.18-2.mga2.noarch removed
+Apr  3 14:34:10 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+lib64ext2fs2-1.42.2-1.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:10 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+e2fsprogs-1.42.2-1.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:10 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+lib64gdmsimplegreeter1-3.4.0.1-2.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+gdm-3.4.0.1-2.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+lib64gdmgreeter1-3.4.0.1-2.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+lib64gdmgreeter-gir1.0-3.4.0.1-2.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+lib64ext2fs-devel-1.42.2-1.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+mageia-theme-extra-1.5.0.18-3.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+initscripts-9.34-15.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+mageia-theme-Default-screensaver-1.5.0.18-3.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+mageia-theme-kde-background-1.5.0.18-3.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+libext2fs2-1.42.2-1.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+mageia-theme-Default-1.5.0.18-3.mga2
+Apr  3 14:34:11 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: running: rpm -ql
+mageia-theme-common-1.5.0.18-3.mga2
+Apr  3 14:35:20 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: moved file
+/etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default.rpmnew to /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default
+Apr  3 14:35:25 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: moved file
+/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default.rpmnew to /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default
+Apr  3 14:35:44 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: moved file
+/etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf.rpmnew to /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf
+Apr  3 14:35:58 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: opening the RPM database
+Apr  3 14:36:03 jimmy MageiaUpdate[15464]: ### Program is exiting ###
+
+
+
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+colin(at)mageia.org
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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