[arch-dev-public] [signoff] util-linux 2.19-3

[Dan McGee]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Ionuț Bîru <ibiru at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The util-linux-ng project has been renamed back to util-linux.

Huge -1 on this one.

I just hosed my system during an upgrade, trimmed log below. The
explanation- when we do replaces in pacman, we do all of the removes
upfront. This is by no means ideal, we should fix this, but it isn't
happening tomorrow. So during this upgrade where both the kernel and
util-linux are being installed, we have a period of time where the
util-linux utilities are not on the system, we try to generate our
initrd, and then we fail to locate the blkid binary. I didn't even see
this until I rebooted and got dropped to a shell; thankfully the
rootfstype parameter exists.

I can guarantee we get bug reports if we let this situation make its
way to core; I'm not sure what the solution is but this definitely
doesn't work as is.

-Dan

[2011-02-22 11:53] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2011-02-22 11:53] synchronizing package lists
[2011-02-22 11:53] starting full system upgrade
[2011-02-22 11:53] removed util-linux-ng (2.18-4)
.....
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> ----------------
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be
found here:
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2011-02-22 11:54]
[2011-02-22 11:54] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.
Please wait...
[2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Building image "default"
[2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k
2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Begin build
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2011-02-22 11:54] which: no blkid in (/sbin)
[2011-02-22 11:54] ERROR: '/sbin/blkid' is not a file
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2011-02-22 11:54] ERROR: Root file system type detection failed.
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [mdadm]
[2011-02-22 11:54] Custom /etc/mdadm.conf file will be used in
initramfs for assembling arrays.
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Generating module dependencies
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2011-02-22 11:54] ==> SUCCESS
[2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2011-02-22 11:54] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k
2.6.37-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S
autodetect
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Begin build
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2011-02-22 11:54] which: no blkid in (/sbin)
[2011-02-22 11:54] ERROR: '/sbin/blkid' is not a file
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2011-02-22 11:54] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2011-02-22 11:55] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2011-02-22 11:55] :: Parsing hook [mdadm]
[2011-02-22 11:55] Custom /etc/mdadm.conf file will be used in
initramfs for assembling arrays.
[2011-02-22 11:55] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2011-02-22 11:55] :: Generating module dependencies
[2011-02-22 11:55] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2011-02-22 11:55] ==> SUCCESS
[2011-02-22 11:55] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.37-6 -> 2.6.37.1-1)
.....
[2011-02-22 11:55] installed util-linux (2.19-3)