[SOLVED] Empty "/KEEP" directory created by several multilib packages on -current

coralfang · 07-20-2019, 09:14 PM

Hi, odd observation on one of my desktops running slackware -current...

Just noticed a random directory named /KEEP.

Code:

root@darkstar:~# ls -la /KEEP/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun 12 21:41 ./
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 Jul 18 21:08 ../

Edit; Appears to be created by the following multilib packages:

Curious what this might be... whether it's from a broken package or something. Has anyone else seen this appear on their system?

I did try to use slackpkg file-search, although this isn't that useful as it doesn't seem to be matching the root directory.

Code:

$ slackpkg  file-search "/KEEP"

Looking for KEEP in package list. Please wait... DONE

The list below shows the packages that contains "KEEP" file.

[ Status           ] [ Repository               ] [ Package                                  ]
   installed               multilib                     Mako-compat32-1.0.12-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed               multilib                     cups-filters-compat32-1.25.0-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed               multilib                     curl-compat32-7.65.1-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed               multilib                     e2fsprogs-compat32-1.45.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed               multilib                     glib2-compat32-2.60.4-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed               multilib                     gnutls-compat32-3.6.8-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed               multilib                     harfbuzz-compat32-2.5.1-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed               multilib                     libgphoto2-compat32-2.5.23-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed               multilib                     libunwind-compat32-1.3.1-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed               multilib                     openssl-compat32-1.1.1c-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed               multilib                     openssl-solibs-compat32-1.1.1c-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed               multilib                     speexdsp-compat32-1.2.0-x86_64-1compat32  

You can search specific packages using "slackpkg search package".

(see this post; https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...5/#post6017108 )

frankbell · 07-20-2019, 09:26 PM

I can find no such directory on my 14.2 system.

I think you can learn the creation date as follows:

Code:

$ ls -la --time-style=full /

coralfang · 07-20-2019, 09:36 PM

Follow up; Just looked over those packages on alienbobs mirror for multilib;

Appears to be those packages do contain "/KEEP" for example; Mako-compat32-1.0.12-x86_64-1compat32.txz extract the contents from there, you will see /KEEP.

Code:

$ tar -xvf Mako-compat32-1.0.12-x86_64-1compat32.txz 
./
usr/

..
..
..

usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mako/compat.py
usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mako/cmd.pyc
install/
install/slack-desc
KEEP/

Appears to be all of the packages listed in the above post. I am assuming this is an error in packaging?

garpu · 07-20-2019, 10:53 PM

Huh, I have this, as well with Mako on slackware-current. I don't remember having it on 14.2, though. I figured I screwed up somewhere installing something, but haven't deleted it, because I didn't know if something were actually using it.

orbea · 07-20-2019, 11:30 PM

Several packages here have it.

Code:

/var/log/packages/FAudio-compat32-19.06.07-x86_64-1_SBocompat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/dbus-compat32-1.12.16-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/glib2-compat32-2.60.4-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/gnutls-compat32-3.6.8-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/harfbuzz-compat32-2.5.1-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/libdrm-compat32-2019.07.03_331e51e_master-x86_64-1_gitcompat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/libnl3-compat32-3.4.0-x86_64-2compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/libpcap-compat32-1.9.0-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/libunwind-compat32-1.3.1-x86_64-2compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/llvm-compat32-8.0.1-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/openssl-compat32-1.1.1c-x86_64-1compat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/vulkan-sdk-compat32-1.1.108.0-x86_64-1_SBocompat32:KEEP/
/var/log/packages/wxGTK3-compat32-3.0.4-x86_64-2_SBocompat32:KEEP/

Edit: This is created by convertpkg-compat32 and only conditionally removed from created packages.

Code:

if [ $(find KEEP/ | wc -l) -gt 1 ];
then
  rsync -a KEEP/ ./
  rm -rf KEEP
fi

orbea · 07-20-2019, 11:40 PM

I think this should fix it correctly.

Code:

--- convertpkg-compat32.orig    2019-07-20 21:39:15.707079303 -0700
+++ convertpkg-compat32 2019-07-20 21:40:09.557619807 -0700
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@
 if [ $(find KEEP/ | wc -l) -gt 1 ];
 then
   rsync -a KEEP/ ./
-  rm -rf KEEP
 fi
+rm -rf KEEP
 
 # Keep documentation we might be required to keep, or is just polite:
 if [ -d usr/doc ]; then

Alien Bob · 07-21-2019, 05:15 AM

I fixed it and uploaded a completely fresh set of 'compat32' packages.
The best you can do is download all the packages below https://slackware.nl/people/alien/mu...re64-compat32/ and run "upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new" on them so that you can be certain you have all of them installed at the correct release.

Code:

# lftp -c "open https://slackware.nl/people/alien/multilib/current/ ; mirror slackware64-compat32"
# upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new slackware64-compat32/*compat32/*.t?z

garpu · 07-21-2019, 09:06 AM

OK to remove the KEEP directory?

akimmet · 07-21-2019, 12:27 PM

Yes, it is safe to delete the /KEEP directory if you have it.

Alien Bob · 07-21-2019, 03:06 PM

If you still have it, it must still be part of one of the installed packages.
Check /var/log/packages to find out which package installed it, and re-download that from a multilib repository, or re-generate it using the latest compat32-tools.

enorbet · 07-27-2019, 10:59 AM

I'm erroring out with Alien Bob's "lftp" line above with the slackware.nl address. I get ...

Code:

 mirror: Fatal error: certificate verification: self signed certificate in certificate chain 13:5C....<really long number>

What's the best fix?

Alien Bob · 07-27-2019, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enorbet

What's the best fix?

Probably this: https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/add...our-slackware/

enorbet · 07-27-2019, 02:39 PM

Thank you, Eric.