[SOLVED] slackpkg upgrade-all odd error

however · 08-09-2022, 04:46 PM

hello Everyone,

today i encountered another never-seen before odd behaviour on my slackware-current box.

I was trying to update the system using the usual slackpkg update/install-new/upgrade-all.

Slackpkg update and install-new worked as usual, no issues. When I launched slackpkg upgrade-all at some point it stopped with an error referencing something about line 79 on slackpkg+. Once that happen, anything i tried to input on the console returned a 'Segmentation Fault' error and the system became 100% unresponsive (well, except being able to type something on console). Hard reset necessary to reboot the system -> kernel panic

Launched the installation CD -> mounted the partition on /mnt -> pkgtool -> system fixed.

Maybe I was distracted and I missed to upgrade slackpkg+. So, repeat -> slackpkg update > install-new > upgrade-all -> same error msg.
Upgrade stopped with a segmentation error at line 79 of slackpkg+ (i tried to copy the error on a file so that i could post it here, but once again, completely unresponsive system; nothing launched; not even the shut down/restart button; so, hard reset again and repeated the repair.

Now, does anyone have a clue of what is happening here? where can i find the slackpkg file log to view the error? (i looked on /etc/slackpkg, /var/log and /var/lock)
thanks

p.s.: interestingly, i upgraded my laptop almost simultaneously and it went flawless (usually, it happens the other way around as the laptop is older)

however · 08-10-2022, 02:36 AM

This morning i tried to run slackpkg update again and I was reminded

Quote:

No changes in ChangeLog.txt between your last update and now.
Do you really want to download all other files (y/N)?

I chose 'y' and continued as per usual; the upgrade stopped again on that 'line 79 segmentation fault' error returning an unresponsive system (being old school I didnt think of taking a picture of the screen with my mobile and attach it here). Interestingly, I looked at line 79 of /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf and line 79 is empty

So, I guess the upgrade is still running on the 1st 'slackpkg update' I started last night.

I would like to try to delete that file and launch 'slackpkg update' again (just in case) but I can't find the file; (sometimes , I tried to run two instances of slackpkg, inadvertently, and I get reminded to delete the .../.../file as slackpkg cannot run two instances simultaneously; so far, I have looked in to /var/log, /var/lock, /run/lock, ).

Could someone remind me where that file is? so that i can try, once more to upgrade my slackware current?

Thanks

chrisretusn · 08-10-2022, 05:12 AM

I would help to know what version of slackpkg / slackpkg+ you are using.

What is the result of this?

Code:

# slackpkg help | grep 'slackpkg -'

however · 08-10-2022, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisretusn

I would help to know what version of slackpkg / slackpkg+ you are using.

What is the result of this?

Code:

# slackpkg help | grep 'slackpkg -'

Thank you.

Outcome below:

Quote:

bash-5.1# slackpkg help | grep 'slackpkg -'
slackpkg - version 15.0.10 / slackpkg+ 1.8.0
bash-5.1#

zerouno · 08-10-2022, 08:47 AM

try

Code:

# DEBUG=1 bash -x slackpkg upgrade 2>&1 | tee slackpkg.trace

then attach slackpkg.trace here or send me in private mail

however · 08-10-2022, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerouno

try

Code:

# DEBUG=1 bash -x slackpkg upgrade 2>&1 | tee slackpkg.trace

then attach slackpkg.trace here or send me in private mail

Hello zerouno and thank you for getting involved.
below is the message i got from the line you suggested; i hope it helps:

Quote:

bash-5.1# DEBUG=1 bash -x slackpkg upgrade 2>&1 | tee slackpkg.trace
++ date +%s
+ '[' 1660139940 -le 1437841588 ']'
+ VERSION=15.0.10
+ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
++ cat /etc/slackware-version
++ cut -f2 '-d '
+ SLACKWARE_VERSION=15.0+
+ '[' -z '' ']'
+ CONF=/etc/slackpkg
+ '[' -n '' ']'
++ sed -n '
# Remove leading and trailing blanks
s/^[[:blank:]]*//
s/[[:blank:]]*$//
# Only one token is allowed per line
/[[:blank:]]/d
# A single solidus should end the URI
s,[/]*$,/,
# Print the lines beginning with one of the URI schemes we look for
\@^file://@p
\@^cdrom://@p
\@^local://@p
\@^https\{0,1\}://@p
\@^ftps\{0,1\}://@p' /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
+ SOURCE=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-current/
+ PATH=
+ builtin source /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf
++ TEMP=/var/cache/packages
++ WORKDIR=/var/lib/slackpkg
++ WGETFLAGS=--passive-ftp
++ DELALL=on
++ CHECKMD5=on
++ CHECKGPG=on
++ CHECKSIZE=off
++ PRIORITY=(patches %PKGMAIN extra pasture testing)
++ POSTINST=on
++ ONLY_NEW_DOTNEW=off
++ ORIG_BACKUPS=on
++ ONOFF=on
++ DOWNLOAD_ALL=on
++ DIALOG=on
++ BATCH=off
++ DEFAULT_ANSWER=n
++ USE_INCLUDES=on
++ SPINNING=on
++ DIALOG_MAXARGS=139000
+ WORKDIR=//var/lib/slackpkg
+ ERROR=
+ mkdir -p /tmp
++ mktemp -p /tmp -d slackpkg.XXXXXX
+ TMPDIR=/tmp/slackpkg.XmNrop
+ '[' 0 -ne 0 ']'
+ . /usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh
++ trap cleanup 2 14 15
+ '[' 1 -eq 0 ']'
+ '[' -n upgrade ']'
+ case $1 in
+ CMD=upgrade
+ shift
+ '[' -n '' ']'
+ '[' upgrade '!=' blacklist ']'
+ usage
+ echo -e 'slackpkg - version 15.0.10\n\nUsage:\n\tslackpkg [OPTIONS] {install|remove|search|file-search|
\t\t\t download|upgrade|reinstall} {PATTERN|FILE}
\tslackpkg [OPTIONS] {generate-template|install-template|remove-template}
\t\t\t TEMPLATENAME
\tslackpkg [OPTIONS] info PACKAGE
\tslackpkg [OPTIONS] update [gpg]
\tslackpkg [OPTIONS] {clean-system|upgrade-all|install-new}
\tslackpkg [OPTIONS] {new-config|check-updates|show-changelog|help}
\nIf you need more information try to use '\''slackpkg help'\'' or look the\nslackpkg'\''s manpage.
'
slackpkg - version 15.0.10

Usage:
slackpkg [OPTIONS] {install|remove|search|file-search|
download|upgrade|reinstall} {PATTERN|FILE}
slackpkg [OPTIONS] {generate-template|install-template|remove-template}
TEMPLATENAME
slackpkg [OPTIONS] info PACKAGE
slackpkg [OPTIONS] update [gpg]
slackpkg [OPTIONS] {clean-system|upgrade-all|install-new}
slackpkg [OPTIONS] {new-config|check-updates|show-changelog|help}

If you need more information try to use 'slackpkg help' or look the
slackpkg's manpage.

+ cleanup
+ local retval=0
+ '[' on = off ']'
+ tput cnorm
+ '[' -e /tmp/slackpkg.XmNrop/error.log ']'
+ echo

+ '[' on = on ']'
+ '[' '' '!=' '' ']'
+ rm -f /var/lock/slackpkg.19436
+ rm -rf /tmp/slackpkg.XmNrop
+ exit 0
bash-5.1#

zerouno · 08-10-2022, 09:00 AM

sorry I did mean upgrade-all or the command that fails

however · 08-10-2022, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerouno

sorry I did mean upgrade-all or the command that fails

this is a long(er) output and the it doesn't attach (on the forum's reply) bcos it exceed 70K characters.

How do i send it to you through pvt mail?

however · 08-10-2022, 09:16 AM

However, something strange happened the 1st time I run

Quote:

DEBUG=1 bash -x slackpkg upgrade-all 2>&1 | tee slackpkg.trace

it stopped with the usual small blue-window of packages installed and, it stopped outlining something about 'glibc' being outdated and a newer version was available.

So, I am trying this option: as i am typing this reply, I upgraded 'glibc' and about to reboot.

I will report back in a few

zerouno · 08-10-2022, 09:16 AM

info[at]slakfinder.org

however · 08-10-2022, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by however

However, something strange happened the 1st time I run

.... something about 'glibc' being outdated and a newer version was available.

it seems that the problem was caused by the older 'glibc' package; as soon as upgraded 'glibc' the upgrade-all finished smoothly with no errors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerouno

DEBUG=1 bash -x slackpkg upgrade-all 2>&1 | tee slackpkg.trace

I am not sure how important it was for you to read the output but since 'slackpkg upgrade-all' worked this time I didn't think it would show the same output.

Thank you 'zerouno' and everyone else who tried to help (without that debug line I wouldn't have seen the system outlining the older 'glibc')

I guess I will mark this thread a [Solved], (although I am not sure why it needed solving this way whilst the laptop also running slackware-current on 64b did not).

zerouno · 08-10-2022, 10:10 AM

good.
if it works it is no longer important seeing the output

However it was a curios problem.

The upgrade-all command as the first thing does upgrade glibc then it continues with the other packages.

however · 08-10-2022, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerouno

good.
if it works it is no longer important seeing the output

However it was a curios problem.

The upgrade-all command as the first thing does upgrade glibc then it continues with the other packages.

yep, but for some weird reason this time it didn't (i am not sure whether this could be the reason: often, while I run 'slackpkg update/install-new/upgrade-all', i do other things i.e.: browsing the net, opening&closing files, etc.... and I think i was doing something like that while waiting for the upgrade to finish)

zerouno · 08-10-2022, 10:45 AM

How old was latest update?

see /var/lib/slackpkg/install.log

however · 08-10-2022, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerouno

How old was latest update?

see /var/lib/slackpkg/install.log

2nd of August, 2022 (I upgrade regularly, at least once/month)