[SOLVED] strange slackpkg+ error message

michaelslack · 03-06-2014, 10:53 PM

Hi slackers,

I've been trying out the slackpkg+ extension to slackpkg and it seems to work very well. I use it mainly to keep a bunch of alienBOB's packages up to date.

However it does print a strange error message during the

Code:

slackpkg update

phase which I can't work out. I wonder if any of you know why it occurs and/or if it is anything to worry about.

After downloading the checksums, it prints

Code:

ls: cannot access /var/log/packages/aaa_base*x86_64*: No such file or directory

See below for the full output (the line in question is in red). Does anyone know why this would occur? I'm running 32-bit slackware 14.1 on the system in question.

Code:

bash-4.2# slackpkg update

Updating the package lists...
	Downloading...
2014-03-07 14:36:59 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/ChangeLog.txt [230572] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/ChangeLog.txt" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:00 URL:http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/CHECKSUMS.md5 [1237/1237] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/CHECKSUMS.md5-slackpkgplus" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:02 URL:http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/14.1/x86/CHECKSUMS.md5 [138203/138203] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/CHECKSUMS.md5-alienbob" [1]
Files /var/lib/slackpkg/ChangeLog.txt and /tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/ChangeLog.txt differ

		List of all files
2014-03-07 14:37:14 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/MANIFEST.bz2 [3027816] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/patches-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:26 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/MANIFEST.bz2 [2889186] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/slackware-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:27 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/extra/MANIFEST.bz2 [106776] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/extra-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:28 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/pasture/MANIFEST.bz2 [2149] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/pasture-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:30 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/testing/MANIFEST.bz2 [875] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/testing-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:31 URL:http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/MANIFEST.bz2 [501/501] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/SLACKPKGPLUS_slackpkgplus-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:34 URL:http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/14.1/x86/MANIFEST.bz2 [532291/532291] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/SLACKPKGPLUS_alienbob-MANIFEST.bz2" [1]
		Checksums
2014-03-07 14:37:38 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/CHECKSUMS.md5 [764333] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/CHECKSUMS.md5" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:39 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc [181] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:40 URL:http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc [473/473] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/CHECKSUMS.md5-slackpkgplus.asc" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:41 URL:http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/14.1/x86/CHECKSUMS.md5.asc [198/198] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/CHECKSUMS.md5-alienbob.asc" [1]
ls: cannot access /var/log/packages/aaa_base*x86_64*: No such file or directory
		Package List
2014-03-07 14:37:46 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/FILELIST.TXT [1014731] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/FILELIST.TXT" [1]
		Package descriptions
2014-03-07 14:37:47 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/PACKAGES.TXT [17352] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/patches-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:51 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/slackware/PACKAGES.TXT [663145] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/slackware-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:52 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/extra/PACKAGES.TXT [34494] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/extra-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:53 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/pasture/PACKAGES.TXT [1177] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/pasture-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:54 URL: ftp://ftp.cc.swin.edu.au/slackware/slackware-14.1/testing/PACKAGES.TXT [843] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/testing-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:55 URL:http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/PACKAGES.TXT [45/45] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/SLACKPKGPLUS_slackpkgplus-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
2014-03-07 14:37:57 URL:http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/14.1/x86/PACKAGES.TXT [175238/175238] -> "/tmp/slackpkg.QurtaO/SLACKPKGPLUS_alienbob-PACKAGES.TXT" [1]
	Formatting lists to slackpkg style...
		Package List: using CHECKSUMS.md5 as source
		Package descriptions

bash-4.2#

Here is my /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf:

Code:

# Enable (on) / Disable (off) slackpkg+
SLACKPKGPLUS=on

# set to '0' to never show the download progress bar
# set to '1' to show the bar only in download packages (default)
# set to '2' to always show the download bar
# set to '3' for a debug mode
VERBOSE=1

# Enable (1) / Disable (0) the official slackpkg blacklist. May be useful to temporarily skip
# the slackware blacklist. You can also override it from command line:
# 'USEBL=0 slackpkg upgrade-all'
USEBL=1

# Add custom option to 'wget'.
# You can solve the repository indisponibility issue by set a timeout here
WGETOPTS="--timeout=5 --tries=1"

# Enable (on) / Disable (off) notification events (see notifymsg.conf)
#ENABLENOTIFY=off

# Enable (on) / Disable (off) the greylist feature. See /etc/slackpkg/greylist
GREYLIST=on

# If two or more repositories contains some same packages, you can specify
# from which repository you prefer to search it.
# The syntax is "<repository_name>:<package_name>"
# Accepts regular expressions. To give priority to an entire repository use "<repository_name>:.*"

# Examples:
#PKGS_PRIORITY=( restricted:vlc )
#PKGS_PRIORITY=( myrepo:.* )
#

# List repositories you want to use (defined below)
# remember to launch 'slackpkg update' if you modify that row.
REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus alienbob )


# Define mirrors (uncomment one or more mirror; remember to add it to REPOPLUS)
# Note: only multilib,alienbob,restricted,slacky repositories support GPG. If you add others
#       you may need to disable gpg check in slackpkg.conf

# Slackware 14.1 - i386
MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/14.1/x86/
#MIRRORPLUS['restricted']=http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/restricted_sbrepos/14.1/x86/
#MIRRORPLUS['slacky']=http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-14.1/

# use this to keep the slackpkg+ package updated
MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/

# Local repository:
#MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=file://repositories/alien/sbrepos/14.1/x86/
#
# Local packages (you do not need metadata nor 'slackpkg update' command):
#MIRRORPLUS['myrepo']=dir://repositories/mypackages/


#
# Supported Repositories (see /usr/doc/slackpkg+-* for details):
#

#Supports GPG
#slackpkgplus:  http://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+/
#multilib:      http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/{13.37,14.0,14.1,current}/
#alienbob:      http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/sbrepos/{13.37,14.0,14.1,current}/{x86,x86_64}/
#ktown:         http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/alien-kde/{13.37,14.0,14.1,current}/latest/{x86,x86_64}/
#restricted:    http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/restricted_sbrepos/{13.37,14.0,14.1,current}/{x86,x86_64}/
#slacky:        http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware{,64}-{13.37,14.0,14.1}/
#zerouno:       http://www.z01.eu/repo-slack/slackware64-current/
#mled:          http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/MLED-{14.0,14.1}-{32,64}bit/
#mles:          http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/MLES-{14.0,14.1}-{32,64}bit/
#mlws:          http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/MLWS-{14.0,14.1}-{32,64}bit/
#msb:           http://slackware.org.uk/msb/{14.0,14.1}/1.6/{x86,x86_64}/
#slackers:      http://www.slackers.it/repository/
#slacke17:      http://ngc891.blogdns.net/pub/slacke17/slackware{,64,arm}-{14.0,14.1}/
#studioware:    http://studioware.org/files/packages/slackware{,64}-{13.37,14.0,14.1}/
#
#Does NOT support GPG
#salixos(*):    http://download.salixos.org/{i486,x86_64}/{13.37,14.0,14.1}/
#salixext:      http://people.salixos.org/ralvex/repository/x86_64/{14.0,14.1}/
#rlworkman(*):  http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/{13.37,14.0,14.1}/
#slackel:       http://www.slackel.gr/repo/{i486,x86_64}/current/

Thanks,

Michael

willysr · 03-06-2014, 11:14 PM

What version did you use?
I used to have similar problem in the past, but not after using the latest update

michaelslack · 03-06-2014, 11:51 PM

Hi willysr,

Code:

bash-4.2$ ls /var/log/packages | grep slackpkg+
slackpkg+-1.3.0-noarch-2mt

Is this the latest version? I just ran slackpkg (with the extension enabled), slackpkgplus is included in REPOPLUS. I presume it is up to date. The problem still occurs.

Thanks,

Michael

willysr · 03-07-2014, 01:38 AM

yes, that's the latest version

phenixia2003 · 03-07-2014, 03:23 AM

Hello,

There's an error (which affects only slackware/32) at line #245 of latest slackpkg+ (i.e 1.3.0-noarch-2mt) :

Code:

 X86_64=$(ls /var/log/packages/aaa_base*x86_64*|head -1 2>/dev/null)

This should be :

Code:

 X86_64=$(ls 2>/dev/null /var/log/packages/aaa_base*x86_64*|head -1)

EDIT: Here is the patch to fix that :

Code:

--- slackpkgplus.sh.orig        2014-03-07 09:36:45.193967591 +0100
+++ slackpkgplus.sh     2014-03-07 09:37:04.757967327 +0100
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
       echo 1
     fi
     if [ "$(basename $1)" == "CHECKSUMS.md5" ];then
-      X86_64=$(ls /var/log/packages/aaa_base*x86_64*|head -1 2>/dev/null)
+      X86_64=$(ls 2>/dev/null /var/log/packages/aaa_base*x86_64*|head -1)
       for PREPO in $REPOPLUS;do
         if [ ! -z "$X86_64" ];then
          if [ "$ALLOW32BIT" == "on" ];then

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

--
SeB

michaelslack · 03-07-2014, 03:59 AM

Hi SeB,

I've made the change, the error no longer appears.

I don't quite understand what really was going on, if it was terribly serious or not, but I guess that's immaterial! And I guess it'll all be history once the next update is ready.

Thanks,

Michael