Debian Bug report logs - #376366
file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot

Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:38:15 +0200

Package: file-rc
Version: 0.8.7
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system

Hi,

last night I upgraded file-rc to 0.8.8 before shutting down the pc. And
this morning when it tried to boot somehow the init scripts weren't run
properly. I landed on a login-prompt, while a display manager should've
come up. After logging in, all that is mounted is /, no /usr, no /var
nothing else.

I rebooted into single user mode and it seemed that no init-scripts were
run, i.e. not even udev. I again had only / mounted and had no way of
even activating my LVM volumes (I don't have the error messages from
that at hand).

After reinstalling 0.8.7 everythings fine again.

Andreas

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Message #10 received at 376366@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>

To: Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>, 376366@bugs.debian.org, 376366-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>

Subject: Re: Bug#376366: file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot

Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 16:02:00 +0200

On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 12:38:15PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> last night I upgraded file-rc to 0.8.8 before shutting down the pc. And
> this morning when it tried to boot somehow the init scripts weren't run
> properly. I landed on a login-prompt, while a display manager should've
> come up. After logging in, all that is mounted is /, no /usr, no /var
> nothing else.
> 
> I rebooted into single user mode and it seemed that no init-scripts were
> run, i.e. not even udev. I again had only / mounted and had no way of
> even activating my LVM volumes (I don't have the error messages from
> that at hand).
> 
> After reinstalling 0.8.7 everythings fine again.

I can confirm this behavior. Additionally, shutdown fails: One is
dropped into a sulogin prompt. The only way to shut the system down
seems to be pulling the plug.

Downgrading to 0.8.7 solved the issue for me as well.

Greetings
Marc

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Message #18 received at 376366@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Black Dew <bdew@bdew.yi.org>

To: 376366@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#376366: file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot

Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:13:09 +0300

This seems to happen because the IFS variable is changed inside the 
"element" function and isn't restored back. This makes the config file 
be parsed incorrectly and none of the boot scripts are run.

I've worked around this problem by saving and restoring the IFS in the 
loop that parses the config file.

Message #23 received at 376366@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jan Niehusmann <jan@gondor.com>

To: 376366@bugs.debian.org

Subject: POSIX patch is causing the problem

Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:59:47 +0200

Hi,

the observation that IFS is causing the problem looks plausible, and if
it's true, the offending change is this one:

--- /etc/init.d/rcS	2004-08-14 18:47:29.000000000 +0200
+++ rcS	2005-10-30 11:05:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 trap ":" INT QUIT TSTP
 
 element() {
-    local element list IFS
-
-
     element="$1"
 	
     [ "$2" = "in" ] && shift


It's from the posix patch in #292632. A quick workaround would be to
remove this patch and depend on bash instead. A working posix-compatible
fix would be even better, of course.

Jan

PS: Roland, da hast Du mir aber einen riesen Schreck eingejagt, als mein
Notebook heute morgen auf einmal nicht mehr bootete *g*

Message #28 received at 376366-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org>

To: 376366-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#376366: fixed in file-rc 0.8.9

Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:02:09 -0700

Source: file-rc
Source-Version: 0.8.9

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
file-rc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

file-rc_0.8.9.dsc
  to pool/main/f/file-rc/file-rc_0.8.9.dsc
file-rc_0.8.9.tar.gz
  to pool/main/f/file-rc/file-rc_0.8.9.tar.gz
file-rc_0.8.9_all.deb
  to pool/main/f/file-rc/file-rc_0.8.9_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 376366@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org> (supplier of updated file-rc package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.7
Date: Mon,  3 Jul 2006 17:50:05 +0200
Source: file-rc
Binary: file-rc
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.8.9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org>
Changed-By: Roland Rosenfeld <roland@debian.org>
Description: 
 file-rc    - Alternative boot mechanism using a single configuration file
Closes: 376366
Changes: 
 file-rc (0.8.9) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Fix the IFS bug introduced with the previous version, which implied
     that /etc/init.d/rc did nothing any more (Closes: #376366).
Files: 
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 2d36ce09a579ee7bb26e6f0ecde32dd7 65505 admin extra file-rc_0.8.9.tar.gz
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Message #33 received at 376366@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.de>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 376366@bugs.debian.org

Subject: asdf

Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:39:21 +0200

found 376366 0.8.9
close 376366 0.8.10
thanks

Damn, 0.8.9 still contains this error, but 0.8.10 really fixes it.

Tschoeeee

        Roland

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