Control: tag -1 + confirmed upstream Control: found -1 2.0.0+dfsg-1 26.04.2014 20:00, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Package: qemu-user-static > Version: 1.7.0+dfsg-9 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > while trying to set up a foreign chroot for sparc, loosely based in > the instructions found for armel[0], I encountered a hang while > starting second stage. > > How to repeat: > > # mkdir /tmp/dest > # debootstrap --variant=buildd --include=fakeroot,build-essential \ > --arch=sparc --foreign sid /tmp/dest http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian > # cp -p /usr/bin/qemu-sparc32plus-static /tmp/dest/usr/bin/ > # chroot /tmp/dest ./debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage > qemu: Unsupported syscall: 210
This syscall is madvise64_64 which is not implemented by qemu indeed but should not affect anything, as it is only a hint for the memory management. > ... then debootstrap hangs while eating 100% CPU. Running strace on > that process shows That's what I can confirm here as well. At least it is a huge improvement compared with the wheezy version of qemu-user[-static] which can't run even bash alone. Tagging as confirmed+upstream, but please don't expect high activity on this bug. This is something that needs to be addressed upstream. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

