Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 19.09.23 20:33, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 20:26 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: The MR ([1]) was updated and now uses `-fno-var-tracking` for the respective files only when the target architecture is ia64. This works like so for example: ``` ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64) CFLAGS_bnx2x_sp.o += -fno-var-tracking endif ``` Tested via a local kernel build where one case was using a wrong target architecture (i386) at first to see it failing and then working after changing that back to the correct target architecture (ia64). [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/852 This looks reasonable to me and I think we can have this merged as a temporary workaround so that we can get 6.5 and 6.6 kernels built for ia64 on the buildds. You're welcome. Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 20:26 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: > The MR ([1]) was updated and now uses `-fno-var-tracking` for the > respective files only when the target architecture is ia64. This works > like so for example: > > ``` > ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64) > CFLAGS_bnx2x_sp.o += -fno-var-tracking > endif > ``` > > Tested via a local kernel build where one case was using a wrong target > architecture (i386) at first to see it failing and then working after > changing that back to the correct target architecture (ia64). > > [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/852 This looks reasonable to me and I think we can have this merged as a temporary workaround so that we can get 6.5 and 6.6 kernels built for ia64 on the buildds. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 18.09.23 22:56, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 18.09.23 22:42, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:36 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: I don't think this patch is acceptable in its current form as it modifies the Makefile globally so that the flag is passed on to the host compiler for all architectures. Yes, thought about that, too. Know a better solution? Is there a way to make this only affecting compilations for ia64? You could modify CFLAGS globally in debian/rules specifically for ia64: ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),ia64)) export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND += -fno-var-tracking endif That's the other extreme then, everything for ia64 gets compiled with `-fno-var-tracking`, or? Is that more acceptable? Maybe the per-file CFLAGS are also effective when included in the architecture Makefile in `arch/ia64/`? Or maybe we could query the arch from within the two Makefiles and only apply `-fno-var-tracking` when we compile for ia64. I'll have a look into that tomorrow. The MR ([1]) was updated and now uses `-fno-var-tracking` for the respective files only when the target architecture is ia64. This works like so for example: ``` ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64) CFLAGS_bnx2x_sp.o += -fno-var-tracking endif ``` Tested via a local kernel build where one case was using a wrong target architecture (i386) at first to see it failing and then working after changing that back to the correct target architecture (ia64). [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/852 Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:56 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: > That's the other extreme then, everything for ia64 gets compiled with > `-fno-var-tracking`, or? Is that more acceptable? It's certainly more acceptable than messing around with other targets. > Maybe the per-file CFLAGS are also effective when included in the > architecture Makefile in `arch/ia64/`? No idea. > Or maybe we could query the arch from within the two Makefiles and only > apply `-fno-var-tracking` when we compile for ia64. > > I'll have a look into that tomorrow. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 18.09.23 22:42, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:36 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: I don't think this patch is acceptable in its current form as it modifies the Makefile globally so that the flag is passed on to the host compiler for all architectures. Yes, thought about that, too. Know a better solution? Is there a way to make this only affecting compilations for ia64? You could modify CFLAGS globally in debian/rules specifically for ia64: ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),ia64)) export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND += -fno-var-tracking endif That's the other extreme then, everything for ia64 gets compiled with `-fno-var-tracking`, or? Is that more acceptable? Maybe the per-file CFLAGS are also effective when included in the architecture Makefile in `arch/ia64/`? Or maybe we could query the arch from within the two Makefiles and only apply `-fno-var-tracking` when we compile for ia64. I'll have a look into that tomorrow. Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:36 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: > > I don't think this patch is acceptable in its current form as it > > modifies the Makefile globally so that the flag is passed on to > > the host compiler for all architectures. > > Yes, thought about that, too. Know a better solution? Is there a way to > make this only affecting compilations for ia64? You could modify CFLAGS globally in debian/rules specifically for ia64: ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),ia64)) export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND += -fno-var-tracking endif Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 18.09.23 22:34, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hello Frank! On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:14 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: Worked for me, MR is here: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/852 Looking forward to new ia64 kernels for Sid. I don't think this patch is acceptable in its current form as it modifies the Makefile globally so that the flag is passed on to the host compiler for all architectures. Yes, thought about that, too. Know a better solution? Is there a way to make this only affecting compilations for ia64? Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hello Frank! On Mon, 2023-09-18 at 22:14 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote: > Worked for me, MR is here: > > https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/852 > > Looking forward to new ia64 kernels for Sid. I don't think this patch is acceptable in its current form as it modifies the Makefile globally so that the flag is passed on to the host compiler for all architectures. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 18.09.23 13:43, Frank Scheiner wrote: On 18.09.23 11:43, Frank Scheiner wrote: Richard Biener suggested `-fno-var-tracking` or `-g0` as workaround and both indeed workaround the problem (see [2]). I don't yet know how to limit the addition of `-fno-var-tracking` to KBUILD_CFLAGS to `net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c` [...] Ok, found what I need on [1]: ``` $(CFLAGS_$@) specifies per-file options for $(CC). The @ part has a literal value which specifies the file that it is for. [...] Example: # drivers/scsi/Makefile CFLAGS_aha152x.o = -DAHA152X_STAT -DAUTOCONF ``` [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst I'll give that a try and if it works create a MR on [2] so kernel builds for ia64 can succeed with gcc-13 until that one is fixed. [2]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux Worked for me, MR is here: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/852 Looking forward to new ia64 kernels for Sid. Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 18.09.23 11:43, Frank Scheiner wrote: Richard Biener suggested `-fno-var-tracking` or `-g0` as workaround and both indeed workaround the problem (see [2]). I don't yet know how to limit the addition of `-fno-var-tracking` to KBUILD_CFLAGS to `net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c` [...] Ok, found what I need on [1]: ``` $(CFLAGS_$@) specifies per-file options for $(CC). The @ part has a literal value which specifies the file that it is for. [...] Example: # drivers/scsi/Makefile CFLAGS_aha152x.o = -DAHA152X_STAT -DAUTOCONF ``` [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst I'll give that a try and if it works create a MR on [2] so kernel builds for ia64 can succeed with gcc-13 until that one is fixed. [2]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi again, On 18.09.23 11:43, Frank Scheiner wrote: The resulting kernel and modules aren't yet tested, though. I plan that for today and tomorrow. v6.6-rc2 with the acpi build fix (I used the patch from [1]) and the workaround for gcc-13 (see my prior email) and built with gcc 13.2.0 from [2] works fine (boot to login prompt) on: * rx2620 * rx2800 i2 More test(ed) systems to follow tomorrow. Cheers, Frank [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAJZ5v0hnNK4O_HyinvTp01YxXR7V4vzpMhf85yW9M2=52-o...@mail.gmail.com/ [2]: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi again,
On 15.09.23 13:47, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Hi Adrian,
On 06.08.23 10:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!
The following important packages are broken on ia64:
- grub (git master) does not boot on ia64, crashes when loading stage2
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-07/msg00106.html)
- kernel FTBFS with gcc-13
(https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux=ia64=6.4.4-2=1690708282=0)
I created a bug report for this, see [1]. In short this happens (1) also
for cross-compilation on amd64 (most likely also for other
cross-compilation host arches), (2) for me always for the same file
(`net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c`) and function ("fib_create_info()"), but
there are others, too, see buildd link, (3) for different kernel
versions and (3) is gone when providing `-fsanitize=undefined` during
compilation.
Details in [1].
[1]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111425
I hope someone picks that up.
Richard Biener suggested `-fno-var-tracking` or `-g0` as workaround and
both indeed workaround the problem (see [2]). I don't yet know how to
limit the addition of `-fno-var-tracking` to KBUILD_CFLAGS to
`net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c` but the following patch:
```
root@dl380-g7:/usr/src# cat workaround-for-gcc-13.patch
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Makefile b/net/ipv4/Makefile
index b18ba8ef93ad..38f8586ebcc6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv4/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
# Makefile for the Linux TCP/IP (INET) layer.
#
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-var-tracking
+
obj-y := route.o inetpeer.o protocol.o \
ip_input.o ip_fragment.o ip_forward.o ip_options.o \
ip_output.o ip_sockglue.o inet_hashtables.o \
```
...makes compilation work for the used kernel configuration ([3]):
```
root@dl380-g7:/usr/src# time ./make-kernel.bash
rx2620-rx2660-rx2800-i2-combined-localmodconfig ia64
linux-on-ramdisk/torvalds-linux/ w-gcc13
[...]
Making kernel...
time make -j24
LOCALVERSION="-ce9ecca0238b140b88f43859b211c9fdfd8e5b70-ia64-w-gcc13"
ARCH=ia64 CROSS_COMPILE=ia64-linux- all
[...]
CC security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.o
CC net/ipv4/fib_semantics.o
CC security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.o
[...]
No errors detected in 26726 functions.
real3m41.183s
user69m23.751s
sys 6m57.374s
0
[...]
done
Build artifacts:
/boot/vmlinux-6.6.0-rc2-ce9ecca0238b140b88f43859b211c9fdfd8e5b70-ia64-w-gcc13
/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.0-rc2-ce9ecca0238b140b88f43859b211c9fdfd8e5b70-ia64-w-gcc13
/boot/config-6.6.0-rc2-ce9ecca0238b140b88f43859b211c9fdfd8e5b70-ia64-w-gcc13
/lib/modules/6.6.0-rc2-ce9ecca0238b140b88f43859b211c9fdfd8e5b70-ia64-w-gcc13.tar
real3m57.203s
user69m28.325s
sys 6m59.414s
```
Looking into the buildd link above this also needs to be applied for
`/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c` if it is indeed the
same problem.
[2]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111425#c5
[3]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=55904
The resulting kernel and modules aren't yet tested, though. I plan that
for today and tomorrow.
Cheers,
Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi Adrian,
On 06.08.23 10:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!
The following important packages are broken on ia64:
- grub (git master) does not boot on ia64, crashes when loading stage2
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-07/msg00106.html)
- kernel FTBFS with gcc-13
(https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux=ia64=6.4.4-2=1690708282=0)
I created a bug report for this, see [1]. In short this happens (1) also
for cross-compilation on amd64 (most likely also for other
cross-compilation host arches), (2) for me always for the same file
(`net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c`) and function ("fib_create_info()"), but
there are others, too, see buildd link, (3) for different kernel
versions and (3) is gone when providing `-fsanitize=undefined` during
compilation.
Details in [1].
[1]: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111425
I hope someone picks that up.
Cheers,
Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi Pedro, On 10.08.23 19:31, Frank Scheiner wrote: Hi Pedro, all, On 10.08.23 14:04, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: Here it is: 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 is the first bad commit commit 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 Author: Oliver Steffen Date: Fri May 26 13:35:43 2023 +0200 guid: Unify GUID types There are 3 implementations of a GUID in GRUB. Replace them with a common one, placed in types.h. It uses the "packed" flavor of the GUID structs, the alignment attribute is dropped, since it is not required. Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper I had a quick look into this and the ia64 "related" part ([1]) switches from an `__attribute__ ((aligned(8)))` struct "grub_efi_guid_t" to an `__attribute__ ((packed))` struct "grub_guid_t" (see [2], [3] and below), which might not work as expected on ia64. Damn it, I should have read the commit message instead of the code changes. It tells the - maybe - important thing already. Unfortunately there's no info in [4] (where this was introduced) about why exactly the aligment was intended in the first place. [4]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=837091258d7e9f4af3cc333ec775271f1b767d11 Linux actually uses a minimum alignment of 32 bits, see for example [5]. [5]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/linux/efi.h#L60-L78 @Pedro: Does it work again with `__attribute__ ((aligned(8)))` instead of `__attribute__ ((packed))` for "grub_guid"? Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi Pedro, all, On 10.08.23 14:04, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: Here it is: 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 is the first bad commit commit 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 Author: Oliver Steffen Date: Fri May 26 13:35:43 2023 +0200 guid: Unify GUID types There are 3 implementations of a GUID in GRUB. Replace them with a common one, placed in types.h. It uses the "packed" flavor of the GUID structs, the alignment attribute is dropped, since it is not required. Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper I had a quick look into this and the ia64 "related" part ([1]) switches from an `__attribute__ ((aligned(8)))` struct "grub_efi_guid_t" to an `__attribute__ ((packed))` struct "grub_guid_t" (see [2], [3] and below), which might not work as expected on ia64. `include/grub/types.h` defines: ``` #define GRUB_PACKED __attribute__ ((packed)) ``` [1]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/diff/grub-core/loader/ia64/efi/linux.c?id=06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 [2]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/diff/include/grub/efi/api.h?id=06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 [3]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/diff/include/grub/types.h?id=06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 Not sure if it could help to just replace `GRUB_PACKED` with `__attribute__ ((aligned(8)))` for "grub_guid_t" in [3] or if this breaks the cases that originally used "grub_efi_packed_guid_t". Cheers, Frank
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi Pedro! On Thu, 2023-08-10 at 12:04 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > Here it is: > > 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 is the first bad commit > commit 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 > Author: Oliver Steffen > Date: Fri May 26 13:35:43 2023 +0200 > > guid: Unify GUID types > > There are 3 implementations of a GUID in GRUB. Replace them with > a common one, placed in types.h. > > It uses the "packed" flavor of the GUID structs, the alignment attribute > is dropped, since it is not required. > > Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen > Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper Did you verify that reverting this commit on git master makes GRUB work again? If yes, please report this finding to the grub-devel mailing list, CC-ing Oliver Steffen. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Here it is: 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 is the first bad commit commit 06edd40db76bb78457ac26156ed5f7b62381bbe8 Author: Oliver Steffen Date: Fri May 26 13:35:43 2023 +0200 guid: Unify GUID types There are 3 implementations of a GUID in GRUB. Replace them with a common one, placed in types.h. It uses the "packed" flavor of the GUID structs, the alignment attribute is dropped, since it is not required. Signed-off-by: Oliver Steffen Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
> On Aug 9, 2023, at 18:48, Jason Duerstock wrote: > > Did you finish the git bisect? What was the commit that broke it? > Not yet - 2 more steps to go. I am taking care of this in small slices of free time. > On Aug 9, 2023, at 23:12, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > Are you sure you didn't overwrite the "debian" entry? Pretty sure this problem is not in grubia64.efi. The timestamp of the one in the EFI/debian folder is not changing. Still, the broken/good state always affects both the one in the EFI/grub folder (which is updated with each build) and the one in the EFI/debian folder (which has been staying the same. This suggests whatever the problem is, it is in a file present in the root filesystem and is shared by both boot entries. Given rescue is able to restore grub to a working condition, this isn’t much of a problem. Just take a little longer and involves a bit more work.
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Thu, 2023-08-10 at 00:43 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > Well, gladly I had left the latest installation CD you asked us to test > in the drive. I was able to boot from it and repair GRUB. I am back in > business. Great. Hopefully, you will be able to find the problematic commit. It should be related to the EFI changes by Ard Biesheuvel. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi Pedro! On Thu, 2023-08-10 at 00:08 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > > Thanks Adrian. It is a mystery why it was previously installed. After that > I was able to go through 3 or 4 bisections with successful boots. Then, > finally, I hit the problem. The trouble is that it seems to have also affected > my “debian” entry, so no safe boot: Are you sure you didn't overwrite the "debian" entry? Either way, you should be able to restore the bootloader by booting into rescue mode using the installation media. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
> On Aug 9, 2023, at 17:07, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > > Thanks Adrian. It is a mystery why it was previously installed. After that I > was able to go through 3 or 4 bisections with successful boots. Then, > finally, I hit the problem. The trouble is that it seems to have also > affected my “debian” entry, so no safe boot: > > Loading.: debian > Starting: debian > Welcome to GRUB! > > 7 0 0x6B 0x001E unexpected trap > 7 0 0x66 0x001E trap taken, number in ext PE > 7 0 0x3C 0x5A00 trap taken, offset in ext PE Well, gladly I had left the latest installation CD you asked us to test in the drive. I was able to boot from it and repair GRUB. I am back in business.
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi Pedro, Did you finish the git bisect? What was the commit that broke it? Thanks, Jason On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 9:41 PM Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > > > > > Well, you need to install efibootmgr. Not sure why it isn't installed on > > your > > machine in the first place since it's needed for grub-install to update the > > boot manager settings in firmware and create the "grub" entry. > > > > Just install it with: > > > > # apt install efibootmgr > > > > Adrian > > > > Thanks Adrian. It is a mystery why it was previously installed. After that I > was able to go through 3 or 4 bisections with successful boots. Then, > finally, I hit the problem. The trouble is that it seems to have also > affected my “debian” entry, so no safe boot: > > Loading.: debian > Starting: debian > Welcome to GRUB! > > 7 0 0x6B 0x001E unexpected trap > 7 0 0x66 0x001E trap taken, number in ext PE > 7 0 0x3C 0x5A00 trap taken, offset in ext PE
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
> > Well, you need to install efibootmgr. Not sure why it isn't installed on your > machine in the first place since it's needed for grub-install to update the > boot manager settings in firmware and create the "grub" entry. > > Just install it with: > > # apt install efibootmgr > > Adrian > Thanks Adrian. It is a mystery why it was previously installed. After that I was able to go through 3 or 4 bisections with successful boots. Then, finally, I hit the problem. The trouble is that it seems to have also affected my “debian” entry, so no safe boot: Loading.: debian Starting: debian Welcome to GRUB! 7 0 0x6B 0x001E unexpected trap 7 0 0x66 0x001E trap taken, number in ext PE 7 0 0x3C 0x5A00 trap taken, offset in ext PE
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Tue, 2023-08-08 at 23:27 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > > > On Aug 7, 2023, at 01:03, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > > wrote: > > > > # wget > > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20220510T034305Z/pool/main/g/git/git-man_2.36.1-1_all.deb > > # dpkg -i git-man_2.36.1-1_all.deb > > > > Then install git normally with apt-get. > > > > Thanks Adrian. > > From there, all good till the grub-install step, which failed: > > pmsjt@itanium:~/grub$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda > Installing for ia64-efi platform. > /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: warning: cannot open directory > `/usr/local/share/locale': No such file or directory. Unless you care about localization (which you hopefully don't during debugging), you can safely ignore this warning. > /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: error: efibootmgr: not found. Well, you need to install efibootmgr. Not sure why it isn't installed on your machine in the first place since it's needed for grub-install to update the boot manager settings in firmware and create the "grub" entry. Just install it with: # apt install efibootmgr Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
> On Aug 7, 2023, at 01:03, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > # wget > http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20220510T034305Z/pool/main/g/git/git-man_2.36.1-1_all.deb > # dpkg -i git-man_2.36.1-1_all.deb > > Then install git normally with apt-get. > Thanks Adrian. >From there, all good till the grub-install step, which failed: pmsjt@itanium:~/grub$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda Installing for ia64-efi platform. /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: warning: cannot open directory `/usr/local/share/locale': No such file or directory. /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: error: efibootmgr: not found.
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Sun, 2023-08-06 at 23:34 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > > > > # git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/grub.git > > This leads me to another question: Has anyone been able to install git these > days? # wget http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20220510T034305Z/pool/main/g/git/git-man_2.36.1-1_all.deb # dpkg -i git-man_2.36.1-1_all.deb Then install git normally with apt-get. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On Aug 6, 2023, at 16:09, Jessica Clarke wrote: On 7 Aug 2023, at 00:00, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: On Aug 6, 2023, at 10:13, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi! On Sun, 2023-08-06 at 15:08 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: ow much automation can be used for bisecting a problem on grub? My rx2660 is considerably up to date and still booting. What do you recommend for best bisecting the offending step? You cannot automate this as the machine needs to be rebooted all the time. That is what I was expecting. Basically, you need to do the following: # apt build-dep grub2 Sourt of embarrassing question but… what is the deb-src right entry for debian ports? # git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/grub.git This leads me to another question: Has anyone been able to install git these days? $ sudo apt install git Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: git : Depends: git-man (< 1:2.36.1-.) but 1:2.40.1-1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Same as non-ports; there’s no ports copy of the unstable sources. Thanks Jessica, I recon deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free should be the right addition then. Any thought on why Ports installs always come with incomplete sources.list? Jess
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
On 7 Aug 2023, at 00:00, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > > > >> On Aug 6, 2023, at 10:13, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz >> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> On Sun, 2023-08-06 at 15:08 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: >>> ow much automation can be used for bisecting a problem on grub? >>> >>> My rx2660 is considerably up to date and still booting. >>> >>> What do you recommend for best bisecting the offending step? >> >> You cannot automate this as the machine needs to be rebooted all the time. > > That is what I was expecting. > >> >> Basically, you need to do the following: >> >> # apt build-dep grub2 > > Sourt of embarrassing question but… what is the deb-src right entry for > debian ports? Same as non-ports; there’s no ports copy of the unstable sources. Jess
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
> On Aug 6, 2023, at 10:13, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > Hi! > > On Sun, 2023-08-06 at 15:08 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: >> ow much automation can be used for bisecting a problem on grub? >> >> My rx2660 is considerably up to date and still booting. >> >> What do you recommend for best bisecting the offending step? > > You cannot automate this as the machine needs to be rebooted all the time. That is what I was expecting. > > Basically, you need to do the following: > > # apt build-dep grub2 Sourt of embarrassing question but… what is the deb-src right entry for debian ports? > # git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/grub.git > # cd grub > # git bisect start > # git bisect good grub-2.06 > # git bisect bad HEAD > > Then build grub, install and testboot: > > # ./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make install > # /usr/local/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda (when sda is your primary disk) > > Reboot the machine and chose the "grub" boot entry, "debian" will be your > fallback entry in case you have run into the bug. > > If the machine boot successfully using the "grub" boot entry in EFI, go back > into the "grub" source directory and run "git bisect good". Run "make clean" > and repeat the build and install step above. > > If a boot fails, reset the machine, boot the "debian" entry and then go back > into the "grub" source directory and run "git bisect bad". Run "make clean" > and repeat the build and install step above. > > Repeat this procedure until git shows you the offending commit. > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer > `. `' Physicist > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
Hi! On Sun, 2023-08-06 at 15:08 +, Pedro Miguel Justo wrote: > ow much automation can be used for bisecting a problem on grub? > > My rx2660 is considerably up to date and still booting. > > What do you recommend for best bisecting the offending step? You cannot automate this as the machine needs to be rebooted all the time. Basically, you need to do the following: # apt build-dep grub2 # git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/grub.git # cd grub # git bisect start # git bisect good grub-2.06 # git bisect bad HEAD Then build grub, install and testboot: # ./bootstrap && ./configure && make && make install # /usr/local/sbin/grub-install /dev/sda (when sda is your primary disk) Reboot the machine and chose the "grub" boot entry, "debian" will be your fallback entry in case you have run into the bug. If the machine boot successfully using the "grub" boot entry in EFI, go back into the "grub" source directory and run "git bisect good". Run "make clean" and repeat the build and install step above. If a boot fails, reset the machine, boot the "debian" entry and then go back into the "grub" source directory and run "git bisect bad". Run "make clean" and repeat the build and install step above. Repeat this procedure until git shows you the offending commit. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: Important packages that are broken ia64
> On Aug 6, 2023, at 09:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > Hello! > > The following important packages are broken on ia64: > > - grub (git master) does not boot on ia64, crashes when loading stage2 > (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-07/msg00106.html) > - kernel FTBFS with gcc-13 > (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux=ia64=6.4.4-2=1690708282=0) > - glibc testsuite failures, in particular math functions > (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=glibc=ia64=2.37-7=1691155973=0) > - webkit2gtk > (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/issues/471) > > At least the grub problem could certainly be easily bisected, but alas I > don't really > have the time and motivation do that. So it would be nice if someone else > could at > least bisect grub to find the issue and report it on the grub-devel mailing > list. Hi John Paul. How much automation can be used for bisecting a problem on grub? My rx2660 is considerably up to date and still booting. What do you recommend for best bisecting the offending step? > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer > `. `' Physicist > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 >
Important packages that are broken ia64
Hello! The following important packages are broken on ia64: - grub (git master) does not boot on ia64, crashes when loading stage2 (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2023-07/msg00106.html) - kernel FTBFS with gcc-13 (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux=ia64=6.4.4-2=1690708282=0) - glibc testsuite failures, in particular math functions (https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=glibc=ia64=2.37-7=1691155973=0) - webkit2gtk (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/issues/471) At least the grub problem could certainly be easily bisected, but alas I don't really have the time and motivation do that. So it would be nice if someone else could at least bisect grub to find the issue and report it on the grub-devel mailing list. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
