Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
On 09/11/2018 12:23 AM, Michael Shell wrote: On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:52:50 -0500 Bruce Dubbs wrote: I do not want to start documenting failures that may be host system dependent. OK, but what about chapter 6? Make check is recommended there (actually make check is also shown in chapter 5.31) and it is going to require such an unexpectedly large amount of space. 6GB is the required minimum according to chapter 2.4 "Creating a New Partition". I've never seen the problem in Chapter 6. I generally use a 10G partition, so it the file is that big, then it should be a problem. On a partition with 2G of free space, no tests failed for me. I did get: ... 154: listing sparse files bigger than 2^33 B./testsuite: line 1901: echo: write error: No space left on device skipped (sparse05.at:31) ... 206 tests were successful. 14 tests were skipped. -- Bruce -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:52:50 -0500 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I do not want to start documenting failures that may be host system > dependent. OK, but what about chapter 6? Make check is recommended there (actually make check is also shown in chapter 5.31) and it is going to require such an unexpectedly large amount of space. 6GB is the required minimum according to chapter 2.4 "Creating a New Partition". Cheers, Mike -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
On 09/10/2018 07:14 AM, Michael Shell wrote: On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:59:49 +0200 Christian Friedl wrote: * It would seem that the testsuite for tar (Chapter 5.31: Tar-1.30) created one gigantic file, aptly named BIGFILE, that ate up my whole lfs partition (all of 5.3GB that were left at that point). IMHO, we should add a warning to the tar page about that. The problem is in Chapter 5 and not in Chapter 6. We already say: Experience has shown that there is little to be gained from running the test suites in Chapter 5. There can be no escaping the fact that the host system always exerts some influence on the tests in that chapter, often causing inexplicable failures. Because the tools built in Chapter 5 are temporary and eventually discarded, we do not recommend running the test suites in Chapter 5 for the average reader. The instructions for running those test suites are provided for the benefit of testers and developers, but they are strictly optional. I do not want to start documenting failures that may be host system dependent. -- Bruce -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 08:50:19AM +0200, Christian Friedl wrote: > > For investigation, I just ran make check check on a newly wget'ed (wgotten?) > tar-1.30.tar.xz on my virtual machine in the cloud. > > "Test # 154: listing sparse files bigger than 2^33 B" created a file > named tests/testsuite.dir/154/pax/BIGFILE, that grew to a whopping 20 GB > / 20961034240 B before the test finished. > > The test name kind of implies this, of course. How do people get this > thing to go through on limited space? (20GB is not that much this day > and age, but still, I'd never have guessed I'd need that much space for > setting up an LFS). > From building in a 10GB partition: 153: storing long sparse file names ok 154: listing sparse files bigger than 2^33 B./testsuite: line 1901: echo: write error: No space left on device skipped (sparse05.at:31) 155: storing sparse file using seek method ok But it cleaned up fine and there was only one other error. And since nothing else was using that filesystem at the time, no problems. ĸen -- Also Spuke Zerothruster (Finnegans Wake) -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:59:49 +0200 Christian Friedl wrote: > * It would seem that the testsuite for tar (Chapter 5.31: Tar-1.30) > created one gigantic file, aptly named BIGFILE, that ate up my whole lfs > partition (all of 5.3GB that were left at that point). IMHO, we should add a warning to the tar page about that. Cheers, Mike Shell -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
Hi Bruce, thanks for your quick reply! On 2018-09-09 12:06, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Are you removing the expanded package directories after each package? > Oh, yes. I forgot it in about 3 or 4 scripts, but that didn't impact the build process a lot. For investigation, I just ran make check check on a newly wget'ed (wgotten?) tar-1.30.tar.xz on my virtual machine in the cloud. "Test # 154: listing sparse files bigger than 2^33 B" created a file named tests/testsuite.dir/154/pax/BIGFILE, that grew to a whopping 20 GB / 20961034240 B before the test finished. The test name kind of implies this, of course. How do people get this thing to go through on limited space? (20GB is not that much this day and age, but still, I'd never have guessed I'd need that much space for setting up an LFS). Cheers Chris -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Re: [lfs-support] LFS Stable 5.31.1 tar-1.30 Testsuite filled up my partition
On 09/09/2018 05:59 AM, Christian Friedl wrote: Ths is my third attempt to create a LFS, finally heeding the sage advice to put it all into repeatable scripts (thank goodness for that!). Just a little incident report: I included a "make check" everywhere even in chapter 5, just to be on the safe side. Started the scripts and went for a few beers. * After coming back, I found lots of "No space left on device" warnings in the logs. * It would seem that the testsuite for tar (Chapter 5.31: Tar-1.30) created one gigantic file, aptly named BIGFILE, that ate up my whole lfs partition (all of 5.3GB that were left at that point). I will investigate the issue later this week and keep you posted, for now I just disabled the testsuite, since it's marked optional in the book and it's only the temp system. Are you removing the expanded package directories after each package? tar -xf package.tar.xz cd package build instructions cd .. rm -rf package -- Bruce -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
