Public bug reported: Binary package hint: squashfs-tools
What I expected to happen: mksquashfs should build a compressed filesystem What happened instead: mksquashfs hangs Potential Fix, Untested: Debian bugs reports a similar problem with mksquashfs hanging while building a compressed filesystem; there may exist a patch in CVS for squashfs on sourceforge that is not in the officially released distribution on sourceforge. Overview: I routinely use mksquashfs as part of a procedure to build a customized compressed filesystem. No special parameters are input to mksquashfs, as part of this process, so this potentially affects all builders. Whereas on ubuntu 7.10 and a single processor system, I had no problem with mksquashfs; on a multiprocessor system under ubuntu 8 it hangs. Command that hangs: # mksquashfs . $TMPCDCOPY/casper/filesystem.squashfs (run as root; $TMPCDCOPY points to a valid location; process completes to 96% before hanging) Package version: # dpkg-query --list | grep squashfs ii squashfs-tools 1:3.3-1ubuntu2 Arch: intel 64 bit lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.04 Release: 8.04 Possible solution: Debian bugs reports a similar problem; there may exist a patch in CVS for squashfs on sourceforge that is not in the released file on sourceforge. I thought perhaps the ubuntu mksquashfs could suffer from the same problem and maybe does not include the code in CVS as mentioned with debian. A patch is mentioned at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=455589 cut/paste of this message follows. (However, I have not tried applying the patch he mentions) >Message #10 received at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (full text, mbox): > >From: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: upstream CVS fixes the regression in squashfs-tools 1:3.3-1 >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:30:54 +0100 > >[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)] > >tags 455589 + patch >stop > >Looking through the recent revision history for mksquashfs.c in the >upstream CVS, changeset 1.47 of /squashfs/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c: > > http://squashfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/squashfs/squashfs/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs.c?r1=1.46&r2=1.47&view=patch >caught my eyes. Applying it to 1:3.3-1 succeeds and fixes the previously >mentioned regression in mksquashfs: ** Affects: squashfs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- mksquashfs hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222700 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
