[SOLVED] makepkg tends to hang indefinitely when building

kevdog · 2015-01-10 16:17:41

I'm not that new to arch. I'm currently installing arch via VB on MBP.

The makepkg command is hanging indefinitely when I'm trying to make multiple packages -- specifically cower and package-query

I get something like the following:

==> Creating package "cower"...

And then it hangs indefinitely. I've waited like 10 minutes. The same result occurred with package-query.

Is there anything I can do to debug this problem?

Last edited by kevdog (2015-01-10 18:45:49)

WorMzy · 2015-01-10 16:34:02

What are VB and MBP?

Is your system up-to-date? Have you merged any .pacnew files? If you run makepkg with strace, what do the last few messages say?

Last edited by WorMzy (2015-01-10 16:34:18)

karol · 2015-01-10 17:27:46

WorMzy wrote:

What are VB and MBP?

VirtualBox on MacBook Pro?

WorMzy · 2015-01-10 17:30:45

That would make sense. I was afraid it would be some third-party installer script thing.

kevdog · 2015-01-10 18:19:32

Sorry VB = virtual box
MBP=MacBook Pro
Just installed everything this morning

I looked at the strace call. I'm not finding much. Here is some output:

read(3, "Entering %s environment...", 128) = 26
read(3, "", 128)                        = 0
close(3)                                = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807e930, [], 0}, {0x8095410, [], 0}, 8) = 0
waitpid(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 5728
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8095410, [], 0}, {0x807e930, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=5728, si_uid=1000, si_
status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---
waitpid(-1, 0xbfb8dcb4, WNOHANG)        = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
sigreturn() (mask [])                   = 0
fcntl64(1, F_GETFD)                     = 0
fcntl64(1, F_DUPFD, 10)                 = 10
fcntl64(1, F_GETFD)                     = 0
fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
dup2(2, 1)                              = 1
fcntl64(2, F_GETFD)                     = 0
write(1, "\33[1m\33[32m==>\33(B\33[m\33[1m Entering "..., 62) = 62
dup2(10, 1)                             = 1
fcntl64(10, F_GETFD)                    = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
close(10)                               = 0
stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/local/sbin/fakeroot", 0xbfb8e5ec) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or dire
ctory)
stat64("/usr/local/bin/fakeroot", 0xbfb8e5ec) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or direc
tory)
stat64("/usr/bin/fakeroot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3866, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/fakeroot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3866, ...}) = 0
geteuid32()                             = 1000
getegid32()                             = 1000
getuid32()                              = 1000
getgid32()                              = 1000
access("/usr/bin/fakeroot", X_OK)       = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/fakeroot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3866, ...}) = 0
geteuid32()                             = 1000
getegid32()                             = 1000
getuid32()                              = 1000
getgid32()                              = 1000
access("/usr/bin/fakeroot", R_OK)       = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/fakeroot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3866, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/fakeroot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3866, ...}) = 0
geteuid32()                             = 1000
getegid32()                             = 1000
getuid32()                              = 1000
getgid32()                              = 1000
access("/usr/bin/fakeroot", X_OK)       = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/fakeroot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3866, ...}) = 0
geteuid32()                             = 1000
getegid32()                             = 1000
getuid32()                              = 1000
getgid32()                              = 1000
access("/usr/bin/fakeroot", R_OK)       = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [INT CHLD], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [INT CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, chil
d_tidptr=0xb750c768) = 5729
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807e930, [], 0}, {0x8095410, [], 0}, 8) = 0
waitpid(-1,

Trilby · 2015-01-10 18:24:44

Strace is the right idea - but you need to use `strace -f` as the hang looks to be in a child process.

kevdog · 2015-01-10 18:45:04

Hey thanks for that tip -- Believe it or not guys -- I have no idea how this effected the problem, but with VB I had put a line in my /etc/fstab file to automatically mount the host home or root directory. I had also done this within the VB machine itself -- basically duplicating the functionality. For some reason if I attempted to cd into the /media directory it would always hang. Now I have no idea how this effected mkgpkg, however when doing the strace -f command I saw something in the output that mentioned the /media directory. Anyway, I removed the offending entry within the fstab file and reboot the VM. Everything now builds. Again I'm confused how any error within the mount process could effect makepkg, however I suppose it might have something to do with entering a fakeroot environment which may then may try to mount directories, etc. I'm guessing someone may know the exact process here. Anyway thanks for the heads up on the strace -f call.

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#1 2015-01-10 16:17:41

[SOLVED] makepkg tends to hang indefinitely when building

#2 2015-01-10 16:34:02

Re: [SOLVED] makepkg tends to hang indefinitely when building

#3 2015-01-10 17:27:46

Re: [SOLVED] makepkg tends to hang indefinitely when building

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