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#1 2023-12-20 22:18:53
- tlat
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BUG: captive portal corrupts repository databases
Repository db files get corrupted if I try to run `pacman -Syu` before logging into the captive portal. pacman should validate the filetype before overwriting the file.
Instructions
1. When not logged in to the captive portal, run `pacman -Syu`
# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 27.2 KiB 25.5 KiB/s 00:01 [################################] 100%
extra 27.2 KiB 29.4 KiB/s 00:01 [################################] 100%
aur 27.2 KiB 31.0 KiB/s 00:01 [################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/aur.db: Unrecognized archive format
there is nothing to doThe databases get corrupted.
2. View `/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db`
# cat /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Sightglass</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/login-b68d29abc23e1ceec4808d13328544028264c42431c39e98377b0a08e304982b.css" data-turbolinks-track="true" />
<script src="/assets/login-d41b914a8fd7ce41deb0bfdc5a01141817f8bd4cc8cb1b75754674dd986653e3.js" data-turbolinks-track="true"></script>
<meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token" />
<meta name="csrf-token" content="4RkgbQt8y8ABlfy+mMeYX7gCAhJ07cX72FtYST26LhJ4YsZGRjy3yj4D8/cpPMWqx/8w0gRaUZ6V0pm51TQ47A==" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/beamboxstore/fonts/FontAwesome/css/all.min.css">
</head>
<body class="login">
<style>
...Pacman version
# pacman -Qi pacman
Name : pacman
Version : 6.0.2-8Last edited by tlat (2023-12-20 22:21:31)
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#2 2023-12-20 22:29:47
- Awebb
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Re: BUG: captive portal corrupts repository databases
Holy cow!
Bug reports go on the gitlab instance, though.
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#3 2023-12-20 22:53:59
- seth
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#4 2023-12-23 15:42:00
- loqs
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Re: BUG: captive portal corrupts repository databases
Related tracking bug in gitlab for all outstanding pacman bugs in flyspray https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues/68
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