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pkill

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Registered: 2019-08-16

Posts: 6

[Solved] Bug in inn 2.7.4-2

I run a news server with inn. I use CNFS as the storage method.

After the upgrade:

upgraded inn (2.7.4-1 -> 2.7.4-2)

the CNFS storage seems to be missing:

innfeed[25928]: ME config: no definition of news-spool, and /var/spool/news/articles is no good

Downgrading to 2.7.4-1 fixes the problem immediately.

It’s difficult for me to submit a bug report because I don’t have a GitLab account.

Last edited by pkill (2026-08-05 06:37:04)

sergej

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From: Russia, Voronezh

Registered: 2006-03-21

Posts: 70

Re: [Solved] Bug in inn 2.7.4-2

Please check that systemd-tmpfiles hook succeeded (systemd-tmpfiles --create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/inn.conf)

On my installation I needed to change files ownership to root manually, after that systemd-tmpfiles executed successfully

Also /var/spool/news moved to /var/spool/inn, so you need to move files

pkill

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Registered: 2019-08-16

Posts: 6

Re: [Solved] Bug in inn 2.7.4-2

Everything is working again now. On my server, /var/spool/news is a mount. That's why a few extra steps are necessary. Here's my approach:

Stopping the running innd.service an upgrading it:

# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)  Old Version  New Version  Net Change

extra/inn    2.7.4-1      2.7.4-2       -4,96 MiB

Total Installed Size:   4,20 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      -4,96 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                       [################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                     [################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                          [################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                    [################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                  [################################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
warning: /var/db/inn/newsgroups saved as /var/db/inn/newsgroups.pacsave
warning: /var/db/inn/history.index saved as /var/db/inn/history.index.pacsave
warning: /var/db/inn/history.hash saved as /var/db/inn/history.hash.pacsave
warning: /var/db/inn/history.dir saved as /var/db/inn/history.dir.pacsave
warning: /var/db/inn/history saved as /var/db/inn/history.pacsave
warning: /var/db/inn/active.times saved as /var/db/inn/active.times.pacsave
warning: /var/db/inn/active saved as /var/db/inn/active.pacsave
(1/1) upgrading inn                                                                  [################################################] 100%
warning: /etc/inn/inn.conf installed as /etc/inn/inn.conf.pacnew
warning: /etc/inn/newsfeeds installed as /etc/inn/newsfeeds.pacnew
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/5) Creating system user accounts...
(2/5) Creating temporary files...
Detected unsafe path transition /etc/inn (owned by news) → /etc/inn/incoming.conf (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc/inn/incoming.conf.
Detected unsafe path transition /etc/inn (owned by news) → /etc/inn/inn-radius.conf (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc/inn/inn-radius.conf.
Detected unsafe path transition /etc/inn (owned by news) → /etc/inn/inn-secrets.conf (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc/inn/inn-secrets.conf.
Detected unsafe path transition /etc/inn (owned by news) → /etc/inn/innfeed.conf (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc/inn/innfeed.conf.
Detected unsafe path transition /etc/inn (owned by news) → /etc/inn/passwd.nntp (owned by root) during canonicalization of etc/inn/passwd.nntp.
error: command failed to execute correctly
(3/5) Reloading system manager configuration...
(4/5) Enqueuing marked services...
(5/5) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

-> Renaming the *.pacsave back
-> Umounting /var/spool/news
-> Changing /etc/fstab: /dev/mapper/vg0-snews /var/spool/inn xfs nodev,noexec 0 2
-> Mounting /var/spool/inn
-> Changing pathes in: /etc/inn/inn.conf, /etc/inn/cycbuff.conf
-> Change Ownership: chown root:root /etc/inn
-> Rerun: systemd-tmpfiles --create /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/inn.conf
-> Starting innd.service

But it fails with:

Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innd[209542]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/comp1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/comp1
Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innfeed[209590]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/comp1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/comp1
Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innfeed[209590]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/de1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/de1
Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innd[209542]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/de1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/de1
Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innd[209542]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/regio1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/regio1
Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innfeed[209590]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/regio1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/regio1
Wed 2026-08-05 07:08:11 CEST innd[209542]: CNFS: Path mismatch: read /var/spool/news/cnfs/misc1 for cycbuff /var/spool/inn/cnfs/misc1

It seems to me that the path is also included in cycbuff itself. But I'd like to keep them.

-> Changing path back in: /etc/inn/cycbuff.conf
-> Changing /etc/fstab: /var/spool/inn /var/spool/news none bind 0 0
-> Mounting /var/spool/news
-> Starting innd.service

innd is now running as before, without any errors.