[elbe-devel] (not) very informative error message

[Lukasz Walewski]

>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Manuel Traut [mailto:manuel.traut at linutronix.de]
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2017 11:15
>An: Lukasz Walewski
>Cc: elbe-devel at linutronix.de
>Betreff: Re: [elbe-devel] (not) very informative error message
>
>
>Hi Lukasz,
>
>> >But probably the chroot directory was deleted after detecting a
>failure
>> >:-/
>> >You can avoid this by editing elbepack/rfs.py 'def debootstrap' and
>set
>> >the cleanup variable in the exception handler to False.
>>
>> I must admit I am having a hard time debugging my builds even if I get
>past the debootstrap stage. The output in log.txt ends in:
>>
>> I: Base system installed successfully.
>>
>> which I assume is a positive sign, but then I don't get any update for
>a long time (I assume elbe is trying to execute the <finetuning> section
>and then install the packages in the <pkg-list> during that time) and
>finally I get:
>>
>> commiting changes failed
>> Build failed !!!
>>
>> Failed to commit the AptCache changes.
>> Most likely is, that packages failed to download.
>> Probable cause might be:
>> - Problems with Internet Connection
>> - Broken mirrors
>>
>> Is there a way to increase verbosity for finetuning and installing
>stages? Or how could I otherwise check what went wrong? - I used 'elbe
>initvm --keep-files submit' to be able to inspect the project's
>directory in the intitvm but it only contains log.txt, source.xml and
>chroot directory.
>
>please try the following:
>
>elbe initvm attach
>elbe chroot /var/cache/elbe/<UUID>
>apt-get install vim-nox # or sth. else
>
>maybe your apt-cache is in a strange state, e.g. by invalid
>dependencies.

It's my Debian mirror: I set up a local Debian jessie mirror (using aptly) to speed up package downloads. Obviously I have a problem there but my elbe initvm workflow does not provide me with enough debug information to fix it, e.g. which package failed to download if any, etc.

This is in contrast to a direct build with 'sudo elbe buildchroot ...' which spits out the whole transcript of the package installation & fine-tuning steps (not only the debootstrap step as mentioned above).

Thanks,
Lukasz


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