Bug#260949: marked as done (postinst fails on serial console installs)
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From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
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Subject: postinst fails on serial console installs
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Package: lowmem
Version: 0.13
Severity: important
lowmem's postinst fails on serial console installs when it tries to
kill the tail processes - they don't exist on serial installs so
"kill" is run without any parameter.
/var/log # more syslog
Log file truncated to save memory.
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578): BusyBox v1.00-pre10 (Debian 20040623-1) multi-call binary
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578):
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578): Usage: kill [-signal] process-id [process-id ...]
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578):
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578): BusyBox v1.00-pre10 (Debian 20040623-1) multi-call binary
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578):
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578): Usage: kill [-signal] process-id [process-id ...]
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: (process:3578):
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: WARNING **: Configuring 'lowmem' failed with error code 1
Jan 1 00:03:24 main-menu[182]: WARNING **: Menu item 'lowmem' failed.
Jan 1 00:03:33 main-menu[182]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium'
Jan 1 00:03:33 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:37:09 +0100
From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
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Subject: Re: Fixed in NMU of lowmem 0.14
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* <tbm@cyrius.com> [2004-07-23 11:17]:
> tag 260949 + fixed
>
> quit
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> This message was generated automatically in response to a
> non-maintainer upload. The .changes file follows.
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> Format: 1.7
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:04:27 +0100
> Source: lowmem
> Binary: lowmemcheck lowmem
> Architecture: all i386 mipsel source
> Version: 0.14
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: low
> Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
> Changed-By: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
> Description:
> lowmem - free memory for lowmem install (udeb)
> lowmemcheck - detect low-memory systems and enter lowmem mode (udeb)
> Closes: 260949
> Changes:
> lowmem (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
> .
> * Martin Michlmayr
> - Before running the "kill" command, check whether there is actually
> any suitable "tail" process to kill; otherwise the postinst will
> fail when there is no such process which is always the case in
> serial console installs and might be the case when the postinst
> is run twice. Closes: #260949
> - Also, be super cautious and use kill $pid || true because there
> is the possibilty for a race occuring; thanks, Joey Hess.
> - Increase needed ram on mipsel from 25 to 33: installations on
> Cobalt machines without lowmem do not work with 32 MB but work
> with 36 MB, so enable lowmem when less than 36 MB are found.
> (Machines with 35 MB RAM are shown to have 32, 32 MB are shown
> as 29, so pick 33 for needed ram.)
> Files:
> 3318b2c282b582712dcc0b8a8f0db4a0 940 debian-installer optional lowmem_0.14_all.udeb
> 392d6afac7163ed1e6c31641c0b61947 5602 debian-installer extra lowmem_0.14.tar.gz
> d052d8ec6691e1bf46082c63dec0db6e 4178 debian-installer standard lowmemcheck_0.14_mipsel.udeb
> d71493361da853d170171a6c6ac76e8f 555 debian-installer extra lowmem_0.14.dsc
> ecd9fb7378e030659ab7efd0f56a2824 3842 debian-installer standard lowmemcheck_0.14_i386.udeb
>
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