NetBSD Problem Report #32790

From tron@colwyn.zhadum.org.uk  Fri Feb 10 12:57:30 2006
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From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
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Subject: "pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't
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>Number:         32790
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       "pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    abs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 10 13:00:00 +0000 2006
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Sun Jul 10 22:26:46 +0000 2022
>Originator:     tron@zhadum.org.uk
>Release:        NetBSD 3.0_STABLE, 2006-02-10 package sources, pkg_chk 1.67
>Organization:
Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/
>Environment:
System: NetBSD colwyn.zhadum.org.uk 3.0_STABLE NetBSD 3.0_STABLE (COLWYN) #1: Sat Dec 31 16:58:03 GMT 2005 tron@colwyn.zhadum.org.uk:/src/sys/compile/COLWYN i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
I run "pkg_chk -u" this morning and it figured out that it needs to update
Mesa. After some recompiling I ran it again few minutes ago and it reported
*again* that the Mesa packages are out of date. What it apparently did
was to remove the Mesa package, recheck and then install the old binary
packages.

>How-To-Repeat:
Use "pkg_chk -u" with some outdated binary packages in "/usr/pkgsrc/packages".

>Fix:
None provided.

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: pkg-manager->abs
Responsible-Changed-By: cube@netbsd.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:15:39 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
abs is the maintainer.


State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: abs@netbsd.org
State-Changed-When: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:31:14 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
I believe this could happen, but cannot reproduce it this end. For reference:

-- With out of date package for which newer binary available:
# pkg_info
tnef-1.3.2nb1       Decode MS-TNEF MIME attachments
pkg_chk-1.67        Check installed package versions against pkgsrc
# pkg_chk -u
tnef-1.3.4: version mismatch - tnef-1.3.2nb1 (binary package available)
13:14 /usr/bin/env /usr/sbin/pkg_delete -K /var/db/pkg -r tnef-1.3.2nb1
[ Rechecking packages after deletions ]
tnef-1.3.4: missing (binary package available)
[ Install ]
13:14 /usr/bin/env /usr/sbin/pkg_add -K /var/db/pkg /files/netbsd/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-3.0-i386/All/tnef-1.3.4.tgz
13:14 rm -f /pkgsrc/pkgchk_update-forsaken.conf
Installed: tnef-1.3.4

-- With out of date package for which binary is also out of date:
# pkg_info                                       rzip-2.0nb1         Create or extract .rz files, like gzip but smaller
pkg_chk-1.67        Check installed package versions against pkgsrc
# pkg_chk -u                                     rzip-2.1: version mismatch - rzip-2.0nb1
Merging in previous /pkgsrc/pkgchk_update-forsaken.conf
13:17 /usr/bin/env /usr/sbin/pkg_delete -K /var/db/pkg -r rzip-2.0nb1
[ Rechecking packages after deletions ]
rzip-2.1: missing
[ Install ]
13:17 cd /pkgsrc/archivers/rzip && /usr/bin/make update CLEANDEPENDS=yes
[...]

would it be possible that there are multiple Mesa binary packages in the
package dir?

Alternatively, what could happen:

pkg-a depends on pkg-b
pkg-b version is changed, but not pkg-a
pkg_chk removes outdated pkg-b and (automatically) pkg-a
pkg_chk.conf contains pkg-a
pkg_chk finds correct binary package for pkg-a, so installs it. This pulls in
the outdated pkg-b.


Could this be happening in your case?
.


From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/32790 ("pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:55:17 +0000

 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:31:15PM +0000, abs@netbsd.org wrote:
 > would it be possible that there are multiple Mesa binary packages in the
 > package dir?

 No of the package which it was about to build because I remove old binary
 packages with a script after updating my packages.

 It is however very likely that there were two binary packages of one of
 the package which just had been update: the old one and the one which
 just has been created.

 > Alternatively, what could happen:
 > 
 > pkg-a depends on pkg-b
 > pkg-b version is changed, but not pkg-a
 > pkg_chk removes outdated pkg-b and (automatically) pkg-a
 > pkg_chk.conf contains pkg-a
 > pkg_chk finds correct binary package for pkg-a, so installs it. This pulls in
 > the outdated pkg-b.

 I know about that behaviour and that's not what I complaining about. In my
 case it definitely reinstalled an outdated version from a binary package.

 Can it perhaps like this:
 1.) "a" depends on "b" and "c".
 2.) "b" and "c" are outdated.
 3.) "pkg_chk -u" removes "b" and "c".
 4.) "pkg_chk -u" builds and install "b".
 5.) "pkg_chk -u" tries to install "a", find the binary package for it and
      runs "pkg_add a.tgz".
 6.) "pkg_add a.tgz" detects that "b" is missing and install the outdated
      "b" binary package.

 	Kind regards

 -- 
 Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/

From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/32790 ("pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:02:38 -0800 (PST)

 On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Matthias Scheler wrote:

 >  Can it perhaps like this:
 >  1.) "a" depends on "b" and "c".
 >  2.) "b" and "c" are outdated.
 >  3.) "pkg_chk -u" removes "b" and "c".
 >  4.) "pkg_chk -u" builds and install "b".
 >  5.) "pkg_chk -u" tries to install "a", find the binary package for it and
 >       runs "pkg_add a.tgz".
 >  6.) "pkg_add a.tgz" detects that "b" is missing and install the outdated
 >       "b" binary package.

 I have the problem very frequently (although I never use pkg_chk).

 I had suggested a couple weeks ago about adding another option to pkg_add 
 where you can override or supplement the the dependencies by adding a 
 package pattern on the command line. But then I realized that may be 
 overly complictaed (compared to other ideas) since I have to look at 
 binary package first (looking at @blddep) to see what it depends on and 
 then compare that with what it should be or is available.

 Instead, maybe pkg_add can add an option so that the fixed @blddep is 
 ignored and just use the @pkgdep range.

 Or maybe pkg_chk could move the out-dated packages out of the way so they 
 are not seen. (This is probably the easiest.)

  Jeremy C. Reed

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From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/32790 ("pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:28:44 +0000

 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:55:17PM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
 > Can it perhaps like this:
 > 1.) "a" depends on "b" and "c".
 > 2.) "b" and "c" are outdated.
 > 3.) "pkg_chk -u" removes "b" and "c".
 > 4.) "pkg_chk -u" builds and install "b".
 > 5.) "pkg_chk -u" tries to install "a", find the binary package for it and
 >      runs "pkg_add a.tgz".
 > 6.) "pkg_add a.tgz" detects that "b" is missing and install the outdated
 >      "b" binary package.

 The problem just happen again and it was exactly caused by a scenario
 like the one described above:

 1.) "p5-HTML-Parser" was outdated.
 2.) "pkg_chk" removed it with "pkg_delete -r p5-HTML-Parser".
 3.) "pkg_chk" checked which packets are missing and found out that
     "spamassassin" which depends on "p5-HTML-Parser" is missing.
 4.) "pkg_chk" runs "pkg_add spamassassin-3.1.0nb3.tgz" which reinstalls
     the old and outdated "p5-HTML-Parser" package.

 	Kind regards

 -- 
 Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->open
State-Changed-By: tron@netbsd.org
State-Changed-When: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:43:05 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
The requested feedback was provided.


State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed
State-Changed-By: abs@netbsd.org
State-Changed-When: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:14:59 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
We know why it happens, but fixing it is less trivial


State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->feedback
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:15:48 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Is this problem current?


From: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/32790 ("pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't)
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 07:21:42 +0100

 On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 05:15:49AM +0000, dholland@NetBSD.org wrote:
 > Synopsis: "pkg_chk" uses binary packages when it shouldn't
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
 > State-Changed-When: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:15:48 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Is this problem current?

 I honestly don't know as I'm using "pkg_rolling_replace" these days.

 	Kind regards

 -- 
 Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/

State-Changed-From-To: feedback->open
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 22:26:46 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
feedback received, not sure what to do about it


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