building qubes from example r3.2 config fails

[yomimono]

Qubes OS version (e.g., R3.2):

I'm attempting to build r3.2 from Fedora 25.

Affected TemplateVMs (e.g., fedora-23, if applicable):

The failure is in building vmm-xen-vm when attempting to refresh the local repository for Fedora 24.

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Expected behavior:

make qubes-os-iso creates an ISO I can use to install QubesOS.

Actual behavior:

The build fails:

-> Building vmm-xen (xen.spec) for fc24 vm (logfile: build-logs/vmm-xen-vm-fc24.log)
--> build failed!
/home/user/qubes-builder/qubes-src/builder-fedora//update-local-repo.sh fc24
sudo BACKEND_VMM=xen chroot /home/user/qubes-builder/chroot-fc24 sh -c 'cd /home/user/qubes-src/vmm-xen; dnf  --refresh -y update'
Failed to set locale, defaulting to C
Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora'
/home/user/qubes-builder/qubes-src/builder-fedora/Makefile.fedora:102: recipe for target 'refresh-update.dnf' failed
make[2]: *** [refresh-update.dnf] Error 1
Makefile.generic:147: recipe for target 'packages' failed
make[1]: *** [packages] Error 1
Makefile:209: recipe for target 'vmm-xen-vm' failed
make: *** [vmm-xen-vm] Error 1

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• clone qubes-builder
• edit the DEPENDENCIES variable in Makefile to refer to python2-sh rather than python-sh (likely a Fedora 25-ism)
• make install-deps
• copy example-configs/qubes-os-r3.2.conf to builder.conf
• make qubes-os-iso

General notes:

I'm really trying to build a Qubes with a Fedora 25 dom0 with the qubes-os-master.conf included in example-configs, but I discovered this problem attempting to do so. It reproduces on the r3.2 build which might be cleaner for troubleshooting.

[marmarek]

Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora'

Looks like a network connection issue, unfortunately common with Fedora mirrors. I'd simply retry.

[marmarek]

Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora'

Looks like a network connection issue, unfortunately common with Fedora mirrors. I'd simply retry.

[marmarek]

BTW qubes-os-master.conf is about Qubes 4.0. For Qubes 3.2, get qubes-os-r3.2.conf and start from there (for example change DIST_DOM0).

[marmarek]

BTW qubes-os-master.conf is about Qubes 4.0. For Qubes 3.2, get qubes-os-r3.2.conf and start from there (for example change DIST_DOM0).

[yomimono]

I've retried several times over the past week and travelled to places with high-quality connections, and the problem persists. Is there a caching effect somewhere that would cause this to continue after failing once?

[yomimono]

I've retried several times over the past week and travelled to places with high-quality connections, and the problem persists. Is there a caching effect somewhere that would cause this to continue after failing once?

[marmarek]

I don't know - for me retrying works. You can try removing chroot environment to rebuilt it from scratch - make clean-chroot.

[marmarek]

I don't know - for me retrying works. You can try removing chroot environment to rebuilt it from scratch - make clean-chroot.

[yomimono]

make clean-chroot resulted in a complete rebuild rather than an immediate failure. I've been away from computers for a couple of weeks and in the meantime tried the recently-released Qubes 4 preview, which installed successfully, can bring up a GRUB menu, and allows for editing/selection, but once something is chosen displays only a flashing cursor for a few seconds and then reboots hard. I'm unlikely to pursue building my own Qubes at this point, so I'll close this.

[yomimono]

make clean-chroot resulted in a complete rebuild rather than an immediate failure. I've been away from computers for a couple of weeks and in the meantime tried the recently-released Qubes 4 preview, which installed successfully, can bring up a GRUB menu, and allows for editing/selection, but once something is chosen displays only a flashing cursor for a few seconds and then reboots hard. I'm unlikely to pursue building my own Qubes at this point, so I'll close this.