fedora package will not build locally with osc

[bill-auger]

when i try to build a fedora package with osc locally it says "chroot: failed to run command 'rpm': No such file or directory" and quits - packages for other systems build successfully locally - i have tried this on both a debian and opensuse host

.build.log here --> https://gist.github.com/bill-auger/4e88a8b6119f352c7a0d25d05725004b

[lethliel]

it seems that your build system is broken. Have you tried to run the build with the clean option?

osc build --clean Fedora_23 x86_64 av-caster.spec

[bill-auger]

yes it says that every time because it will not finish - it always asks to clean in this case anyways

but i tried explicitly as you suggested and the result is the same

$ osc build --noverify --clean Fedora_23 x86_64 av-caster.spec

and yes i need --noverify or else every packages says "public key not available" and quits immediately

[lethliel]

can you move your buildroot (/var/tmp/build-root) to /tmp (or where you prefer) and rebuild again. I still think that there is something wrong with your buildroot.

[bill-auger]

ok i created a new directory chown root:root (osc insisted this directory must be owned by root) - then i set osc to build there with the osc --root= arg and the result was exactly the same

i thank you for helping but please allow me to make clear what i said before -

• the debian and opensuse packages build ok
• the fedora packages are giving me this error
• the arch package build also fails but for an apparently different reason
• i have tried this on multiple host systems (including a fresh install of opensuse tumbleweed) and the result is exactly the same

[lethliel]

Thank you for testing this again. I will have a look at it and will get back to the issue.
I just had the feeling that your Fedora buildroot was broken. It was not my intention to needle you with my suggestions.

But if you tested it on a fresh install the buildroot is obviously not the reason.

[bill-auger]

np take your time - i will help if i can but i do think you will be able to reproduce this easily

im much less concerned about this issue now as my main problem actually fixed itself inexplicably (#2194) - i was building locally only to troubleshoot why the OBS server was building corrupted fedora packages - it will probably be some time before i need to rebuild locally again

[lethliel]

can you please attach a .build.log file that fails if you use the clean option?

osc build --clean --noverify Fedora_23 x86_64 av-caster.spec

I cannot reproduce this error. I tried several times and on different systems and for me it works every time.

[bill-auger]

the gist now contains the results from both debian/testing and also opensuse tumbleweed hosts

https://gist.github.com/bill-auger/4e88a8b6119f352c7a0d25d05725004b

[lethliel]

please install bsdtar on your hostsystem. Otherwise the build script will use cpio instead.
Then it will work. (Tested) If I uninstall bsdtar on my system the build fails just as yours.

[bill-auger]

yep that fixed it on debian - perhaps bsdtar should be a dependency of the osc debian package

on the opensuse system it allowed the build to proceed most of the way but then failed with a different error

[  452s] [290/345] installing systemd-libs-222-7.fc23
[  453s] [291/345] installing gdb-7.10-23.fc23
[  453s] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/gdb;57f63822: cpio: read
[  453s] error: gdb-7.10-23.fc23.x86_64: install failed
[  453s] exit ...
[  453s] 

the full log is here if you are interested --> https://gist.github.com/bill-auger/4e88a8b6119f352c7a0d25d05725004b

[lethliel]

I will close this issue for it is fixed.