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Date:      Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:34:04 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 232350] periodic pkg-checksum and pkg-backup interfere with 'overnight' port builds
Message-ID:  <bug-232350-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D232350

            Bug ID: 232350
           Summary: periodic pkg-checksum and pkg-backup interfere with
                    'overnight' port builds
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: kuriyama@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bobf@mrp3.com
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(kuriyama@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: kuriyama@FreeBSD.org

while attempting to build ports at a time that the periodic nightly jobs are
scheduled, the jobs 'pkg-checksum' and 'pkg-backup' (and possibly others) l=
ock
the package database for an extended period of time, and thereby prevent po=
rts
from being able to install in parallel, such as "leaving the ports build
running overnight", something that is typically done for time-consuming bui=
lds.

These jobs appear to run themselves as part of the daily periodic scheduled
operations, at around 4AM.  This causes the entire build process for a port
[one with a lot of dependencies, in particular] to halt in its tracks on er=
ror
at around the same time.


A typical error output might look like this:

=3D=3D=3D>  Installing for p5-XML-Parser-2.44
=3D=3D=3D>  Checking if p5-XML-Parser already installed
=3D=3D=3D>   Registering installation for p5-XML-Parser-2.44 as automatic
pkg-static: Cannot get an exclusive lock on a database, it is locked by ano=
ther
process
*** Error code 75

Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-Parser
*** Error code 1

Stop.


The only real solution to this problem is to somehow detect that a port bui=
ld
is in progress and thereby prevent these jobs (and others like them) from
running automatically.

Typically it can take several DAYS to build and install a large number of
ports, such as a mate desktop with a web browser, mail client, and an office
suite, running unattended.  It has been possible to do this in the past, an=
d I
had done so many times. However, this new SNAFU prevents me from being able=
 to
leave a ports build/install unattended, as some minor dependency is likely =
to
fail to install as a result of one or more periodic jobs running at 4AM.  A=
nd
nobody wants to have to wake up at 4AM to re-start a build because of things
like this.


uname output:
FreeBSD fbsd11.hack 11.2-STABLE FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE #1 r339273: Tue Oct  9
21:10:39 PDT 2018     root@hack.SFT.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd=
64

pkg -v :  1.10.5

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