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Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:10:03 GMT
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: amd64/122624: unusable mininal installation of FreeBSD-7.0
Message-ID:  <200804181910.m3IJA31v068478@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR amd64/122624; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/122624: unusable mininal installation of FreeBSD-7.0
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:19:53 -0400

 On Friday 18 April 2008 10:53:08 am Fernan Aguero wrote:
 > > On Thursday 10 April 2008 02:44:11 pm Fernan Aguero wrote:
 > > > > ld-elf.so.1 doesn't use anything from /usr/src.  The specific assert 
 that 
 > > is 
 > > > > failing is this:
 > > > > 
 > > > >         assert(ELF_R_TYPE(rela->r_info) == R_X86_64_JMP_SLOT);
 > > > > 
 > > > > in reloc_plt() in src/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c.  
 > > > 
 > > > I wrote down that error on paper and typed it in the email
 > > > ... but I'm sure it said /usr/src ... that's why I decided
 > > > to set my /etc/fstab to mount freebsd-7.0 sources from another FreeBSD
 > > > box and symlink /usr/src.
 > > 
 > > That's because the assert() macro puts the full filename of the current 
 file 
 > > into the binary when it is compiled for the error message.  The binary is 
 not 
 > > trying to read anything from /usr/src itse.f
 > > 
 > > > > I wonder if you somehow have 32-bit binaries instead of 64-bit?
 > > > > 
 > > > > -- 
 > > > > John Baldwin
 > > > 
 > > > I wonder the same thing because after doing that, even
 > > > though make was now OK (I was able to cd
 > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/screen && make install), other commands
 > > > failed (vi, Exec format error. Binary file not executable).
 > > 
 > > It certainly sounds like you have mixed and matched some things.  Maybe 
 just 
 > > do a minimal install but include the 'lib32' dist for 32-bit binary 
 compat?  
 > > minimal probably doesn't include it (but vi also should be a 64-bit 
 binary, 
 > > try using 'file' rather than brandelf to see what file thinks vi is).
 > 
 > Sorry for the delay in replying,
 > 
 > I have just did a new install (completely erasing and
 > reformatting the disk) and this time I did a standard
 > install, choosing developer + lib32. Now the box
 > stops in the boot process attempting to mount root:
 > 
 > [...]
 > ad4: 152587 <WDC WD1600JS-75NCB3 10.02E04> at ata2-master UDMA33
 > SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
 > SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
 > SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
 > Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
 > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libncurses.so.7: Shared object
 > has no run-time symbol table
 > Enter fill pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
 > 
 > I cannot even type RETURN and enter a shell, because the
 > same message about libncurses.so.7 appears!
 
 I think you have some sort of local corruption either on the CD itself, the 
 ISO image, or perhaps on the hard drive?  If the 7.0 CD were this 
 fundamentally broken there would be more widespread reports of problems 
 rather than this isolated incident.
 
 -- 
 John Baldwin



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