Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:19:10 -0400 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portsnap Generating a "Bad file descriptor" Error Message Message-ID: <CANT0rcsy3UP6bcMQm06W2L=pg0pez1zLorA21zOVyyyLjO%2B6mQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120910154335.ebb08b66.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CANT0rcvMCbqaypG64i9vaxDU_SHpvbAT0%2Bx8VLtaeXNqT3xjTQ@mail.gmail.com> <CANT0rctxSfyUnmj37rr4QUYVie5P6QaLoU%2B-HOOWE1SOwYDLVQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120910154335.ebb08b66.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hi, Yes, files are written to the /var filesystem. I have tried fetching the file manually and I have even tried to newfs the partition again and to copy the files back. I also tried to delete the portsnap directory completely. None of this fixed the error. Note that I access the web through a proxy, but I tried untaring the file 86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz<http://portsnap5.freebsd.org/s/86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz>and I did not get any error from tar, so I guess the file I got is not corrupted. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:56:29 -0400, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > so I have been having problems using portsnap lately. I always get a > "Bad > > > file descriptor" message when trying using it on one of my i386 > machine: > > > > > > Looking up portsnap5.freebsd.org mirrors... none found. > > > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap5.freebsd.org... done. > > > Fetching snapshot metadata... done. > > > Fetching snapshot generated at Mon Sep 3 20:04:44 EDT 2012: > > > 86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb949 0% of 67 MB 0 Bps > > > fetch: > > > > http://portsnap5.freebsd.org/s/86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz > : > > > Bad file descriptor > > > fetch: > > > 86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz: > Bad > > > file descriptor > > > > > > I tried fsck -y the /var, /tmp and /usr partitions and everything seems > > > fine. What could the problem be? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Anyone has an idea about what could be causing this problem? > > I'm not familiar enough with portsnap (I use CVS) so I can just > throw some guesses around: > > The message "Bad file descriptor" is issued by fetch and seems > to be for _your_ side of the connection, and I assume it is > regarding the place where the requested file will be fetched > to. I don't exactly know _where_ that is. It could be in > the ports tree or in a temporary location (from where the > results are then written to /usr/ports). The manpage mentions > a default workdir of /var/db/portsnap which is on the /var > partition. You checked that, no errors. > > Just check what /var/db/portsnap contains. In worst case, > remove portsnap/ and recreate that directory. I have no > idea what it is supposed to contain, maybe make a copy of > it. You could also try to manually create the file, e. g. > by issuing > > # touch > /var/db/portsnap/86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz > > Look if the file is there. Use > > # stat > /var/db/portsnap/86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz > > to check if everything is okay. > > You could also try to manually fetch the file using fetch or > maybe even wget, just to see if it can be downloaded and > written properly, to a different location, e. g. > > # cd /tmp > # fetch > http://portsnap5.freebsd.org/s/86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz > > or > > # cd /tmp > # wget > http://portsnap5.freebsd.org/s/86abb3c6f24b24e7fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz > > That should be _no_ problem (with the correct file name of course). > > Again, "Bad file descriptor" is often seen in relation to file > system trouble. I've seen that in the past myself. > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >
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