libftdi: Failure to create output directory (aarch64 only)

[Richard Shaw]

I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:

error: Could not create output directory
/builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml

Full log:
https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log

Is this a known issue?

[1] https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39

[Dan Horák]

On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:53:59 -0500
Richard Shaw  wrote:
> I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:
>
> error: Could not create output directory
> /builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml
>
> Full log:
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log
>
> Is this a known issue?
>
> [1] https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39

it is an interesting issue, because my fresh scratch build [2] runs
well on aarch64, but fails on s390x with the same error as yours
and with a different error on ppc64le ... I wonder if it could be a
"parallel make" issue.

[2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101861225

Dan

[Dan Horák]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:50:09 +0200
Dan Horák  wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:53:59 -0500
> Richard Shaw  wrote:
> > I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:
> >
> > error: Could not create output directory
> > /builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml
> >
> > Full log:
> > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log
> >
> > Is this a known issue?
> >
> > [1] https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39
>
> it is an interesting issue, because my fresh scratch build [2] runs
> well on aarch64, but fails on s390x with the same error as yours
> and with a different error on ppc64le ... I wonder if it could be a
> "parallel make" issue.
>
> [2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101861225

I think it is a parallel make issue, with an explicit "-j1" the builds
are passing OK

https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862160
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862632

Perhaps it explains also the previous failures seen by koschei ...

Dan

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Tuesday, 06 June 2023 at 10:55, Dan Horák wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:50:09 +0200
> Dan Horák  wrote:
> > On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:53:59 -0500
> > Richard Shaw  wrote:
> > > I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:
> > >
> > > error: Could not create output directory
> > > /builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml
> > >
> > > Full log:
> > > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log
> > >
> > > Is this a known issue?
> > >
> > > [1] https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39
> >
> > it is an interesting issue, because my fresh scratch build [2] runs
> > well on aarch64, but fails on s390x with the same error as yours
> > and with a different error on ppc64le ... I wonder if it could be a
> > "parallel make" issue.
> >
> > [2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101861225
>
> I think it is a parallel make issue, with an explicit "-j1" the builds
> are passing OK
>
> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862160
> https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862632
>
> Perhaps it explains also the previous failures seen by koschei ...

Reporting these upstream is best. I've had a similar issue with INN for
years, but it has been fixed:
https://github.com/InterNetNews/inn/issues/206 .

Regards,
Dominik

[Dan Horák]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 11:00:39 +0200
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski  wrote:
> On Tuesday, 06 June 2023 at 10:55, Dan Horák wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:50:09 +0200
> > Dan Horák  wrote:
> > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:53:59 -0500
> > > Richard Shaw  wrote:
> > > > I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:
> > > >
> > > > error: Could not create output directory
> > > > /builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml
> > > >
> > > > Full log:
> > > > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log
> > > >
> > > > Is this a known issue?
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39
> > >
> > > it is an interesting issue, because my fresh scratch build [2] runs
> > > well on aarch64, but fails on s390x with the same error as yours
> > > and with a different error on ppc64le ... I wonder if it could be a
> > > "parallel make" issue.
> > >
> > > [2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101861225
> >
> > I think it is a parallel make issue, with an explicit "-j1" the builds
> > are passing OK
> >
> > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862160
> > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862632
> >
> > Perhaps it explains also the previous failures seen by koschei ...
>
> Reporting these upstream is best. I've had a similar issue with INN for
> years, but it has been fixed:
> https://github.com/InterNetNews/inn/issues/206 .

right, but the upstream mailing list looks like a black hole from a
contributor point of view. But thanks to the SUSE maintainer and
http://developer.intra2net.com/mailarchive/html/libftdi/2023/msg00005.html
we have the fix I believe.

Dan

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 4:17 AM Dan Horák  wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 11:00:39 +0200
> Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski  wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 06 June 2023 at 10:55, Dan Horák wrote:
> > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:50:09 +0200
> > > Dan Horák  wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:53:59 -0500
> > > > Richard Shaw  wrote:
> > > > > I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:
> > > > >
> > > > > error: Could not create output directory
> > > > > /builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml
> > > > >
> > > > > Full log:
>
> https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log
> > > > > Is this a known issue?
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]
>
> https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39
> > > > it is an interesting issue, because my fresh scratch build [2] runs
> > > > well on aarch64, but fails on s390x with the same error as yours
> > > > and with a different error on ppc64le ... I wonder if it could be a
> > > > "parallel make" issue.
> > > >
> > > > [2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101861225
> > >
> > > I think it is a parallel make issue, with an explicit "-j1" the builds
> > > are passing OK
> > >
> > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862160
> > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862632
> > >
> > > Perhaps it explains also the previous failures seen by koschei ...
> >
> > Reporting these upstream is best. I've had a similar issue with INN for
> > years, but it has been fixed:
> > https://github.com/InterNetNews/inn/issues/206 .
>
> right, but the upstream mailing list looks like a black hole from a
> contributor point of view. But thanks to the SUSE maintainer and
> http://developer.intra2net.com/mailarchive/html/libftdi/2023/msg00005.html
> we have the fix I believe.

Thanks all! I'm not the primary maintainer but I didn't remember having
this issue in the past so didn't even think it would be a parallel make
issue.

Richard

[Dan Horák]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 06:15:29 -0500
Richard Shaw  wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 4:17 AM Dan Horák  wrote:
> > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 11:00:39 +0200
> > Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski  wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, 06 June 2023 at 10:55, Dan Horák wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:50:09 +0200
> > > > Dan Horák  wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 17:53:59 -0500
> > > > > Richard Shaw  wrote:
> > > > > > I just saw this[1] on the packager dashboard:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > error: Could not create output directory
> > > > > > /builddir/build/BUILD/libftdi1-1.5/redhat-linux-build/doc/xml
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Full log:
> >
> > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/work/tasks/5182/101845182/build.log
> > > > > > Is this a known issue?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]
> >
> > https://koschei.fedoraproject.org/package/libftdi?collection=f39
> > > > > it is an interesting issue, because my fresh scratch build [2] runs
> > > > > well on aarch64, but fails on s390x with the same error as yours
> > > > > and with a different error on ppc64le ... I wonder if it could be a
> > > > > "parallel make" issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > [2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101861225
> > > >
> > > > I think it is a parallel make issue, with an explicit "-j1" the builds
> > > > are passing OK
> > > >
> > > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862160
> > > > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=101862632
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps it explains also the previous failures seen by koschei ...
> > >
> > > Reporting these upstream is best. I've had a similar issue with INN for
> > > years, but it has been fixed:
> > > https://github.com/InterNetNews/inn/issues/206 .
> >
> > right, but the upstream mailing list looks like a black hole from a
> > contributor point of view. But thanks to the SUSE maintainer and
> > http://developer.intra2net.com/mailarchive/html/libftdi/2023/msg00005.html
> > we have the fix I believe.
>
> Thanks all! I'm not the primary maintainer but I didn't remember having
> this issue in the past so didn't even think it would be a parallel make
> issue.

yeah, I think we were just lucky not seeing the issue earlier :-)

Dan