2:04 p.m.
Hi All,
I was attempting to make a livecd the required pieces of software for systemtap.
I was following the instructions on:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo
Earlier I was successful in building a live CD. Given the amount of time
required to download stuff I was trying to use the existing CD as starting
point. The following command was run:
livecd-creator \
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ \
--repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/ \
--repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/
\
--repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/
\
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/ \
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/ \
--package=fedora-livecd-gnome \
--package=kernel-debuginfo \
--package=systemtap \
--package=systemtap-runtime \
--package=elfutils-devel \
--package=elfutils \
--package=gcc \
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap0 \
--base-on=/home/wcohen/Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-woot.iso
I saw the following error message during the process:
Transaction Check Error:
package kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 (which is newer than
kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6) is already installed
There are multiple kernel rpm in the updates directory. Shouldn't the older one
be ignored and no error occur? Or is there something that is forcing it to be
pulled in? I am tryed adding the following option to the command line, but got
the same result:
--exclude-package=kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
The previously created Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-woot.iso has a 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
kernel in it.
-Will
4:52 p.m.
I did some more research to see what differences there are between the livecd
build that works and one that fails. The liveCD that succeeds is the following:
livecd-creator
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/
--repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/
--repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/
--repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/
--package=fedora-livecd-gnome --package=kernel-debuginfo
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap2a >& livecd-stap2a.log &
The livecd that fails has an additional package, systemtap:
livecd-creator
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/
--repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/
--repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/
--repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/
--package=fedora-livecd-gnome --package=kernel-debuginfo --package=systemtap
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap2 >& livecd-stap2.log &
Looking through the information about what is installed. From the log file for
the livecd WITHOUT systemtap the following things are going to be installed
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
fedora-livecd-gnome i386 6-1 lcdr_lcd6 2.5 M
kernel-debuginfo i686 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 lcdr_c6_updi 162 M
Installing for dependencies:
fedora-livecd i386 6-1 lcdr_lcd6 3.3 k
kernel-debuginfo-common i686 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 lcdr_c6_updi 28 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 4 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 192 M
It looks like systemtap package pulls in a lot of additional packages, including
the appropriate kernel, kernel-2.6.20-1.2911. The attached packages.diff show
the additional packages that are installed by the second round of yum. The
i2.log (the livecd with systemtap) tries to install the kernel-2.6.20-1.2895,
which it shouldn't be given that a newer version of the kernel is already
installed. Davidz suggest adding "--package=kernel" to the commandline, but that
doesn't make a difference.
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
fedora-livecd-gnome i386 6-1 lcdr_lcd6 2.5 M
kernel-debuginfo i686 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 lcdr_c6_updi 162 M
systemtap i386 0.5.12-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 584 k
Installing for dependencies:
MAKEDEV i386 3.23-1.2 lcdr_c6 135 k
SysVinit i386 2.86-14 lcdr_c6 112 k
audit-libs i386 1.4.2-2.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 57 k
basesystem noarch 8.0-5.1.1 lcdr_c6 2.8 k
bash i386 3.1-16.1 lcdr_c6 1.8 M
binutils i386 2.17.50.0.6-2.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 2.9 M
bzip2-libs i386 1.0.3-6.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 37 k
chkconfig i386 1.3.30-1 lcdr_c6 152 k
coreutils i386 5.97-12.3.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 3.6 M
cpio i386 2.6-21.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 126 k
cpp i386 4.1.1-51.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 2.6 M
cracklib i386 2.8.9-3.1 lcdr_c6 58 k
cracklib-dicts i386 2.8.9-3.1 lcdr_c6 3.3 M
db4 i386 4.3.29-9.fc6 lcdr_c6 916 k
device-mapper i386 1.02.13-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 561 k
dmraid i386 1.0.0.rc13-1.fc6 lcdr_c6 554 k
e2fsprogs i386 1.39-7.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 955 k
e2fsprogs-libs i386 1.39-7.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 113 k
elfutils-libelf i386 0.126-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 53 k
elfutils-libs i386 0.126-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 106 k
ethtool i386 3-1.2.2 lcdr_c6 55 k
fedora-livecd i386 6-1 lcdr_lcd6 3.3 k
fedora-release noarch 6-4 lcdr_c6 28 k
fedora-release-notes noarch 6-3 lcdr_c6 765 k
filesystem i386 2.4.0-1 lcdr_c6 116 k
findutils i386 1:4.2.27-4.1 lcdr_c6 293 k
gawk i386 3.1.5-14.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 1.7 M
gcc i386 4.1.1-51.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 4.9 M
gdbm i386 1.8.0-26.2.1 lcdr_c6 27 k
glib2 i386 2.12.9-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 698 k
glibc i686 2.5-10.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 5.1 M
glibc-common i386 2.5-10.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 16 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-10.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 2.0 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-10.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 605 k
grep i386 2.5.1-54.1.2.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 174 k
gzip i386 1.3.5-9 lcdr_c6 100 k
info i386 4.8-14.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 172 k
initscripts i386 8.45.7-1 lcdr_c6_upd 1.3 M
iproute i386 2.6.19-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 811 k
iputils i386 20020927-41.fc6 lcdr_c6 158 k
kernel i686 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 16 M
kernel-debuginfo-common i686 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 lcdr_c6_updi 28 M
kernel-headers i386 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 701 k
kpartx i386 0.4.7-5 lcdr_c6 380 k
krb5-libs i386 1.5-13 lcdr_c6_upd 590 k
less i386 394-5.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 100 k
libacl i386 2.2.39-1.1 lcdr_c6 19 k
libattr i386 2.4.32-1.1 lcdr_c6 12 k
libcap i386 1.10-25 lcdr_c6 22 k
libgcc i386 4.1.1-51.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 81 k
libgomp i386 4.1.1-51.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 69 k
libselinux i386 1.33.4-2.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 94 k
libsepol i386 1.15.3-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 129 k
libstdc++ i386 4.1.1-51.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 349 k
libtermcap i386 2.0.8-46.1 lcdr_c6 14 k
lvm2 i386 2.02.17-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 1.0 M
make i386 1:3.81-1.1 lcdr_c6 465 k
mcstrans i386 0.1.8-3 lcdr_c6 15 k
mingetty i386 1.07-5.2.2 lcdr_c6 19 k
mkinitrd i386 5.1.19.0.2-1 lcdr_c6_upd 438 k
mktemp i386 3:1.5-23.2.2 lcdr_c6 14 k
module-init-tools i386 3.3-0.pre1.4.17 lcdr_c6 399 k
nash i386 5.1.19.0.2-1 lcdr_c6_upd 1.1 M
ncurses i386 5.5-24.20060715 lcdr_c6 1.1 M
net-tools i386 1.60-73 lcdr_c6 359 k
openssl i686 0.9.8b-8.3.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 1.4 M
pam i386 0.99.6.2-3.16.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 924 k
pcre i386 6.6-1.1 lcdr_c6 111 k
perl i386 4:5.8.8-10 lcdr_c6 12 M
popt i386 1.10.2-32 lcdr_c6 67 k
procps i386 3.2.7-8.2.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 207 k
psmisc i386 22.2-5 lcdr_c6 61 k
python i386 2.4.4-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 5.9 M
readline i386 5.1-1.1 lcdr_c6 223 k
sed i386 4.1.5-5.fc6 lcdr_c6 175 k
setup noarch 2.6.1.1-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 126 k
shadow-utils i386 2:4.0.17-12.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 1.0 M
sysklogd i386 1.4.1-41.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 73 k
systemtap-runtime i386 0.5.12-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 16 k
tar i386 2:1.15.1-24.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 750 k
termcap noarch 1:5.5-1.20060701.1 lcdr_c6 265 k
tzdata noarch 2007c-1.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 753 k
udev i386 095-17.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 877 k
util-linux i386 2.13-0.46.fc6 lcdr_c6_upd 1.8 M
zlib i386 1.2.3-3 lcdr_c6 50 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 88 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 296 M
-Will
8:41 a.m.
New subject: livecd-creator complaining about older version of kernel rpm
After some experimentation I found that "--exclude-package=kernel" allowed me to
work around the problem. I was able to make a live CD that included systemtap on
it using the following command:
livecd-creator
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/
--repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/
--repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/
--repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/
--package=fedora-livecd-gnome --package=kernel-debuginfo --package=kernel-devel
--exclude-package=kernel --package=systemtap
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap5 >& livecd-stap5.log &
It looks like something in livecd-creator is thinking that it needs to pull in
the other older kernel rpm in the updates.
-Will
8:13 a.m.
New subject: FC6 livecd made to demonstrate SystemTap
William Cohen wrote:
After some experimentation I found that
"--exclude-package=kernel"
allowed me to work around the problem. I was able to make a live CD that
included systemtap on it using the following command:
livecd-creator
--repo=c6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/
--repo=c6di,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/debug/
--repo=c6_upd,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/
--repo=c6_updi,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/i386/debug/
--repo=lcd6,http://people.redhat.com/davidz/livecd/i386/
--repo=e6,http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386/
--package=fedora-livecd-gnome --package=kernel-debuginfo
--package=kernel-devel --exclude-package=kernel --package=systemtap
--fslabel=Fedora-6-Zod-LiveCD-1-stap5 >& livecd-stap5.log &
It looks like something in livecd-creator is thinking that it needs to
pull in the other older kernel rpm in the updates.
-Will
If anyone is interested, an example CD made to play with SystemTap is available at:
ftp://sourceware.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/livecds/Fedora-6-systemtap-2007...
-Will
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