full system upgrade destroys my system

[phelbore]

I'm having some issues after a full upgrade from a fresh install. No kernel modules load and my pcre library goes awol.

First, I get my system working, installing wireless-tools so that I can connect to the internet, no ethernet.
After that, I do pacman -Syyu and it wants to upgrade pacman, no issues there.
After that, I repeat the above command and get the following:

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:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (40): coreutils-8.15-1 device-mapper-2.02.90-1 dhcpcd-5.5.4-1 e2fsprogs-1.42-1 filesystem-2012.2-2 gcc-libs-4.6.2-7 glib2-2.30.2-2 glibc-2.15-5 gmp-5.0.4-1 grep-2.10-3 inetutils-1.9.1-1 initscripts-2012.01.3-1 iproute2-3.2.0-2 kmod-5-4 less-444-3 libidn-1.24-1 libldap-2.4.28-2 libnl-3.2.7-1 libpcap-1.2.1-2 libsasl-2.1.23-9 linux-headers-omap-3.2.6-2 linux-omap-3.2.6-2 lvm2-2.02.90-1 man-db-2.6.1-1 mdadm-3.2.3-1 mkinitcpio-0.8.2-3 module-init-tools-3.16-3 [removal] ncurses-5.9-3 openssl-1.0.0.g-1 pacman-mirrorlist-20120204-1 pciutils-3.1.9-1 pcre-8.30-1 perl-5.14.2-7 psmisc-22.15-1 run-parts-4.2.1-1 shadow-4.1.5-3 syslog-ng-3.3.4-2 udev-181-2 wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-5 zlib-1.2.6-1

Total Installed Size: 223.30 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 2.51 MiB

checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
removing module-init-tools...
upgrading glibc...
Generating locales...
en_US.UTF-8... done
en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
de_DE.ISO-8859-1... done
de_DE.ISO-8859-15@euro... done
de_AT.ISO-8859-1... done
de_AT.ISO-8859-15@euro... done
Generation complete.
upgrading shadow...
upgrading gcc-libs...
upgrading gmp...
upgrading coreutils...
upgrading pcre...
upgrading glib2...
upgrading zlib...
installing kmod...
upgrading pciutils...
upgrading udev...
ATTENTION UDEV:
----------
udev-compat has been removed, and should be uninstalled.
--
Framebuffers are no longer blacklisted by default.
--
binaries moved from /sbin to /usr/bin
---------------
upgrading device-mapper...
upgrading dhcpcd...
upgrading e2fsprogs...
upgrading filesystem...
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'optical' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'audio' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'video' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'floppy' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'storage' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'log' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'utmp' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'power' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'network' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'games' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'uucp' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'http' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN
useradd -D
useradd -D [options]

Options:
-b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the home directory of the
new account
-c, --comment COMMENT GECOS field of the new account
-d, --home-dir HOME_DIR home directory of the new account
-D, --defaults print or change default useradd configuration
-e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE expiration date of the new account
-f, --inactive INACTIVE password inactivity period of the new account
-g, --gid GROUP name or ID of the primary group of the new
account
-G, --groups GROUPS list of supplementary groups of the new
account
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-k, --skel SKEL_DIR use this alternative skeleton directory
-K, --key KEY=VALUE override /etc/login.defs defaults
-l, --no-log-init do not add the user to the lastlog and
faillog databases
-m, --create-home create the user's home directory
-M, --no-create-home do not create the user's home directory
-N, --no-user-group do not create a group with the same name as
the user
-o, --non-unique allow to create users with duplicate
(non-unique) UID
-p, --password PASSWORD encrypted password of the new account
-r, --system create a system account
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR directory to chroot into
-s, --shell SHELL login shell of the new account
-u, --uid UID user ID of the new account
-U, --user-group create a group with the same name as the user

grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'scanner' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
groupadd: group 'rfkill' already exists
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
grep: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
upgrading grep...
upgrading ncurses...
upgrading inetutils...
upgrading iproute2...
upgrading initscripts...
If using non-bash-compatible shell, please set LANG in /etc/locale.conf,
as LOCALE in /etc/rc.conf no longer works.
upgrading less...
upgrading libidn...
upgrading perl...
upgrading openssl...
upgrading libsasl...
upgrading libldap...
upgrading libnl...
upgrading libpcap...
upgrading linux-headers-omap...
upgrading mkinitcpio...
upgrading linux-omap...
>>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
upgrading lvm2...
upgrading man-db...
upgrading mdadm...
upgrading pacman-mirrorlist...
upgrading psmisc...
upgrading run-parts...
upgrading syslog-ng...
upgrading wpa_supplicant...
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Grep and man throw errors about being unable to find libpcre.so.0.
I reboot, and no kernel modules load, and it throws errors I'm unable to copy/paste at this time since I've just restored to the standard ArchLinuxArm download. Sorry about that, but it's looking for the kernel modules in the old modules directory.

Any ideas?

Oh, I've also tried upgrading pcre first, same results.

[WarheadsSE]

Psst. What device?

Also, I saw this myself the other day. The issue is with the order in which the packages get upgraded pissing it off. Filesystem is the only package actually complaining, so once that is done, just Sf filesystem to forcibly re-install filesystem.

[phelbore]

I had tried to reinstall filesystem before I posted no such luck. BTW, this is an Overo Firestorm. Awesome little device, I'm turning this into a toy to take to Defcon.

I finally got it to work by upgrading everything BUT linux-omap and linux-headers-omap, which isn't an ideal solution. Below is the log I got when I do a full upgrade, force reinstall filesystem and reboot. This is from minicom, so kinda messy.

From what I can tell, this is booting an old kernel with a new set of modules, which it can't find. Maybe?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 82000000 ...
Image Name: Linux-3.1.6-1-ARCH
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 4409180 Bytes = 4.2 MiB
Load Address: 80008000
Entry Point: 80008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
[ 1.834869] twl4030_wdt twl4030_wdt: Failed to register misc device
[ 2.199737] omap_hsmmc omap_hsmmc.1: could not set regulator OCR (-22)
INIT: version 2.88 booting

> Arch Linux ARM

> http://www.archlinuxarm.org

------------------------------
:: Mounting Root Read-Only [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Adjusting system time and setting kernel timezone [BUSY] libkmod: index_mm_open: open(/lib/modules/3.1.6-1-ARCH/modules.dep.bin, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC): No such file or directory
libkmod: kmod_search_moddep: could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/3.1.6-1-ARCH/modules.dep.bin'
libkmod: kmod_search_moddep: could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/3.1.6-1-ARCH/modules.dep.bin'
libkmod: kmod_search_moddep: could not open moddep file '/lib/modules/3.1.6-1-ARCH/modules.dep.bin'
[DONE]
:: Starting UDev Daemon [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Triggering UDev uevents [BUSY] udevd[85]: open(/lib/modules/3.1.6-1-ARCH/modules.dep.bin, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC): No such file or directory

[DONE]
:: Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Bringing up loopback interface [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Checking Filesystems [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Remounting Root [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Mounting Local Filesystems [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Activating Swap [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Configuring Time Zone [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Initializing Random Seed [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Removing Leftover Files [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Setting Hostname: alarm [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Setting Consoles to UTF-8 mode [BUSY] G [DONE]
:: Loading Keyboard Map: us [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Saving dmesg Log [BUSY] [DONE]
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
:: Starting Syslog-NG [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Starting Network [BUSY]
Error: unknown interface in /etc/rc.conf: `eth0'
[DONE]
:: Mounting Network Filesystems [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Starting crond daemon [BUSY] [DONE]
:: Starting Secure Shell Daemon [BUSY] [DONE]

Arch Linux 3.1.6-1-ARCH (ttyO2)

alarm login: root
Password:
Last login: Fri Dec 31 18:24:26 CST 1999 on ttyO2
[root@alarm ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
[root@alarm ~]#
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[WarheadsSE]

Right... did you make sure that the kernel was in the right place after updating? That would cause this de-sync.

[phelbore]

I'm still here, I just can't test this for a couple more days. Working too much. I'll post more Wednesday or maybe Thursday.

[WarheadsSE]

Know the feeling, we'll still be here

[phelbore]

You are wise beyond my years. I boot from an SD card, and following the instructions, I have it set up with 2 partitions, only the second remains mounted after boot. Once I copied the kernel from /boot/uImage to the first partition's uImage, everything worked fine. I'd better add that to my notes to self folder.

[glenno]

Running on a Goflex Net I think I have a similar issue following an upgrade on Saturday. Its been about 4 weeks since I last did a full upgrade (old kernel was 3.1.10-2) and I was upgrading to 3.1.10-4).

Since running pacman -Syu my system boots up, watching UBIT and kernel boot debugs via nc. But I have no Ethernet.

Ive mounted the ROOTFS drive on my PC and copied over 3.1.10-3 and tried that, same problem.

So the question is, where to from here? Do I need to do a full rebuild, or is there some other way around it?

If I put in another drive in the goflex, boot up, then chroot my normal drive and re pacman it, is that the way to go?

thanks heaps.
Glenn.