Bug 4425

Summary:	MageiaUpdate crashed (Can't call method "flag_skip" on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 1229.)
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Joe Da Silva <digital>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	NEEDINFO, PATCH
Version:	1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	rpmdrake-5.26.10-1.mga1	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	try patch

Description Joe Da Silva 2012-02-07 07:28:20 CET

The "MageiaUpdate" program crashed. Drakbug-13.58 caught it.

Partial update of notebook (which failed to accept a rather large update of 146 updates in one move (after glibc got updated)).


Backtrace was:
Can't call method "flag_skip" on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm line 1229.
standalone::bug_handler() called from /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm:1229
URPM::_find_packages_obsoleting() called from /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm:1695
URPM::__ANON__() called from /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm:1712
URPM::request_packages_to_upgrade() called from /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm:362
Rpmdrake::pkg::get_updates_list() called from /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/Rpmdrake/pkg.pm:485
Rpmdrake::pkg::get_pkgs() called from /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/Rpmdrake/gui.pm:628
Rpmdrake::gui::pkgs_provider() called from /usr/sbin/MageiaUpdate:257
main::run_treeview_dialog() called from /usr/sbin/MageiaUpdate:284

Kernel version = 2.6.38.8-desktop586-8.mga
Distribution=Mageia release 1 (Official) for i586
CPU=Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270   @ 1.60GHz

Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-09 14:54:48 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 Thierry Vignaud 2012-02-09 15:16:18 CET

Created attachment 1516 [details]
try patch

Can you apply the patch, run MageiaUpdate and report back any "failed to find packages obsoleting" line in the terminal:

aka open a terminal and run the following commands:

su -
cd /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/
patch -p0 < /where/it/was/downloaded/4425.diff
MageiaUpdate

Thierry Vignaud 2012-02-09 15:16:30 CET

Keywords: (none) => PATCH

Thierry Vignaud 2012-02-15 18:21:03 CET

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 2 Joe Da Silva 2012-02-16 05:54:40 CET

On Startup (Something like 84 to go at the moment):
etting lock on urpmi
using mirror http://mageia.webconquest.com/distrib/1/i586
retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/core/updates media_info/MD5SUM
comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates (distrib3)/MD5SUM
medium "Core Updates (distrib3)" is up-to-date
retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/nonfree/updates media_info/MD5SUM
comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Updates (distrib13)/MD5SUM
medium "Nonfree Updates (distrib13)" is up-to-date
retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/tainted/updates media_info/MD5SUM
comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Tainted Updates (distrib23)/MD5SUM
medium "Tainted Updates (distrib23)" is up-to-date
retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/core/updates media_info/MD5SUM
comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates (distrib33)/MD5SUM
medium "Core Updates (distrib33)" is up-to-date
retrieved $MIRRORLIST media/nonfree/updates media_info/MD5SUM
comparing /var/cache/urpmi/partial/MD5SUM and /var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Updates (distrib43)/MD5SUM
medium "Nonfree Updates (distrib43)" is up-to-date
unlocking urpmi database
getting lock on urpmi
using mirror http://mageia.webconquest.com/distrib/1/i586
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates (distrib3)/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Updates (distrib13)/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Tainted Updates (distrib23)/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Core Updates (distrib33)/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/Nonfree Updates (distrib43)/synthesis.hdlist.cz]
warning: cleaning stale lock
unlocking urpmi database

Comment 3 Thierry Vignaud 2012-02-16 07:04:08 CET

Guess it won't be reproduced... :-(
I've included a fix in perl-URPM for mga2

Comment 4 Joe Da Silva 2012-02-16 07:10:54 CET

After pressing "enter" to begin the update, I was at about 38 left to go, but it failed again. Eventually, I turned-off almost all updates and updated only a few items at a time, like xulrunner, then gimp, then.... until I was left with kdm, the latest kernel, and the latest kernel vdm.

When I updated kdm all by itself, it seemed to throw the screensaver on, and then I had to login into a fresh screen again. However, it seemed to keep the update this time. Previous attempts always seemed to reset back to needing to reload and retry installing 140something updates.

After installing kdm, rebooted, and was left with just the latest kernel, and vdm, which seemed to update okay. rebooted, now up to date.

If I was to guess, I would guess this large update problem seemed to have problems with kdm, but that's just guessing. Right now, all is updated okay.

If you want to close this bug,, go ahead, unless you think there is something else I should try (to get more/other info).

Comment 5 Joe Da Silva 2012-02-16 07:14:58 CET

Just rereading this now... forgot to apply the patch before running mageiaupdate. Sorry about that. Sorry for the bandwidth. Thanks for your help. Machine now updated.

Comment 6 Thierry Vignaud 2012-02-16 07:16:16 CET

Closing then

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD