Bug 5719

Summary:	During install, Too many levels of recursion in macro expansion
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Damien Lallement <mageia>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	fri, marja11
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Screenshot from Alt-F1 terminal during network install 2012-05-17

Description Damien Lallement 2012-05-02 17:30:42 CEST

Description of problem: after "Entering step `Configure X`, installer writes the following error: 
"error: Too many levels of recursion in macro expansion. It is likely caused by recursive macro declaration."
Beside this warning, "configure X" seems working as expected as I have mon xorg.conf created.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
drakx-installer-stage2-14.17-3.mga2

How reproducible:
Each time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a Mageai Cauldron (with auto_inst in text mode for my part)
2. Check log while doing "Configure X"

Comment 1 Thierry Vignaud 2012-05-02 18:08:36 CEST

This is not an installer issue but a bug with some package.

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
Component: Installer => RPM Packages
Assignee: thierry.vignaud => bugsquad
Source RPM: drakx-installer-stage2-14.17-3.mga2 => (none)

Comment 2 Damien Lallement 2012-05-02 18:35:18 CEST

What kind of information can I provide to help to understand "what's wrong"?
I don't have anything about this in my /root/drakx/* files.

Comment 3 Morgan Leijström 2012-05-07 23:28:42 CEST

Thank you for reporting this.
I have seen this too, during "configure X" during installation and not when run in installed system.
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4449#c10

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 4 Damien Lallement 2012-05-21 12:39:12 CEST

In fact, now, with the same auto_inst, this error is in 'Users' step. No longuer in 'Configure X', so may come from installer, not X tools.

Comment 5 Morgan Leijström 2012-05-21 14:44:14 CEST

Feels like some problem waiting to happen.
Is there something we can do to track it down?

Summary: Error in 'Configure X' step of the installer => During install, Too many levels of recursion in macro expansion

Comment 6 Morgan Leijström 2012-05-21 14:49:00 CEST

Created attachment 2353 [details]
Screenshot from Alt-F1 terminal during network install 2012-05-17

Comment 7 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:03:45 CEST

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Comment 8 Marja Van Waes 2012-08-04 14:17:55 CEST

2 months later, no reply, closing as old.

Please reopen when it is still valid for installing Mageia 2 final. In that case, put (MGA2) on the whiteboard

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => marja11
Resolution: (none) => OLD