On 2017-09-27 22:48, Larry Finger wrote:

On 09/27/2017 03:30 PM, Arjen de Korte wrote:

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All recent snapshots of TW fail when trying to install using a separate partition for /var. The problem is described in https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060741.

I don't think this is the problem. I have /var on a separate partition too (on several systems) and none of them have problems with recent snapshots. Since the error reported is a segmentation fault, I suspect something else is going on. Have you tried rebuilding the rpm database (rpm --rebuilddb)?

Is the rpm database stored on /var?

Yes. /var/lib/rpm/* -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

On 09/27/2017 04:04 PM, Arjen de Korte wrote:

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On 09/27/2017 03:30 PM, Arjen de Korte wrote:

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Citeren Larry Finger :

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All recent snapshots of TW fail when trying to install using a separate partition for /var. The problem is described in https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060741.

I don't think this is the problem. I have /var on a separate partition too (on several systems) and none of them have problems with recent snapshots. Since the error reported is a segmentation fault, I suspect something else is going on. Have you tried rebuilding the rpm database (rpm --rebuilddb)?

Is the rpm database stored on /var?

/var/lib/rpm/

Unfortunately, rebuilding the rpm database changed nothing; however, it seems that putting /var/tmp on a separate partition would be better than putting all of /var there as I expect to have several versions share that partition. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Hello on Friday morning! On Sep 28 20:31 Carlos E. R. wrote (excerpt):

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I have /var on a separate partition too (on several systems) ... I don't think /var can be shared, it contains "variables", files

On 2017-09-28 01:58, Larry Finger wrote: that depend on each machine.

Rest assured one cannot share things like '/var/', cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard that reads (excerpt) --------------------------------------------------------------- /var Variable files-files whose content is expected to continually change during normal operation of the system-such as logs, spool files, and temporary e-mail files. --------------------------------------------------------------- I guess when /var is shared between systems that do not run at the same time and run sufficiently same software versions, then things might not too badly fail for spool files and temporary e-mail files (except various inconsistencies (who cares about consistency ;-) and the logs would look more and more strage over time (who cares about logs ;-) Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX GmbH - GF: Felix Imendoerffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton - HRB 21284 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On 09/28/2017 07:37 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

El 27-09-2017 a las 16:56, Larry Finger escribió:

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All recent snapshots of TW fail when trying to install using a separate partition for /var. The problem is described in https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060741.

Larry

Doctor..when I share the RPM database across different distributions..it hurts.. do not do that then! why did you expected that to work in the first place ? ;)

If I had known where the RPM database was located, I obviously would not have shared all of /var. I now only share /var/tmp and all is well. Larry - Live and learn, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org