There I was, minding my own business, running stock lxc on ubuntu 12.04, when suddenly I couldn't install a perl update inside the container. Turned out to be it couldn't create a hard link to /usr/bin/s2p (though it could to /usr/bin/yes):
buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ sudo ln /usr/bin/yes /usr/bin/yes.foo buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/yes -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 22912 Nov 19 22:25 /usr/bin/yes buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/s2p -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53327 Nov 27 00:50 /usr/bin/s2p buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ sudo ln /usr/bin/s2p /usr/bin/s2p.foo ln: failed to create hard link `/usr/bin/s2p.foo' => `/usr/bin/s2p': No such file or directory buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ cp /usr/bin/s2p /tmp buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/s2p /usr/bin/s2p.foo buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ sudo rm !$ sudo rm /usr/bin/s2p.foo buildbot@testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique:~$ sudo ln /usr/bin/s2p /usr/bin/s2p.foo ln: failed to create hard link `/usr/bin/s2p.foo' => `/usr/bin/s2p': No such file or directory On the host, uname -a says Linux testbot01-ubu1204-temp-g-speak-unique 3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 19 12:18:21 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux and /var/log/kern.log was amusingly garbled: ... Mar 19 11:27:46 testbot01 kernel: <>[89162.011]ii:bidatrgsairseenig w Mar 19 11:27:47 testbot01 kernel: psn,sn<7>[89166.955260] eth0: no IPv6 routers present Mar 19 11:27:47 testbot01 kernel: nen ag<7>[89167.130907] veth6aA6qs: no IPv6 routers presnt Mar 19 11:27:48 testbot01 kernel: <>[817567 t0nI uset>706 tbls-p nosd pi7[96.965 ehvou oIv otr rsn Mar 19 11:27:49 testbot01 kernel: >81728e: 6usetbe-gsekmi rcs ne,epng mt-sam osee swn<7>[89168.776691] eth0: no IPv6 routers present Mar 19 11:27:50 testbot01 kernel: dpn<4>[89169.599320] init: buildmaster-g-speak main process ended, respawning Mar 19 11:27:51 testbot01 kernel: [89170.594697] init: buildmaster-g-speak main process ended, respawning Rebooting made both problems go away. Uptime was one day. Whee! - Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
