I should be able to take a look at this mid-week.
Justice
On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 09:34 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
> Hey, Paco. Nice to hear from you.
>
> Indeed your observation is correct (afaict). Justice would know best though
> regarding the unionfs. That's a bit of a complicated situation, as there are
> 4 module/versions which provide that capability, each for various kernel
> versions. I suppose that we might not have the right module/version paired
> up with the right kernel in your case (kernel 2.6.17), but Justice would
> need to make that call.
>
> If Justice can't help to get this resolved, you can always use a linked or
> copied sandbox to do the upgrade.
>
> Please keep us posted.
>
> Francisco Paco Peralta wrote:
> > Well, I tried the unioned sandbox method and it didn't seem to work for me.
> >
> > I appears I have an unsupported kernel (fc4 vintage). The logs mention
> > that I can add some extra flags to the command but I am unsure of the
> > impact or repercussions. Comments are welcome.
> >
> > I have pasted some text from my session, any assistance would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > ********************************************************************************
> >
> >
> > Would you like a unioned sandbox (quicker, smaller, maybe less stable)
> > [y]/n: y
> >
> > Using union filesystem ...
> > qtp-mount-sandbox v0.2.6
> > --No existing unionfs12 found. Continuing with build process
> > --Testing for valid rpm install tool:
> > yum -y install found!
> >
> > --Searching for valid kernel source/devel to build unionfs12:
> > kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4
> > --Looking at current kernel
> > --You have the kernel source for the running kernel!
> >
> > --Building
> > mv: cannot stat `unionfs.ko': No such file or directory
> >
> > --Something went wrong with the unionfs12 build
> > --Please check /var/log/unionfs-build.log to see what happened
> > qtp-build-unionfs failed,ure. Exiting!
> >
> > qtp-newmodel - qtp-mount-sandbox failed, exiting
> >
> > --- Hit ENTER to return to menu ---
> >
> > **************************************************
> > my logs are as follows:
> >
> > **************************************************
> >
> > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4/build
> > SUBDIRS=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2
> > FISTDEVMK=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/fistdev.mk clean
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> > CLEAN /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/.tmp_versions
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> > rm -f subr.o dentry.o file.o inode.o main.o super.o stale_inode.o
> > branchman.o xattr.o rdstate.o copyup.o dirhelper.o rename.o unlink.o
> > lookup.o persistent_inode.o commonfops.o dirfops.o print.o
> > malloc_debug.o mmap.o unionfs.o unionfs.ko *.d .*.flags \#* *~
> > rm -f TAGS tags
> > rm -f unionfs-1.2.tar.gz
> > make -C utils clean
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/utils'
> > rm -f unionctl uniondbg unionimap TAGS tags
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/utils'
> > ******************************************************************************
> > If you have questions about or problems building Unionfs, please read
> > INSTALL.
> > ******************************************************************************
> >
> > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4/build
> > SUBDIRS=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2
> > FISTDEVMK=/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/fistdev.mk modules
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> > CC [M] /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/subr.o
> > In file included from /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/subr.c:22:
> > /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/unionfs.h:50:2: error: #warning
> > You are compiling Unionfs on an unsupported kernel version.
> > /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/unionfs.h:51:2: error: #warning
> > To compile Unionfs, you will need to define UNIONFS_UNSUPPORTED.
> > /opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/unionfs.h:52:2: error: #warning
> > Try adding: EXTRACFLAGS=-DUNIONFS_UNSUPPORTED to fistdev.mk
> > make[2]: *** [/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2/subr.o] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [_module_/opt/qmailtoaster-plus/src/unionfs-1.2] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686'
> > make: *** [unionfs.ko] Error 2
> >
> > ***************************************************************************
> >
> >
> > Francisco "Paco" Peralta
>
>
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