Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
Package: tar Version: 1.28-2.2 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software Dear Maintainer, upgrading tar breaks apt-get/dpkg due to "illegal instruction" errors. * What led up to the situation? tar was upgraded: tar (1.28-2.1 => 1.28-2.2) * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? apt-get dist-upgrade * What was the outcome of this action? All packages upgraded after tar failed during unpack: dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar was killed by signal (Illegal instruction) dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libssl1.0.2_1.0.2h-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar was killed by signal (Illegal instruction) dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/ntp_1%3a4.2.8p7+dfsg-3_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 dpkg-deb: error: subprocess tar was killed by signal (Illegal instruction) dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libselinux1_2.5-2_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libssl1.0.2_1.0.2h-1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/ntp_1%3a4.2.8p7+dfsg-3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libselinux1_2.5-2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) * What outcome did you expect instead? All package upgrades should have succeeded. I could temporarily resolve the problem by copying the previous tar version from another box. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 4.4.7 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages tar depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.52-3 ii libc62.22-7 ii libselinux1 2.5-2 tar recommends no packages. Versions of packages tar suggests: ii bzip21.0.6-8 pn ncompress pn tar-scripts ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2.1 -- no debconf information
Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
Would it be related to gcc taking advantage of the drop of i565 support ? https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/05/msg1.html
Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
Hi Dirk, which type of processor do you have on that machine? As ydirson pointed out, older CPU types (80586 and below on the i386 architecture) are not supported anymore in stretch. For everyone else: I can't reproduce this bug on my Intel i5, so it's safe to upgrade. Regards, Lee
Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
Like Lee, me neither can reproduce it on my AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 processor. I think it is safe to upgrade. Regards. -- Diego.-
Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
Hi, This doesn't happen even in VirtualBox working on a host with an old Core 2 Duo (both host and guest Debian installations are 64-bit). The upgrade went fine.
Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
On 17/05/16 14:21, Vlad Orlov wrote: > Hi, > > This doesn't happen even in VirtualBox working on a host with an old Core 2 > Duo > (both host and guest Debian installations are 64-bit). The upgrade went fine. This is because your CPU architecture is not 32 bit, and not i586 or lower. I'm sure if you set that by hand, you will be able to reproduce that.
Bug#823748: tar: illegal hardware instruction breaks apt-get upgrade
Hi, > This is because your CPU architecture is not 32 bit, and not i586 or lower. > I'm sure if you set that by hand, you will be able to reproduce that. Yes, I know. Just wanted to confirm that upgrade is safe on 64-bit systems :)
