#acl PaulHowarth:read,write,admin,revert,delete All:read === Tuesday 16th September 2008 === ==== Local Packages ==== * Updated `perl-IO-Multiplex` to 1.10 ==== Buildsystem Tweaks for Old Distributions ==== A recent update to `yum` in Fedora 9 (version 3.2.17 to 3.2.19) included a change that was quite significant when it comes to building packages for old distributions in `mock`. Failed RPM scriptlets (typically the `%pre` and `%post` scriptlets of packages) now cause `yum` to exit with a return code of 1 to indicate the error rather than 0, implying success. This is an entirely reasonable thing to do of course, but [[http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-buildsys-list/2008-September/msg00036.html|causes problems]] with some packages for old distributions that weren't designed to be built and installed in chroot-ed environments like `mock`, my buildsystem tool of choice. So some of these packages find themselves installed into an unexpected environment and their scripts fail. Now that `yum` passes that failure back to `mock`, package builds requiring the affected packages fail too. The first problem I hit was with the `dev` package, which is built from the `MAKEDEV` source package. Affected distributions were Red Hat Linux 7, 8, and 9, Fedora Core 1 and 2, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 3. The `%post` script for `dev` checks to see if there is something mounted on `/dev`, and if there is, it assumes that what's mounted is `devfs` and that it should bail out. {{{ DEBUG util.py:272: Executing command: /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/redhat-73-i386/root/ install 'libpcap >= 0.6.2' 'pam-devel' DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Package Arch Version Repository Size DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Installing: DEBUG util.py:250: libpcap i386 14:0.6.2-17.7.3.6.legacy updates-released 318 k DEBUG util.py:250: pam-devel i386 0.75-46.10.legacy.7x updates-released 72 k DEBUG util.py:250: Installing for dependencies: DEBUG util.py:250: dev i386 3.3-4 core 813 k DEBUG util.py:250: kernel athlon 2.4.20-46.7.legacy updates-released 12 M DEBUG util.py:250: losetup i386 2.11n-12.7.3.2.legacy updates-released 26 k DEBUG util.py:250: mkinitrd i386 3.3.10-1 core 47 k DEBUG util.py:250: Transaction Summary DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Install 6 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Update 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Remove 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Total download size: 14 M DEBUG util.py:250: Cannot install the dev package: mounted devfs detected. DEBUG util.py:250: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG util.py:250: Total 2.3 GB/s | 14 MB 00:00 DEBUG util.py:250: error: %pre(dev-3.3-4.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 DEBUG util.py:250: error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping dev-3.3-4 DEBUG util.py:250: ls: DEBUG util.py:250: : No such file or directory DEBUG util.py:250: /sbin/mkinitrd: [: : integer expression expected DEBUG util.py:250: Installed: libpcap.i386 14:0.6.2-17.7.3.6.legacy pam-devel.i386 0:0.75-46.10.legacy.7x DEBUG util.py:250: Dependency Installed: dev.i386 0:3.3-4 kernel.athlon 0:2.4.20-46.7.legacy losetup.i386 0:2.11n-12.7.3.2.legacy mkinitrd.i386 0:3.3.10-1 DEBUG util.py:311: Child returncode was: 1 }}} I created a patched version of the `dev` package that exited with a return code of zero instead of 1 when it detected something mounted on `/dev` (not running the rest of the failing `%pre` script is not an issue for package building), and added it to a local repository that my buildsystem uses. That fixed things for Red Hat Linux 7 and Fedora Core 2. {{{ DEBUG util.py:272: Executing command: /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/redhat-73-i386/root/ install 'libpcap >= 0.6.2' 'pam-devel' DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Package Arch Version Repository Size DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Installing: DEBUG util.py:250: libpcap i386 14:0.6.2-17.7.3.6.legacy updates-released 318 k DEBUG util.py:250: pam-devel i386 0.75-46.10.legacy.7x updates-released 72 k DEBUG util.py:250: Installing for dependencies: DEBUG util.py:250: dev i386 3.3-4.buildsys_hack.rhl7 epochfix 813 k DEBUG util.py:250: kernel athlon 2.4.20-46.7.legacy updates-released 12 M DEBUG util.py:250: losetup i386 2.11n-12.7.3.2.legacy updates-released 26 k DEBUG util.py:250: mkinitrd i386 3.3.10-1 core 47 k DEBUG util.py:250: Transaction Summary DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Install 6 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Update 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Remove 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Total download size: 14 M DEBUG util.py:250: dev package: mounted devfs detected but installing anyway. DEBUG util.py:250: ls: : No such file or directory DEBUG util.py:250: /sbin/mkinitrd: [: : integer expression expected DEBUG util.py:250: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG util.py:250: Total 603 MB/s | 14 MB 00:00 DEBUG util.py:250: Installed: libpcap.i386 14:0.6.2-17.7.3.6.legacy pam-devel.i386 0:0.75-46.10.legacy.7x DEBUG util.py:250: Dependency Installed: dev.i386 0:3.3-4.buildsys_hack.rhl7 kernel.athlon 0:2.4.20-46.7.legacy losetup.i386 0:2.11n-12.7.3.2.legacy mkinitrd.i386 0:3.3.10-1 DEBUG util.py:311: Child returncode was: 0 }}} The next problem I encountered was with the `kernel` package's `%post` script, where there was an error message relating to loopback devices. This affected Red Hat Linux 8 and 9, Fedora Core 1 and 3, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 3. {{{ DEBUG util.py:272: Executing command: /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/redhat-8-i386/root/ install 'libpcap >= 0.6.2' 'pam-devel' DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Package Arch Version Repository Size DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Installing: DEBUG util.py:250: libpcap i386 14:0.6.2-17.8.0.5.legacy updates-released 380 k DEBUG util.py:250: pam-devel i386 0.75-46.8.0 updates-released 72 k DEBUG util.py:250: Installing for dependencies: DEBUG util.py:250: dev i386 3.3.1-2.buildsys_hack.rhl8 epochfix 1.0 M DEBUG util.py:250: kernel athlon 2.4.20-30.8.legacy updates-released 13 M DEBUG util.py:250: losetup i386 2.11r-10 core 29 k DEBUG util.py:250: lvm i386 1.0.3-9 core 553 k DEBUG util.py:250: mkinitrd i386 3.4.28-1 core 67 k DEBUG util.py:250: Transaction Summary DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Install 7 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Update 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Remove 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Total download size: 15 M DEBUG util.py:250: dev package: mounted devfs detected but installing anyway. DEBUG util.py:250: All of your loopback devices are in use. DEBUG util.py:250: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG util.py:250: Total 337 MB/s | 15 MB 00:00 DEBUG util.py:250: error: %post(kernel-2.4.20-30.8.legacy.athlon) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 DEBUG util.py:250: Installed: libpcap.i386 14:0.6.2-17.8.0.5.legacy pam-devel.i386 0:0.75-46.8.0 DEBUG util.py:250: Dependency Installed: dev.i386 0:3.3.1-2.buildsys_hack.rhl8 kernel.athlon 0:2.4.20-30.8.legacy losetup.i386 0:2.11r-10 lvm.i386 0:1.0.3-9 mkinitrd.i386 0:3.4.28-1 DEBUG util.py:311: Child returncode was: 1 }}} I tracked this down to `mkinitrd`, which was being run in the `kernel` package's `%post` script via the `new-kernel-pkg` script. It doesn't find any loop devices in the chroot with which to create the ramdisk, and bails out. It also spews a few errors as a result of `/etc/fstab` in the chroot being empty, but these are non-fatal. A patched version of `new-kernel-pkg` (similar to the `dev` package hack) in a hacked `mkinitrd` package resolved this problem. {{{ DEBUG util.py:272: Executing command: /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/redhat-8-i386/root/ install 'libpcap >= 0.6.2' 'pam-devel' DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Package Arch Version Repository Size DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Installing: DEBUG util.py:250: libpcap i386 14:0.6.2-17.8.0.5.legacy updates-released 380 k DEBUG util.py:250: pam-devel i386 0.75-46.8.0 updates-released 72 k DEBUG util.py:250: Installing for dependencies: DEBUG util.py:250: dev i386 3.3.1-2.buildsys_hack.rhl8 epochfix 1.0 M DEBUG util.py:250: kernel athlon 2.4.20-30.8.legacy updates-released 13 M DEBUG util.py:250: losetup i386 2.11r-10 core 29 k DEBUG util.py:250: lvm i386 1.0.3-9 core 553 k DEBUG util.py:250: mkinitrd i386 3.4.28-1.buildsys_hack.rhl8 epochfix 68 k DEBUG util.py:250: Transaction Summary DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Install 7 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Update 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Remove 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Total download size: 15 M DEBUG util.py:250: dev package: mounted devfs detected but installing anyway. DEBUG util.py:250: All of your loopback devices are in use. DEBUG util.py:250: mkinitrd failed (code 1) but carrying on regardless DEBUG util.py:250: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG util.py:250: Total 2.5 GB/s | 15 MB 00:00 DEBUG util.py:250: Installed: libpcap.i386 14:0.6.2-17.8.0.5.legacy pam-devel.i386 0:0.75-46.8.0 DEBUG util.py:250: Dependency Installed: dev.i386 0:3.3.1-2.buildsys_hack.rhl8 kernel.athlon 0:2.4.20-30.8.legacy losetup.i386 0:2.11r-10 lvm.i386 0:1.0.3-9 mkinitrd.i386 0:3.4.28-1.buildsys_hack.rhl8 DEBUG util.py:311: Child returncode was: 0 }}} The last problem I saw affected `procps` on Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 3, and `util-linux` on Fedora Core 4 and 5. In all of these cases, the packages' `%post` scripts called utilities that were in `/bin` but without specifying the full path to them, and got "command not found" errors, causing the scripts to fail. I suspect that this was a package ordering issue but I'm not sure what the exact cause was. {{{ DEBUG util.py:272: Executing command: /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/centos-3-x86_64/root/ install buildsys-build DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Package Arch Version Repository Size DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Installing: DEBUG util.py:250: buildsys-build noarch 0.5-3.CF.rhel3 groups 2.5 k DEBUG util.py:250: Installing for dependencies: DEBUG util.py:250: SysVinit x86_64 2.85-4.4 core 99 k DEBUG util.py:250: basesystem noarch 8.0-2.centos.0 core 2.5 k DEBUG util.py:250: bash x86_64 2.05b-41.7.centos.0 core 1.5 M DEBUG util.py:250: beecrypt x86_64 3.0.1-0.20030630 core 72 k DEBUG util.py:250: binutils x86_64 2.14.90.0.4-42 core 2.9 M DEBUG util.py:250: buildsys-macros noarch 1-4.rhel3 groups 2.8 k DEBUG 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Remove 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Total download size: 72 M DEBUG util.py:250: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.37093: line 6: cat: command not found DEBUG util.py:250: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.37093: line 7: rm: command not found DEBUG util.py:250: telinit: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl DEBUG util.py:250: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.22022: line 4: rm: command not found DEBUG util.py:250: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG util.py:250: Total 194 MB/s | 72 MB 00:00 DEBUG util.py:250: error: %post(procps-2.0.17-13.10.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 DEBUG util.py:250: dev package: mounted devfs detected but installing anyway. DEBUG util.py:250: Installed: buildsys-build.noarch 0:0.5-3.CF.rhel3 DEBUG util.py:250: Dependency Installed: SysVinit.x86_64 0:2.85-4.4 basesystem.noarch 0:8.0-2.centos.0 bash.x86_64 0:2.05b-41.7.centos.0 beecrypt.x86_64 0:3.0.1-0.20030630 binutils.x86_64 0:2.14.90.0.4-42 buildsys-macros.noarch 0:1-4.rhel3 bzip2.x86_64 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 bzip2-libs.x86_64 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 centos-release.x86_64 3:3-9.1 chkconfig.x86_64 0:1.3.13.5.EL3-1 coreutils.x86_64 0:4.5.3-28.7 cpio.x86_64 0:2.5-4.RHEL3 cpp.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 cracklib.x86_64 0:2.7-22 cracklib-dicts.x86_64 0:2.7-22 db4.x86_64 0:4.1.25-8.1 dev.x86_64 0:3.3.12.3-1.0.buildsys_hack.rhel3 diffutils.x86_64 0:2.8.1-8 e2fsprogs.x86_64 0:1.32-15.4 elfutils.x86_64 0:0.94.1-2 elfutils-libelf.x86_64 0:0.94.1-2 ethtool.x86_64 0:1.8-3.3 expat.x86_64 0:1.95.5-6 file.x86_64 0:3.39-9.EL3.4 filesystem.x86_64 0:2.2.1-3.centos.1 findutils.x86_64 1:4.1.7-9.1 gawk.x86_64 0:3.1.1-9 gcc.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 gcc-c++.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 gdbm.x86_64 0:1.8.0-20 glib.x86_64 1:1.2.10-11.1 glibc.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-kernheaders.x86_64 0:2.4-8.34.5 gmp.x86_64 0:4.1.2-5 gpm.x86_64 0:1.19.3-27.2 grep.x86_64 0:2.5.1-24.6 gzip.x86_64 0:1.3.3-14.rhel3 info.x86_64 0:4.5-3.el3.1 initscripts.x86_64 0:7.31.31.EL-1.centos.1 iproute.x86_64 0:2.4.7-11.30E.2 iputils.x86_64 0:20020927-11.30.5 krb5-libs.x86_64 0:1.2.7-68 laus-libs.x86_64 0:0.1-76RHEL3 less.x86_64 0:378-12 libacl.x86_64 0:2.2.3-1 libattr.x86_64 0:2.2.0-1 libgcc.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 libstdc++.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 libstdc++-devel.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 libtermcap.x86_64 0:2.0.8-35 make.x86_64 1:3.79.1-17.1 mingetty.x86_64 0:1.06-1 mktemp.x86_64 0:1.5-18.2 modutils.x86_64 0:2.4.25-14.EL mount.x86_64 0:2.11y-31.24 ncurses.x86_64 0:5.3-9.4 net-tools.x86_64 0:1.60-20E.10 openssl.x86_64 0:0.9.7a-33.24 pam.x86_64 0:0.75-72 patch.x86_64 0:2.5.4-16 pcre.x86_64 0:3.9-10.4 perl.x86_64 2:5.8.0-98.EL3 perl-Filter.x86_64 0:1.29-3 popt.x86_64 0:1.8.2-32_nonptl procps.x86_64 0:2.0.17-13.10 psmisc.x86_64 0:21.3-2.1 python.x86_64 0:2.2.3-6.8 readline.x86_64 0:4.3-5.2 redhat-rpm-config.noarch 0:8.0.28-4.centos.0 rpm.x86_64 0:4.2.3-32_nonptl rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.2.3-32_nonptl rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.2.3-32_nonptl sed.x86_64 0:4.0.7-9.el3 setup.noarch 0:2.5.27-1 shadow-utils.x86_64 2:4.0.3-29.RHEL3 sysklogd.x86_64 0:1.4.1-26_EL3 tar.x86_64 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 termcap.noarch 0:11.0.1-17.1 tzdata.noarch 0:2008e-1.el3 unzip.x86_64 0:5.50-36.EL3 util-linux.x86_64 0:2.11y-31.24 which.x86_64 0:2.14-7 words.noarch 0:2-21 zlib.x86_64 0:1.1.4-10.EL3 DEBUG util.py:311: Child returncode was: 1 }}} Simply adding an "exit 0" to the end of the scripts was sufficient to fix this, but I also thought it better to specify the full paths to the commands as well, as I normally do in my own packages. Adding in the hacked `procps` and `util-linux` packages where needed resolved all of the remaining problems and I was then able to build my test case package (`ppp`) on all distributions with the new new version of `yum`. {{{ DEBUG util.py:272: Executing command: /usr/bin/yum --installroot /var/lib/mock/centos-3-x86_64/root/ install buildsys-build DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Package Arch Version Repository Size DEBUG util.py:250: ================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Installing: DEBUG util.py:250: buildsys-build noarch 0.5-3.CF.rhel3 groups 2.5 k DEBUG util.py:250: Installing for dependencies: DEBUG util.py:250: SysVinit x86_64 2.85-4.4 core 99 k DEBUG util.py:250: basesystem noarch 8.0-2.centos.0 core 2.5 k DEBUG util.py:250: bash x86_64 2.05b-41.7.centos.0 core 1.5 M DEBUG util.py:250: beecrypt x86_64 3.0.1-0.20030630 core 72 k DEBUG 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================================================================================ DEBUG util.py:250: Install 88 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Update 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Remove 0 Package(s) DEBUG util.py:250: Total download size: 72 M DEBUG util.py:250: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.88940: line 6: cat: command not found DEBUG util.py:250: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.88940: line 7: rm: command not found DEBUG util.py:250: telinit: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl DEBUG util.py:250: dev package: mounted devfs detected but installing anyway. DEBUG util.py:250: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG util.py:250: Total 901 MB/s | 72 MB 00:00 DEBUG util.py:250: Installed: buildsys-build.noarch 0:0.5-3.CF.rhel3 DEBUG util.py:250: Dependency Installed: SysVinit.x86_64 0:2.85-4.4 basesystem.noarch 0:8.0-2.centos.0 bash.x86_64 0:2.05b-41.7.centos.0 beecrypt.x86_64 0:3.0.1-0.20030630 binutils.x86_64 0:2.14.90.0.4-42 buildsys-macros.noarch 0:1-4.rhel3 bzip2.x86_64 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 bzip2-libs.x86_64 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 centos-release.x86_64 3:3-9.1 chkconfig.x86_64 0:1.3.13.5.EL3-1 coreutils.x86_64 0:4.5.3-28.7 cpio.x86_64 0:2.5-4.RHEL3 cpp.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 cracklib.x86_64 0:2.7-22 cracklib-dicts.x86_64 0:2.7-22 db4.x86_64 0:4.1.25-8.1 dev.x86_64 0:3.3.12.3-1.0.buildsys_hack.rhel3 diffutils.x86_64 0:2.8.1-8 e2fsprogs.x86_64 0:1.32-15.4 elfutils.x86_64 0:0.94.1-2 elfutils-libelf.x86_64 0:0.94.1-2 ethtool.x86_64 0:1.8-3.3 expat.x86_64 0:1.95.5-6 file.x86_64 0:3.39-9.EL3.4 filesystem.x86_64 0:2.2.1-3.centos.1 findutils.x86_64 1:4.1.7-9.1 gawk.x86_64 0:3.1.1-9 gcc.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 gcc-c++.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 gdbm.x86_64 0:1.8.0-20 glib.x86_64 1:1.2.10-11.1 glibc.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.3.2-95.50 glibc-kernheaders.x86_64 0:2.4-8.34.5 gmp.x86_64 0:4.1.2-5 gpm.x86_64 0:1.19.3-27.2 grep.x86_64 0:2.5.1-24.6 gzip.x86_64 0:1.3.3-14.rhel3 info.x86_64 0:4.5-3.el3.1 initscripts.x86_64 0:7.31.31.EL-1.centos.1 iproute.x86_64 0:2.4.7-11.30E.2 iputils.x86_64 0:20020927-11.30.5 krb5-libs.x86_64 0:1.2.7-68 laus-libs.x86_64 0:0.1-76RHEL3 less.x86_64 0:378-12 libacl.x86_64 0:2.2.3-1 libattr.x86_64 0:2.2.0-1 libgcc.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 libstdc++.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 libstdc++-devel.x86_64 0:3.2.3-59 libtermcap.x86_64 0:2.0.8-35 make.x86_64 1:3.79.1-17.1 mingetty.x86_64 0:1.06-1 mktemp.x86_64 0:1.5-18.2 modutils.x86_64 0:2.4.25-14.EL mount.x86_64 0:2.11y-31.24 ncurses.x86_64 0:5.3-9.4 net-tools.x86_64 0:1.60-20E.10 openssl.x86_64 0:0.9.7a-33.24 pam.x86_64 0:0.75-72 patch.x86_64 0:2.5.4-16 pcre.x86_64 0:3.9-10.4 perl.x86_64 2:5.8.0-98.EL3 perl-Filter.x86_64 0:1.29-3 popt.x86_64 0:1.8.2-32_nonptl procps.x86_64 0:2.0.17-13.10.buildsys_hack.rhel3 psmisc.x86_64 0:21.3-2.1 python.x86_64 0:2.2.3-6.8 readline.x86_64 0:4.3-5.2 redhat-rpm-config.noarch 0:8.0.28-4.centos.0 rpm.x86_64 0:4.2.3-32_nonptl rpm-build.x86_64 0:4.2.3-32_nonptl rpm-libs.x86_64 0:4.2.3-32_nonptl sed.x86_64 0:4.0.7-9.el3 setup.noarch 0:2.5.27-1 shadow-utils.x86_64 2:4.0.3-29.RHEL3 sysklogd.x86_64 0:1.4.1-26_EL3 tar.x86_64 0:1.13.25-15.RHEL3 termcap.noarch 0:11.0.1-17.1 tzdata.noarch 0:2008e-1.el3 unzip.x86_64 0:5.50-36.EL3 util-linux.x86_64 0:2.11y-31.24 which.x86_64 0:2.14-7 words.noarch 0:2-21 zlib.x86_64 0:1.1.4-10.EL3 DEBUG util.py:311: Child returncode was: 0 }}} If anyone else has come across the same issues and would like the hacked packages, you can find them [[http://mirror.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/buildsys/|here]]. ----