From 41598e9bc5576b3b555abd82c2bf0fbaec6451eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Jones Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:35:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add a section about debugging febootstrap problems. --- README | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 8551df9..6ea5511 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ you have to set the $PATH to the current directory, ie: PATH=$(pwd):$PATH febootstrap [...] +Debugging +--------- + +If you get segfaults while running febootstrap or errors in the %post +scripts, these are often caused by some incompatibility in the +emulation provided by fakeroot/fakechroot. You can track them down by +running the yum command explicitly. Try: + + fakeroot fakechroot -s \ + yum -y -c /tmp/repo \ + --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=febootstrap \ + --noplugins --nogpgcheck \ + --installroot=/tmp/root \ + install "@Core" + +where /tmp/repo would be a file like this (change repo and arch +parameters as appropriate): + + [febootstrap] + name=febootstrap + failovermethod=priority + enabled=1 + gpgcheck=0 + mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64 + +You can insert gdb in the appropriate place in the fakeroot / +fakechroot / yum command. + Feedback and bugs ----------------- -- 1.8.3.1