portage fails - errno 16 Device or resource busy

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madman2003 · Post by **madman2003** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:01 pm

Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2006
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
.='update pass' *='binary update' @='/var/db move'
s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update /etc/portage/package.*'
......
ppTraceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?
emerge_main()
File "/usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge", line 3770, in emerge_main
portage.global_updates(settings, trees, mtimedb["updates"])
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6656, in global_updates
myupd)
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_update.py", line 198, in update_config_files
write_atomic(updating_file, "".join(file_contents[x]))
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_util.py", line 728, in write_atomic
f.close()
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_util.py", line 696, in close
os.rename(self.name, self._real_name)
OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy

It's definately being caused by the 3Q-2006, because i moved it to be sure. With it in place not even --help worked.
Any clue what might cause this?

Mod Edit: mad sticky and changed the topic from 'portage fails at global updates with errno 16' to 'portage fails - errno 16 Device or resource busy' - tomk

avx · Post by **avx** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:06 pm

Same problem here.

No chance of syncing again or emerge an older portage

EDIT:

I overlooked

It's definately being caused by the 3Q-2006, because i moved it to be sure.

before. Emerge works when the file is moved.

madman2003 · Post by **madman2003** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:09 pm

Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.
17-ck1-r3 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.17-ck1-r3 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.4
Last Sync: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:20:01 +0000
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache: [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache: [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -pipe -msse3"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shu
tdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/shar
e/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms
/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -Os -pipe -msse3"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer nostrip sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.snt.utwe
nte.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo"
INSTALL_MASK="/usr/bin/emerge"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="en nl"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/d
istfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/nouveau /usr/portage/local/layman
/sunrise /usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio /usr/portage/local/layman/science"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.nl.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X alsa aotuv avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo caps cdr cli crypt cups db
us dhcp dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode fam firefox flac for
tran gdbm gif gimpprint gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal input_devices_keyboard input_
devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jack jpeg kernel_linux ldap libg++ linguas_en linguas
_nl mad mikmod minimal mp3 mpeg musepack ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia offens
ive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pcre pdf pdflib perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 q
uicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl svg tcpd truetype truetyp
e-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userland_GNU video_cards_nouveau video_card
s_nv vorbis xml xorg xv zlib"
Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, LANG, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

radfoj · Post by **radfoj** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:21 pm

Same here. We spoke about this in bugzilla: emerge crashes every time I try to use it.
Come on guys there, yours comments are welcome.

lyonsd · Post by **lyonsd** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:50 pm

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# emerge --sync


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/2Q-2006
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update /etc/portage/package.*'
........................................


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2006
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update /etc/portage/package.*'
......
pTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4049, in ?
    emerge_main()
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 3770, in emerge_main
    portage.global_updates(settings, trees, mtimedb["updates"])
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 6656, in global_updates
    myupd)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_update.py", line 198, in update_config_files
    write_atomic(updating_file, "".join(file_contents[x]))
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_util.py", line 728, in write_atomic
    f.close()
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage_util.py", line 696, in close
    os.rename(self.name, self._real_name)
OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy

Apetrini · Post by **Apetrini** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:15 am

I had the same error too. I solved moving package.keywords and package.unmask in another place then type
emerge -pv xxxx (where xxx the name of one packet dbus or nmap for example) and then put back these files on thier original path.

Try...

GladRags · Post by **GladRags** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:35 am

Apetrini wrote:I had the same error too. I solved moving package.keywords and package.unmask in another place then type
emerge -pv xxxx (where xxx the name of one packet dbus or nmap for example) and then put back these files on thier original path.

Try...

I got away with this one by commenting the lines having "kazehakase" in /etc/portage/package.use.

Hope that helps.
Have a pleasant time ahead.

abay · Post by **abay** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:34 pm

re-emerge --sync

optiluca · Post by **optiluca** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:37 pm

I had this same problem. I simply got rid of this speedup I'd installed previously : http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_speed_up_portage_with_cdb , and then it worked...

Hope it helps

Luca

GNUtoo · Post by **GNUtoo** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:52 pm

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 emerge -av nano


Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/4Q-2006
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move' S='binary SLOT move' p='update /etc/portage/package.*'
......
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4503, in ?
    retval = emerge_main()
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4214, in emerge_main
    portage.global_updates(settings, trees, mtimedb["updates"])
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7128, in global_updates
    trees["/"]["bintree"].move_ent(update_cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5510, in move_ent
    self.populate()
  File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 5755, in populate
    mycat = mytbz2.getfile("CATEGORY").strip()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'strip'

what should i do?

GNUtoo · Post by **GNUtoo** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:16 pm

solved see bugzilla for more details

Raboo · Post by **Raboo** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:57 pm

new_to_non_X86 wrote:solved see bugzilla for more details

Do you have an URL?

jancici · Post by **jancici** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:24 am

yes, problem is that 4Q-2006 file is saying about moving packages which are included in portage.keywords or portage.*

- so you need move portage.keyword and portage.* file somewhere else
- then run emerge --sync
- move portage.keywords ..... back
- and it;s working as before

GNUtoo · Post by **GNUtoo** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:23 am

Raboo wrote:
new_to_non_X86 wrote:solved see bugzilla for more details
Do you have an URL?

solved for ME
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147010
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Zach1188 · Post by **Zach1188** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:25 am

Thanks, I got it working again, but it happens again every time I do emerge --sync, forcing me to re-untar the portage tarball.

Autie · Post by **Autie** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:19 pm

re-sync, emerge portage did the tric for me

CyD · Post by **CyD** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:00 am

in my case syncing again was not an option, as running emerge <anything> was non-functional, including just typing 'emerge'. anyways, renamed package.keywords real quick, ran emerge with no options, moved package.keywords back, all ok. haven't tried another sync, just went to work updating software.

Non_E · Post by **Non_E** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:22 am

I got such error too. The problem was corrupted reiser partition with portage.

DonLorenzo · Post by **DonLorenzo** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:44 pm

I also get a OSError: [Errno 16] but in a different context
I cannot unmerge packages anymore:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 6529, in <module>
    retval = emerge_main()
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 6516, in emerge_main
    myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5707, in action_depclean
    "unmerge", cleanlist, ldpath_mtimes)
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4340, in unmerge
    vartree=vartree, ldpath_mtimes=ldpath_mtimes)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage.py", line 4304, in unmerge
    ldpath_mtimes=ldpath_mtimes)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7390, in unmerge
    self._unmerge_pkgfiles(pkgfiles, others_in_slot)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7632, in _unmerge_pkgfiles
    os.rmdir(obj)
OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy: '/usr'

I don't know what cases the error but I looked into pym/portage.py:

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			for obj in mydirs:
				try:
					if bsd_chflags:
						lstatobj = os.lstat(obj)
						if lstatobj.st_flags != 0:
							bsd_chflags.lchflags(obj, 0)
						parent_name = os.path.dirname(obj)
						# Use normal stat/chflags for the parent since we want to
						# follow any symlinks to the real parent directory.
						pflags = os.stat(parent_name).st_flags
						if pflags != 0:
							bsd_chflags.chflags(parent_name, 0)
					try:
						os.rmdir(obj) ### <----------------- THIS IS LINE 7632 <------------------
					finally:
						if bsd_chflags and pflags != 0:
							# Restore the parent flags we saved before unlinking
							bsd_chflags.chflags(parent_name, pflags)
					show_unmerge("<<<", "", "dir", obj)
				except EnvironmentError, e:
					if e.errno not in (errno.ENOENT,
						errno.EEXIST, errno.ENOTEMPTY,
						errno.ENOTDIR):
						raise
					if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
						show_unmerge("---", "!empty", "dir", obj)
					del e

So there it does catches EnvironmentErrors (and thus also OSErrors) but raises them again if they do not have the errno explicitly listed which are:

errno.ENOENT - No such file or directory
errno.EEXIST - File exists
errno.ENOTEMPTY - Directory not empty
errno.ENOTDIR - Not a directory

(taken from the python docs)

adding
errno.EBUSY - Device or resource busy
to the list solved the symptom (the inability to unmerge stuff) for me but I think it doesn't really solve the problem that the device is busy.
But I have to admit that I don't really understand the process of unmerging so maybe not catching the errno.EBUSY maybe really is a bug. I leave that for others to decide.

yours
//Lorenz

Arfrever · Post by **Arfrever** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:59 pm

DonLorenzo wrote:I also get a OSError: [Errno 16] but in a different context
I cannot unmerge packages anymore:

Code: Select all

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 6529, in <module>
    retval = emerge_main()
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 6516, in emerge_main
    myopts, myaction, myfiles, spinner)
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 5707, in action_depclean
    "unmerge", cleanlist, ldpath_mtimes)
  File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 4340, in unmerge
    vartree=vartree, ldpath_mtimes=ldpath_mtimes)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage.py", line 4304, in unmerge
    ldpath_mtimes=ldpath_mtimes)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7390, in unmerge
    self._unmerge_pkgfiles(pkgfiles, others_in_slot)
  File "/usr/lib64/portage/pym/portage.py", line 7632, in _unmerge_pkgfiles
    os.rmdir(obj)
OSError: [Errno 16] Device or resource busy: '/usr'

See [bug=194081]Bug 194081[/bug].

Perduodu linkėjimus
Arfrever

DonLorenzo · Post by **DonLorenzo** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:06 pm

yup! that's the one I've been looking for.

Thanks for the link!

think4urs11 · Post by **think4urs11** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:34 pm

removed sticky