[Bug 410522] Re: package grub-ieee1275 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito un codice di errore 1

[Matteo Settenvini]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 401663 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401663


This is not a duplicate of bug #401663.

I've found the culprit. This bugs still occurs for me, and its not grub's fault.
On powerpc machines, the bootloader (grub2 along with yaboot) are put on a separate partition, which is HFS formatted.

I mount this partition as /boot/grub.

The problem is with hfsutils: even if they report (e.g. via the output
of "mount") that this filesystem is mounted read-write, after an abrupt
halting of the machine it's mounted read-only. The only real fix is to
manually unmount /boot/grub, run fsck on it which clears the dirty flag,
and then remounting it and running grub2 installation again.

So I believe that fixing the output of mount, or forcing a fsck when
mounting a hfs volume, is the only real solution to this.

Or whenever the filesystem gets dirty, and update-grub is called, you'll
get errors, potentially leaving your system unusable.


** Also affects: hfsprogs (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Summary changed:

- package grub-ieee1275 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito un codice di errore 1
+ Mounting a dirty /boot/grub hfs partition on powerpc makes it read-only, causing package grub-ieee1275 failing the upgrade

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: grub2
  
  Error shows when upgrading. Says that /boot/grub/grub.conf.new cannot be
  removed (read only fs), but I checked and it's mounted rw. Also, that
  file doesn't exists. Maybe it's trying to remove something that's not
  there?
  
  ProblemType: Package
  Architecture: powerpc
  Date: Sat Aug  8 01:27:12 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito un codice di errore 1
  Package: grub-ieee1275 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-2.4-powerpc64-smp
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub-ieee1275 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito un codice di errore 1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.30-2-powerpc64-smp ppc64
+ 
+ NOTE: please see comment #3 and apply the status of Invalid to package
+ grub2: this is a problem with hfsprogs.

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Mounting a dirty /boot/grub hfs partition on powerpc makes it read-only, causing package grub-ieee1275 failing the upgrade
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410522
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