Re: misc/58098: build.sh release fails due to missing METALOG entries

[Rob Whitlock <rwhitlock22%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/58098; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rob Whitlock <rwhitlock22%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: misc-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/58098: build.sh release fails due to missing METALOG entries
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:15:35 -0400

 > On Apr 2, 2024, at 1:40 PM, Taylor R Campbell <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost> =
 wrote:
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 > The following reply was made to PR misc/58098; it has been noted by =
 GNATS.
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 > From: Taylor R Campbell <riastradh%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 > To: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > Cc: Rob Whitlock <rwhitlock22%gmail.com@localhost>,
 > 	gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Subject: Re: misc/58098: build.sh release fails due to missing METALOG =
 entries
 > Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 17:37:30 +0000
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 > This issue isn't about the order of operations for building and
 > installing an updated NetBSD -- the issue is that build.sh modules
 > leaves a broken METALOG file lying around, which causes other build.sh
 > operations to fail.
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 > Just doing
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 > ./build.sh -u ... tools
 > ./build.sh -u ... modules
 > ./build.sh -u ... release
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 > is probably enough to reproduce the problem, without any install
 > steps.
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 Assuming that you meant that deleting -U would reproduce the problem, =
 this is incorrect. Removing -U requires the build to be done as root. =
 Building as an unprivileged user without -U fails with an error saying =
 as such. When -U is removed and the commands are run as root with fresh =
 -O and -D directories, they complete successfully. This makes sense =
 because METALOG is only generated in the case of an unprivileged build =
 because the build system can't set permissions willy nilly.=