Re: Unending item build

[Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer@ipfire.org>]

On 08.06.2026 16:03, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Hello Matthias,

Hi Michael,

>> On 8 Jun 2026, at 12:58, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer@ipfire.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'd like to warm up an old problem...perhaps I found something like a
>> solution.
>> 
>> The original problem is rather old - it dates from 2025-01-15. It still
>> can be found here:
>> https://marc.info/?l=ipfire-development&m=173691503411708
>> 
>> Once in a while I experienced the same problem like Jon - building
>> stopped suddenly: "./make.sh build  goes into a loop and builds an item
>> forever." And it doesn't matter which item. Either the counter kept
>> running indefinitely, or it stopped displaying anything at all.
>> 
>> That was pretty annoying. No errors, nothing in the logs. After stopping
>> the build with CTRL-C and restarting the whole build, usually everything
>> ran through and worked again as if nothing had happened.
>> 
>> The last message often was just "make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/lfs'"
>> and that was all.
>> 
>> Lastly I was thinking it might have something to do with counters.
>> So I changed "while sleep 1" to "while sleep 2" in 'make.sh'. Nothing more.
>> 
>> Since then buildings are running without stopping anymore...
>> 
>> Did anyone had similar problems?
> 
> Very rarely. I think I have seen it before, but I cannot reproduce it at all.

Yep. It happens just now and then, you never know when and why...

> I am happy to remove the timer entirely because it would be sufficient to see the build time after the package has finished building.

+1. You got my vote. The simpler, the better.
> Would anyone be opposed to that?

No. ;-)

Best
Matthias