Re: Unending item build

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

Hi all,

Okay, I got my hopes up too soon — after about ten rounds with 'next'
and several builds the build got stuck again today. This time it stopped
while compiling a firmware update which needs about four seconds. Timer
disappeared and nothing happens...

So my 'sleep 2' fix looked good at first sight, worked for a few days,
but didn't help, sorry.

@Michael:
How do I get rid of this d**** counter the fastest and easiest way...!? ;-)

Best
Matthias

On 08.06.2026 18:55, Stefan Schantl wrote:
> 
> Hi @all,
> 
> I've also stumbled over this issue from time to time.
> 
> So let's give the fix a try.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> -Stefan
> Am 8. Juni 2026 18:14:30 schrieb Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>:
> 
>> Hi Michael and Matthias,
>>
>> On 08/06/2026 16:09, Matthias Fischer wrote:
>>> 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 also very occasionally get the same problem. I have also had it when
>> doing a build on the IPFire aarch64 and riscv64 builder.
>>>> 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. ;-)
>>
>> I have no problems with that.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Adolf.
>>> Best
>>> Matthias
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my laptop
> 
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