Bug 47748

Summary: /tmp/install.log corrupted.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Telsa Gwynne <hobbit>
Component: ttfmAssignee: Matt Wilson <msw>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 7.3   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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/tmp/install.log with binary chars
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install.log with weirdo characters none

Description Telsa Gwynne 2001-07-06 18:58:18 UTC 
Description of Problem:

The start of /tmp/install.log is corrupt following a laptop install
in text mode which died at the final stage but otherwise appeared to
have worked.

In bug 47147 I described a laptop install which resulted in an anaconda
crash at the end but which otherwise appeared to have worked. Looking at
/tmp/install.log I see a top line of
    Module /usr/share/fonts/install/xttfm.ttfm doesn't exist, ignored!
Then I see ^@^@^@^@^@^@ for seven screens, then without a linebreak I
find "Installing umb-scheme." and then it appears normal.

upgrade logs tend to have "The following were available but not
upgraded" at the end. I can't remember whether install logs should
have the same. There wasn't anything those. The final lines were
  Installing xml-i18n-tools.
  /usr/share/xml-i18n-tools directory created with perms 0755.
'file' tells me that /tmp/install.log is a data file.

Is all this down to the failure to complete the installer, or something
else?
Comment 1 Matt Wilson 2001-07-09 16:10:49 UTC 
installs don't print out the "following were available but not upgraded."  This
is almost certainly a packaging problem.  Please attach the full log.
Comment 2 Matt Wilson 2001-07-10 17:40:06 UTC 
*** Bug 48423 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Brock Organ 2001-07-13 19:26:01 UTC 
Created attachment 23550 [details]
/tmp/install.log with binary chars
Comment 4 Glen Foster 2001-07-13 19:46:58 UTC 
This defect considered MUST-FIX for Fairfax gold-release.
Comment 5 Telsa Gwynne 2001-07-15 10:56:04 UTC 
Created attachment 23628 [details]
install.log with weirdo characters
Comment 6 Telsa Gwynne 2001-07-15 10:58:21 UTC 
Someone beat me to it, but I can't see 48423. I don't know whether the
few differences are significant or not. I suspect not, but there you are.
Apologies for delay :(
Comment 7 Matt Wilson 2001-07-20 01:50:21 UTC 
fixed in cvs
Comment 8 Matt Wilson 2001-08-01 19:06:29 UTC 
*** Bug 50506 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Matt Wilson 2001-08-01 19:06:36 UTC 
*** Bug 50346 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Matt Wilson 2001-08-01 19:07:05 UTC 
the ttfm package isn't redirecting its output to /dev/null
Comment 11 Matt Wilson 2001-08-01 19:09:54 UTC 
rebuilt ttfm package to redirect all %post script output to /dev/null