Created attachment 656917 [details] Fedup Debug Log Description of problem: Upgrade to Fedora 18 Beta fail with ""OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link"". I suspect my cachedir in /var/tmp mounted in tmpfs being the problem. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/bin/fedup-cli", line 285, in <module> main(args) File "/bin/fedup-cli", line 249, in main prep_upgrade(pkgs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fedup/download.py", line 345, in prep_upgrade link_pkgs(pkgs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fedup/download.py", line 298, in link_pkgs os.link(pkgpath, target) OSError: [Errno 18] Invalid cross-device link Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fedup.0.7.1-1.fc17 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
fedup assumes that /var/tmp and /var/cache are both persistent (which is required by the various standards - see the FHS, 5.5 and 5.15). It also assumes that /var/tmp and /var/cache are the same filesystem - which isn't strictly required, I guess. So if the link fails, fedup should probably copy the file to /var/tmp instead. It's a big waste of disk space but, hey, if you decide to set up your system that way, that's your problem. Also! IMPORTANT NOTE! Your system is misconfigured. /var/tmp is supposed to be persistent. See the FHS 5.15.1: "The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require temporary files or directories that are preserved between system reboots." If /var/tmp is tmpfs, fedup won't work, because its install data won't be available after the reboot. You're probably going to have to change that.
Oh I suppose that one day I told myself "Let's put every directory with tmp in tmpfs, it sound fun" without doing a research. I will let you know if everything work as it should be with /var/tmp in my / filesystem.
fedup-0.7.2-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fedup-0.7.2-1.fc17
Package fedup-0.7.2-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing fedup-0.7.2-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-20801/fedup-0.7.2-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Putting /var/tmp back in / solved this problem, thank you.
fedup-0.7.2-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.