Bug 4937 - Error at rootfs time: "tar: .: file changed as we read it"
Summary: Error at rootfs time: "tar: .: file changed as we read it"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 1.4
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 1.5 M4
Assignee: Chen Qi
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Reported: 2013-07-29 02:21 UTC by Chen Qi
Modified: 2013-08-19 01:47 UTC (History)
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Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)


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Description Chen Qi 2013-07-29 02:21:19 UTC
More detailed error message below:

     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/707971e003b4ae6c8121c3a920e507f5-le32d4.cache-3
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/fe547fea3a41b43a38975d292a2b19c7-le32d4.cache-3
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/c855463f699352c367813e37f3f70ea7-le32d4.cache-3
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/94322f4d3cdf1bd54794b691285ca062-le32d4.cache-3
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/CACHEDIR.TAG
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/3830d5c3ddfd5cd38a049b759396e72e-le32d4.cache-3
     | ./var/cache/fontconfig/6333f38776742d18e214673cd2c24e34-le32d4.cache-3
     | ./var/cache/rpm/
     | ./var/cache/ldconfig/
     | ./var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache
     | tar: .: file changed as we read it


If we are building a read-only rootfs, this error will appear now and then.
The root cause is that we spawn background process in populate-volatile.sh.

//Chen Qi
Comment 1 Chen Qi 2013-08-19 01:47:18 UTC
Commit: 4bd419f95868d5b8707a45cee5f6c5c6a840a65b
URL:    http://git.openembedded.org/?p=openembedded-core.git&a=commit;h=4bd419f95868d5b8707a45cee5f6c5c6a840a65b