Bugzilla – Bug 17309
7.5.5 on Fedora 14/OpenSUSE 11.4 is broken
Last modified: 2011-07-29 09:20:14 UTC
Platform: RedHat Fedora 14, x86, with all updates as of July 12, 2011. After upgrade of 7.5.4 to 7.5.5 using the repo supplied RPM, the squeezeboxerver doesn't start anymore. It complains about Perl modules that cannot be loaded. Initial modules that cannot be loaded are EV and YAML::Syck, but this is just the top of the iceberg. It looks like a build mismatch in the shared libraries supplied for the CPAN components. I went back to 7.5.4 and this (still) works well.
I can confirm this problem on Fedora 14. This could have easily been found before release by basic sanity testing of the 7.5.5 rpm on Fedora or OpenSuse. I realize that Logitech has cut testing staff for SBS, but releasing an official rpm without basic sanity testing is inexcusable, in my opinion. Logitech needs to rethink their staffing, testing, and release management procedures to make sure this doesn't happen again.
I agree with this. And it makes business sense. The biggest advantage of the Squeeze system is the Server. Servers should run on server machines (i.e. Linux), not Macs or PCs. My server is on all the time, and is properly defended against internet attacks. Since Logitech bough Slim, the support for the server has nosedived. It is traumatic to upgrade when each new release comes out. And, there is nothing (I can find) that tells me about the new features that I should look for in each release. This update notice should be on mysqueezebox.com, not buried somewhere in the wiki. With the advent of virtual machines, it is not too much to ask to have the latest build of each major distribution (Fedora, Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu) on a machine for automated testing. And, you (Slim) are not being clever about testing these things. You now have a bunch of users who eventually figure these things out. You should engage us to do some pre-release testing. Finally, I note that the architecture of the server is now much more complicated than it used to be. In olden days, it was all in /usr/local, and I could dump it by deleting the directory. Now it is in /usr/share and is impossible to find. And, you keep changing the name of the server, so there are old breadcrumbs from previous versions scattered among my machines.
*** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. ***
OpenSuse 11.4 is also broken on 7.5.5. The previous version 7.5.4 was working and installing ok.
== Auto-comment from SVN commit #32777 to the slim repo by agrundman == == http://svn.slimdevices.com/slim?view=revision&revision=32777 == Fixed bug 17309, rebuilt x86 5.12 modules using Perl 5.12.3 without stack-protector
== Auto-comment from SVN commit #32783 to the slim repo by agrundman == == http://svn.slimdevices.com/slim?view=revision&revision=32783 == Bug 17309, rebuilt 7.5 modules without stack-protector
I tested on both Fedora 15 and OpenSUSE 11.4 and things are now fixed. If you don't want to run 7.6, you can download tonight's 7.5 nightly which will also work.
So are you going to move the fixed 7.5.5 to mysqueezebox.com to save people grief? What is in 7.6 that would make us want to upgrade? Where are the release notes located? (they should be linked at mysqueezebox,com). Thank, Andy
Yeah maybe I'll replace the released versions and the ones in the repositories. 7.6 changelog is here: http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.6/trunk/server/Changelog7.html
Andy, the 6.0 rpm in http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.6 is from 7/19. Is it fixed?
No, let me build some new ones.
Try the nightly now, 32786 or higher.
(In reply to comment #7) > I tested on both Fedora 15 and OpenSUSE 11.4 and things are now fixed. If you > don't want to run 7.6, you can download tonight's 7.5 nightly which will also > work. Well, removing all skins (except default and classic) is definitely a showstopper for me. My wife uses Squeezeboxserver on a tablet PC (she's disabled and cannot use a keyboard or mouse). I use Squeezeboxserver often on my Nokia770.
(In reply to comment #7) > I tested on both Fedora 15 and OpenSUSE 11.4 and things are now fixed. If you > don't want to run 7.6, you can download tonight's 7.5 nightly which will also > work. I installed the 7.5.5 nightly (squeezeboxserver-7.5.5-0.1.32671.noarch.rpm) but it still doesn't work. Is this the right build?
No. http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.5
I have now installed 7.5.5 - r32783 on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64. Everything seems to be working. /Anders
I have now installed 7.5.5 - r32783 on Fedora14 x86. Everything seems to be working.
The repo still provides the broken RPM. Worse, its version number takes precedence over the fixed RPM so the broken RPM gets reinstalled with every upgrade. DO YOU SLIM GUYS REALLY CARE?
Regarding comment #18, it can be worked around by some yum magic: In /etc/yum.repos.d/squeezecenter.repo, add the line exclude=squeezeboxserver-7.5.5-1.noarch to the squeezecenter-release repo and then enable the squeezecenter-testing repo. Obviously not a solution but makes life easier until the main repo is fixed...
Repo has 7.6 which works now.