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Hi,

I've just been hit by a bug in md5sum/sha1sum from coreutils-9.2.

Essentially, in certain circumstances, a digest manifest, when checked against a changed file, will print OK. The utility still reports an error at the end of the run, but in big manifests, it's a pain finding the failing file.

Here's a trivial script showing the problem:

Code: #!/bin/bash

TMPFS_DIR=$(mktemp -d --suffix=-coreutils-prob --tmpdir=$(/bin/pwd))
cd "$TMPFS_DIR"
echo "aaaa" > a.txt
echo "bbbb" > b.txt
sha1sum *.txt > sha1s.txt
sha1sum -c sha1s.txt
echo "cccc" > b.txt
echo "After file change in b.txt"
sha1sum -c sha1s.txt With output:
Code: $ sh sha1bad.sh
a.txt: OK
b.txt: OK
After file change in b.txt
a.txt: OK
b.txt: OK
sha1sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match It seems this has already been fixed in:

git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils
commit: 76f2fb627118a26c25003dbd98c22c153b7ee1d2

but it's not been part of a release tag.

Apologies if this has already been reported.

===Rich

I build signal-desktop from source. The vanilla build process following the official directions produces a .deb package, which I then convert to a .txz using deb2tgz. The packages install just fine but when upgrade time comes, using upgradepkg I get the following error:

upgradepkg ./signal-desktop_6.12.0-beta.1_amd64.txz

Error: there is no installed package named signal-desktop_6.12.0-beta.1_amd64.
(looking for /var/lib/pkgtools/packages/signal-desktop_6.12.0-beta.1_amd64)

and of course.. signal desktop IS installed, as a quick ls of /var/log/packages/ reveals:

ls /var/log/packages/ | grep signal

signal-desktop_6.11.0-beta.1_amd64

Until now I have just forced the upgrade using '%' with upgradepkg, but I would like to modify the package so that it upgrades simply & correctly, like almost all other slackware packages. Honestly, signal is the only package that makes me do this. Is there something I can add to the package (doinstall.sh?) that would make it update correctly?

I just need to be pointed in a direction here. Signal has a complicated build process with a lot of dependencies and frameworks involved. It's a right proper Charlie Foxtrot, but in the end it still produces useable packages. At the same time, it's not the usual ./config && make && make_install build process that I am dealing with here, so I don't expect anyone to martyr themselves figuring out the exact process to correct this issue.

All I need is to be pointed in a direction here. I suspect something is missing from a .deb that is present in a correctly made slackware package, and adding that missing thing would probably correct this issue.

Or, can I add an entry for signal-desktop to the package database directly?

I just need some suggestions here, I can do the heavy lifting myself. As I said, the build process for signal is a fussy, finicky CF, but it's a good product so I put up with the BS that comes with design decisions made by the upstream developers.

.

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Hello experts!
I don't understand why all my HDs are so slow under Linux.
AHCI is selected in the BIOS and not IDE, but the throughput is so low. I am using and old motherboard "IP35 Pro" with a ICH9R controller.

Please take a look at the CMD below. I ask for help! Thx a lot!

root@openmediavault:~# dmesg | grep "SATA link"
[ 2.982689] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 2.986696] ata6: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 2.986716] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 2.986731] ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 2.986744] ata5: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 2.986758] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)

root@openmediavault:~# sudo smartctl -i /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-6.0.0-0.deb11.6-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Western Digital Red
Device Model: WDC WD40EFRX-68N32N0
Serial Number: WD-WCC7K5JKYRLY
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 266f1ec14
Firmware Version: 82.00A82
User Capacity: 4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Fri Mar 24 21:37:51 2023 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

root@openmediavault:~# hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=WDC WD40EFRX-68N32N0, FwRev=82.00A82, SerialNo=WD-WCC7K5JKYRLY
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=unknown, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
(maybe): CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=7814037168
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7
* signifies the current active mode

root@openmediavault:~# sudo hdparm --direct -tT /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing O_DIRECT cached reads: 528 MB in 2.00 seconds = 263.80 MB/sec
Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 548 MB in 3.00 seconds = 182.67 MB/sec

root@openmediavault:~# dd if=/dev/sda of=diskbench bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 5.95197 s, 180 MB/s


root@openmediavault:~# sudo hdparm --direct -tT /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing O_DIRECT cached reads: 534 MB in 2.01 seconds = 266.22 MB/sec
Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 550 MB in 3.00 seconds = 183.20 MB/sec


Thx for your help!
SB

Windows is installed on following PC, but Linux install fails. I have tried multiple distros, all of the installers have stucked on logo screen.

CPU
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz
Wolfdale 45nm Technology
RAM
3,00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 403MHz (6-6-6-18)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5QL/EPU (LGA775)
Graphics
K-700 (1024x768@85Hz)
1024MB ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)
Storage
465GB SAMSUNG HD502HJ ATA Device (SATA )
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio

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No associated messages in the session logfile.

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It's RHEL8.
I've ran this script from RH in the past which tar'ed all the system config files and sent them to RH for diagnosis. I remember it was very comprehensive. I am looking for something similar. Or if anyone has that script, would be great.
Making some changes to the system (STIG remediation) and want to make sure I can recover if things go wrong.

Files like /etc/fstab, /etc/hosts, network configuration stuff in /etc/ and much more, volume group configuration.

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