Re: [ext2fs] file_pager_write_pages assertion 'blk' failed under apt-get install onto the underlying /var of a canonical Debian GNU/Hurd 0.9 image

Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.hurd.bugs
Organization I am not organized
Message-ID <ah4SkpvznjeOMvtQ@end> 
Hello,

[email protected], le lun. 01 juin 2026 15:42:53 +0000, a ecrit:
> June 1, 2026 at 5:37 AM, "Borja Tarraso" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Borja%20Tarraso%22%20%3Cborja.tarraso%40member.fsf.org%3E > wrote:
> > On canonical Debian GNU/Hurd 0.9, an apt-get install of around
> > 14 MB of packages onto the underlying ext2fs /var reproducibly
> > trips an ext2fs translator assertion within a minute or two and
> > wedges the rootfs.
> 
> Perhaps try again with the "ext3/4fs" that just landed, and see if
> the bug is still there...just a thought.

That's most probably completely unrelated: journalling does not help
with normal operaton, only on system crash.

Samuel
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