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

Hello,

Borja Tarraso, le lun. 01 juin 2026 12:37:33 +0300, a ecrit:
> On canonical Debian GNU/Hurd 0.9,

What do you mean by "canonical"? Is that an preinstalled image from
cdimages.debian.org?

>      /var is mounted via /hurd/tmpfs (size 256M) by default

? This is not a default configuration.

>   3. apt-install a multi-package set, for example:
> 
>        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
>          xvfb emacs-lucid elpa-exwm elpa-xelb pulseaudio
> 
>      dpkg unpacks a few packages and then the kernel log emits:
> 
>        ext2fs: ../../ext2fs/pager.c:455:
>            file_pager_write_pages: Assertion 'blk' failed.

I have already seen this issue sometimes, usually it goes away after an
fsck. I haven't had time to investigate further and I have seen it
really rarely.

Samuel