Re: Heads up: objdir is now rm -rf resistent

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On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 10:52:26PM +0200, Andreas Gustafsson wrote:
> All,
> 
> The TNF testbed is currently failing to start new builds because it is
> unable to remove the objdirs from previous builds using the Python
> equivalent of "rm -rf".
> 
> Specifically, after the i386 build fails the way it currently does,
> the objdir contains two directories with mode 0111, which rm -rf is
> unable to remove:
> 
>   obj/distrib/i386/cdroms/bootcd/cdrom/var/spool/ftp/hidden
>   obj/distrib/i386/cdroms/bootcd-com/cdrom/var/spool/ftp/hidden
> 
> The work-around is to manually chmod the directories to 0755 before
> removing the objdir, but until I get around to automating that on the
> testbed, you can expect a reduced level of automated testing service.
> Also, you may want to be on the lookout for this failure mode in your
> own builds (or the cleanup after them).

I'm super confused about why anything I did touches the permissions of
/var/spool/ftp, or the other failure mode with pax.

Happy to temporary revert my changes (disabling MKNOUVEAUFIRMWARE should
also achieve a similar result).