7.0-BETA1 freeze using portmaster

[Kris Kennaway]

Robert Marella wrote:
> Aloha
> 
> [robert at p4] ~> uname -a
> FreeBSD p4.konav201.local 7.0-BETA1 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 #2: Mon Oct 29
> 07:58:19 HST 2007     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> 
> This was a fresh install of 7 from a couple of months ago when it was
> -current. I have been updating at least weekly since then. I csup'd and
> did the buildworld/kernel thing this past Friday. At that time I change
> from the generic kernel to a generic using -ULE.
> 
> When updating the ports over the weekend using "portmaster -a -u" the
> system would freeze at "Creating a backup package for old version
> pkg-glob". Where pkg-glob is whatever was being updated at the time of
> course. 
> 
> The keyboard would not respond and I was unable to ssh into it from
> other computers on my network. It would not even respond to a ping
> request. The only recovery is a power off reboot.
> 
> I was able to update my ports by doing a make deinstall, make clean,
> make install clean from the ports directory. This morning I tried to
> update python25 and had the same results.
> 
> I reverted back to the generic kernel and had the same results. I have
> tried it as root, using sudo from my user login and also from su. All
> fail the same way.
> 
> I have no trouble with portmaster from my 6.2-Stable computer. 
> 
> FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 #2: Mon Oct 29 07:58:19 HST 2007
>     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (2598.76-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf29  Stepping = 9
>   Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,
>   PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
>   Features2=0x4400<CNXT-ID,xTPR>
>   Logical CPUs per core: 2
> real memory  = 2146631680 (2047 MB)
> avail memory = 2086854656 (1990 MB)
> 
> I was testing hyperthreading but have disabled it also with the same
> failure.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Robert
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Kris