Bug #16144

Document another workaround for a vagrant failure

Added by segfault 2018-11-21 23:33:47 . Updated 2018-11-22 16:05:36 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Start date:
2018-11-21
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
bugfix/16144-document-workaround
Type of work:
Contributors documentation
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Description

When I try to build Tails, vagrant sometimes fails with

Initialization parameters must be an attributes hash, got NilClass nil (ArgumentError)

Restarting libvirtd fixes this, as suggested here.

We should add this to our Known issues and workarounds section in contribute/build.


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History

#1 Updated by segfault 2018-11-21 23:52:25

  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|47d97641c49da1cde43a4d91cfcd2ccad6b89556.

#2 Updated by segfault 2018-11-21 23:53:18

  • Assignee set to intrigeri
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to bugfix/16144-document-workaround

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2018-11-22 07:53:34

  • Assignee changed from intrigeri to segfault

There’s no reason why we should delay this improvement until the next release so I’ve transplanted your branch onto master (git rebase --onto master origin/stable).
I’ve added a couple small improvements on top, please review and merge into master once happy :)

#4 Updated by segfault 2018-11-22 15:24:31

re 1500fa0313b6fcb15601a8d2cd9a6f25b21d11f6:

I copied the hard-coded build command line from the section above:

To build an ISO image, execute the following command:

    rake build && rake vm:halt

#5 Updated by segfault 2018-11-22 15:26:38

  • Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|f0eb16be45328bbd21cf2af0c38e1174f095a3de.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2018-11-22 15:58:32

> I copied the hard-coded build command line from the section above:

Sure. They have different purposes: that one is meant for 1st-timers while the workaround section can also be followed by people who build Tails everyday with a different command line.

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2018-11-22 16:05:36

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (segfault)
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass