PackageInstaller fails to open/install some packages

[rossi]

PackageInstaller fails to open/install the QEMU package from beBits (http://www.bebits.com/app/4208).

Error: "I was unable to read the given package file."

Happens on r28892.

Screenshot of error message attached.

[aldeck]

I can confirm, it happened to me a month ago, forgot to report.

[mmlr]

For the meantime the zipped version can be used: http://haiku.mlotz.ch/qemu-0.9.1.zip

[Adek336]

Thank you, the .zip file works fine!

[aldeck]

Attached the output produced with #define DEBUG_PARSER.

The PackageInfo::Parse method fails and returns on line 1061 in PackageInfo.cpp

didn't look further, HTH

[sil2100]

Thanks for the debugging info! I will look into this problem in more detail as soon as possible - it might take some time, though, since I have a rough week right now.

[aldeck]

Same problem with http://revolf.free.fr/beos/apps/XEmacs-21.4.9-x86-bin.pkg reported by Blub\0 on #haiku

[korli]

XEmacs-21.4.9-x86-bin.pkg installs correctly here: though there is a warning with an invalid size.

[sil2100]

This bug has been fixed by Jérôme around r29216. Thanks korli!

[axeld]

No, this actually hasn't been fixed, it's still reproducible with the Qemu package in r29876.

[sil2100]

This is strange, since I cannot reproduce it here. I tried both qemu packages (BONE and net_server) and they both open and install without problems (r29880). Does it happen during every package installation try? Does it fail to open or install the package? What qemu package is the one having problems?

Thanks in advice.

[mmadia]

is BEOS:APP_SIG listed as an index on the partitions? would that affect this?

[anevilyak]

Completely unrelated to APP_SIG, this has to do with parsing the pkg itself.

[axeld]

The problem appears with Qemu 0.9.1 on BeBits. It starts to install (even copies a few files), and then tells me the installation was aborted.

[korli]

Replying to axeld:

The problem appears with Qemu 0.9.1 on BeBits. It starts to install (even copies a few files), and then tells me the installation was aborted.

Did you check there is enough space left ? Package install was failing because of this last time I tried.

[axeld]

Okay, this actually seems to be a different bug. I had a failed install of Qemu on this partition, and PackageInstaller could not handle this. I'll open a new ticket for it.