GLIBC 2.10

anv · 05-11-2010, 09:44 AM

I have glibc-2.10.1-6.4mnb2.i586 installed on my system, but when I run as root:

python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()"

I receive this message:

OSError: [Errno 36] File name too long: '/tmp/images/Note\rYou need GLIBC 2.10 or higher to run versions greater than 0.6.29. If you receive an error about GLIBC you can downgrade to an older version by getting the .tar.bz2 file for your architecture (32bit or 64bit) from sourceforge. Then delete the contents of '

kovidgoyal · 05-11-2010, 11:49 AM

The actual error is the first part about a file name being too long. Though why you should get that is beyond me. I thought all linux files systems had at least 1024 as the path size limit.

anv · 05-12-2010, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The actual error is the first part about a file name being too long. Though why you should get that is beyond me. I thought all linux files systems had at least 1024 as the path size limit.

This error started with the lastest version. The version I has running is 0.6.49. May be it helps you find what is different about filenames.

If you want me to run some tests, just tell me.

Krystian Galaj · 05-12-2010, 07:14 AM

It looks to me like either a buffer overflow, or the filename string that's not properly ending with NULL.

I understand that the error is what was written out, and the "You need GLIBC..." string was considered the part of the path by some function, and that caused the "file name too long" error. So either the '/tmp/images/Note\r' isn't properly zero-terminated (more probable), or "You need GLIBC..." string was copied in memory over the latter part of the path (less probable).

kovidgoyal · 05-12-2010, 01:42 PM

yeah but that's just the installer script, not calibre itself and the installer script definitely hasn't changed between 0.6.49 and 0.6.52

Is that the complete error message or was there a Traceback before it?

anv · 05-13-2010, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Is that the complete error message or was there a Traceback before it?

Guess what. I runned the install script again and it worked fine.

I re-runned it from different directories and I couldn't reproduce the error.

05-11-2010, 09:44 AM	#1
anv Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Sony PRS600	GLIBC 2.10 I have glibc-2.10.1-6.4mnb2.i586 installed on my system, but when I run as root: python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()" I receive this message: OSError: [Errno 36] File name too long: '/tmp/images/Note\rYou need GLIBC 2.10 or higher to run versions greater than 0.6.29. If you receive an error about GLIBC you can downgrade to an older version by getting the .tar.bz2 file for your architecture (32bit or 64bit) from sourceforge. Then delete the contents of '

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05-11-2010, 11:49 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The actual error is the first part about a file name being too long. Though why you should get that is beyond me. I thought all linux files systems had at least 1024 as the path size limit.

05-12-2010, 07:14 AM	#4
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	It looks to me like either a buffer overflow, or the filename string that's not properly ending with NULL. I understand that the error is what was written out, and the "You need GLIBC..." string was considered the part of the path by some function, and that caused the "file name too long" error. So either the '/tmp/images/Note\r' isn't properly zero-terminated (more probable), or "You need GLIBC..." string was copied in memory over the latter part of the path (less probable).

05-12-2010, 01:42 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,871 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yeah but that's just the installer script, not calibre itself and the installer script definitely hasn't changed between 0.6.49 and 0.6.52 Is that the complete error message or was there a Traceback before it?

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