Fail to build wheezy box on archlinux

[fbourigault]

I'm trying to build the debian wheezy box on my archlinux host. It fails (see output and log for details). In the log we can see lxc_container: No such file or directory - failed to exec 'update-locale' seems that update-locale is missing from container.

Output:

[fabien@vtfabien vagrant-lxc-base-boxes]$ make wheezy
==> [wheezy] Building box to 'output/2014-07-31/vagrant-lxc-wheezy-amd64.box'...
==> [wheezy] The 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container already exists, do you want to continue building the box? [Y/n] y
==> [wheezy] Do you want to rebuild the 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container? [y/N] y
    [wheezy] Destroying container vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64...
    [wheezy] Creating container...
    [wheezy] Container created!
    [wheezy] Adding ipv6 allhosts entry to container's /etc/hosts
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f checkroot-bootclean.sh remove] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f mountall-bootclean.sh remove] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f mountnfs-bootclean.sh remove] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/locale-gen fr_FR.utf8] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
    [wheezy] Running [update-locale LANG=fr_FR.utf8] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
Makefile:26: recipe for target 'wheezy' failed
make: *** [wheezy] Error 255

Log:

############################################
# Beginning build at jeu. juil. 31 11:23:05 CEST 2014
==> [wheezy] [INFO] Building box to 'output/2014-07-31/vagrant-lxc-wheezy-amd64.box'...
    [wheezy] Destroying container vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64...
    [wheezy] Creating container...
Using image from local cache
Unpacking the rootfs

---
You just created a Debian container (release=wheezy, arch=amd64, variant=default)
The default root password is: root

    [wheezy] Container created!
    [wheezy] Adding ipv6 allhosts entry to container's /etc/hosts
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f checkroot-bootclean.sh remove] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
    LANGUAGE = (unset),
    LC_ALL = (unset),
    LANG = "fr_FR.utf8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f mountall-bootclean.sh remove] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
    LANGUAGE = (unset),
    LC_ALL = (unset),
    LANG = "fr_FR.utf8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f mountnfs-bootclean.sh remove] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
    LANGUAGE = (unset),
    LC_ALL = (unset),
    LANG = "fr_FR.utf8"
    are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing
    [wheezy] Running [/usr/sbin/locale-gen fr_FR.utf8] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
/usr/sbin/locale-gen: 24: /usr/sbin/locale-gen: rm: not found
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
Generation complete.
    [wheezy] Running [update-locale LANG=fr_FR.utf8] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
lxc_container: No such file or directory - failed to exec 'update-locale'

[fgrehm]

Weird, I'm not 100% sure how to set things up on archlinux so it might take me some time to understand what's going on =/

[tripledes]

Hi, I did find what's wrong...when utils.lxc.attach is executed, $PATH is lost, modifying the function as follows solves the issue:

lxc-attach -n ${CONTAINER} -v PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin -- $cmd &>> ${LOG}

@fgrehm I could submit a PR, I don't think it would break other distros' support but cannot test.

[fgrehm]

@tripledes thanks! please do send that PR and I'll give it a try down here :)

[svenXY]

I can confirm that @tripledes patch resolves that problem.

Unfortunately, I then stumble into problems with name resolution or networking:

Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  de_DE.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
    [debian-wheezy] Running [update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
==> [debian-wheezy] [INFO] Installing extra packages and upgrading
    [debian-wheezy] Sleeping for 10 seconds...
    [debian-wheezy] Running [apt-get update] inside 'vagrant-base-wheezy-amd64' container...
Fehl http://cdn.debian.net wheezy Release.gpg
  »cdn.debian.net« konnte nicht aufgelöst werden.
Paketlisten werden gelesen...
W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von http://cdn.debian.net/debian/dists/wheezy/Release.gpg  »cdn.debian.net« konnte nicht aufgelöst werden.
...

[sephii]

I had the same neworking issue and had to change /etc/lxc/default.conf to get it working:

lxc.network.type = veth
lxc.network.flags = up
lxc.network.link = lxcbr0

[fgrehm]

I've stepped down as a maintainer of the plugin and I'm no longer maintaining this repo. Feel free to use it as a starting point for your own boxes and if you need any help with that just LMK! 🍻