[Bug 2148301] [NEW] chmod/du crash on 32bit with "Value too large for defined data type"

Jonas Jelten 2148301 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Apr 14 11:25:02 UTC 2026


Public bug reported:

My strace color patch update build fails just on 32-bit archs during the
finish step:

amd64 good: https://launchpad.net/~jj/+archive/ubuntu/lp2142281-strace-
colors/+build/32764083

armhf bad: https://launchpad.net/~jj/+archive/ubuntu/lp2142281-strace-
colors/+build/32764085

it crashes at the end with:

I: Built successfully
chmod: Value too large for defined data type
E: Can't chmod /<<BUILDDIR>> to g+w: 
E: chmod g+w /<<BUILDDIR>> failed.
du: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build/tests/fstat64-Xraw.dir/stat.sample': Value too large for defined data type
du: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build/tests/fstat64-Xverbose.dir/stat.sample': Value too large for defined data type
[...]
du: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build-udeb/tests/fstat64.dir/stat.sample': Value too large for defined data type
E: read_command failed to execute du
E: Cannot determine space needed for /<<PKGBUILDDIR>> (du failed)

** Affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  chmod/du crash on 32bit with "Value too large for defined data type"

Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My strace color patch update build fails just on 32-bit archs during
  the finish step:

  amd64 good:
  https://launchpad.net/~jj/+archive/ubuntu/lp2142281-strace-
  colors/+build/32764083

  armhf bad: https://launchpad.net/~jj/+archive/ubuntu/lp2142281-strace-
  colors/+build/32764085

  it crashes at the end with:

  I: Built successfully
  chmod: Value too large for defined data type
  E: Can't chmod /<<BUILDDIR>> to g+w: 
  E: chmod g+w /<<BUILDDIR>> failed.
  du: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build/tests/fstat64-Xraw.dir/stat.sample': Value too large for defined data type
  du: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build/tests/fstat64-Xverbose.dir/stat.sample': Value too large for defined data type
  [...]
  du: cannot access '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/build-udeb/tests/fstat64.dir/stat.sample': Value too large for defined data type
  E: read_command failed to execute du
  E: Cannot determine space needed for /<<PKGBUILDDIR>> (du failed)

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