[Bug]: xz: (stdin): File format not recognized

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: chrome
• Local OS: Ubuntu 18.04.4
• Remote OS: Ubuntu 18.04.4
• Remote Architecture: amd64
• code-server --version: v4.4.0 Latest

Steps to Reproduce

Follow the Development workflow: https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md#development-workflow

1. git clone https://github.com/coder/code-server.git
2. git submodule update --init
3. quilt push -a
4. yarn

Expected

yarn install completed

Actual

code-server/node_modules/shellcheck: Command failed.
Command: ./install.sh

xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: Child returned status 1

Logs

$ yarn
yarn install v1.22.18
[1/5] Validating package.json...
[2/5] Resolving packages...
[3/5] Fetching packages...
[4/5] Linking dependencies...
warning " > @coder/logger@1.1.16" has unmet peer dependency "@google-cloud/logging@^4.5.2".
[5/5] Building fresh packages...
[1/3] ⠄ argon2
[2/3] ⠄ yarn
error /home/test/code-server/node_modules/shellcheck: Command failed.
Exit code: 2
Command: ./install.sh
Arguments:
Directory: /home/test/code-server/node_modules/shellcheck
Output:
xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: Child returned status 1

Screenshot/Video

No response

Does this issue happen in VS Code?

• I cannot reproduce this in VS Code.

Are you accessing code-server over HTTPS?

• I am using HTTPS.

Notes

$ bsdtar --version
bsdtar 3.2.2 - libarchive 3.2.2 zlib/1.2.11 liblzma/5.2.2 bz2lib/1.0.6 liblz4/1.7.1

$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.29

[jsjoeio]

Hmm...so it's failing on the yarn step while trying to install shellcheck 🤔 I'm not sure why though...

Seems similar to this: gunar/shellcheck#18

related links:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44319693/docker-build-xzstdin-file-format-not-recognized
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/874519/tar-xz-extracting-error-xz-stdin-file-format-not-recognized
• extracting error “xz: (stdin): File format not recognized” oclint/oclint#569
• https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/7906-fixed-compile-error-le-8-0-1-xz-stdin-file-format-not-recognized/

[jsjoeio]

Maybe you should open an issue here?

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

The problem occurred at office. I guess it's proxy problem, but can't resolve it.
So, I tried building code-server at home following these steps(https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md#development-workflow),
and yarn succeeded!

But I met another problem when yarn watch:
when I enter http://localhost:8080, I see:

500
Cannot find module '~/code-server/lib/vscode/out/bootstrap-node' Require stack: - ~/code-server/out/node/util.js - ~/code-server/out/node/cli.js - ~/code-server/out/node/entry.js

when I enter http://0.0.0.0:8080/, (I've changed config.yaml, bind-addr: 0.0.0.0:8080)
I see:

404
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '~/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/node/server.main.js'

how can i resolve it?

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

I've found ~/code-server/lib/vscode/out/bootstrap-node.js exists.
But, there's nothing in ~/code-server/lib/vscode/out/vs/server/node/, it's empty here.
How can i resolve it?

[jsjoeio]

Hmm... seems like yarn watch isn't properly building vscode for you. Just to confirm, you ran steps 1-4 in the Development Workflow?

It may take some time for VS Code to build the first time so if have a couple mins, you're still having issues, feel free to share the logs. I'm guessing you tried to access it before it was done building

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

seems like yarn watch isn't properly building vscode for you. Just to confirm, you ran steps 1-4 in the Development Workflow?

Yes, I ran steps 1-4 in the Development Workflow exactly.
I would test again when I get home.
Thank you!

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

by the way, I'm trying to build on both Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 now. Are they compatible?
Is it possible to build code-server on Windows10 or not?

[jsjoeio]

They should be 🤔 I develop on macOS so haven't tested in a bit but should be fine.

Windows10...possibly not

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

I've followed these steps today:

yarn build
yarn build:vscode
yarn release
cd release
yarn --production
node .

then I see:

...
info  HTTP server listening on http://0.0.0.0:8080/ 
info    - Authentication is disabled 
info    - Not serving HTTPS 
...

then I tried to connect via Firefox and Chrome. I tried:

http://localhost:8080/
http://0.0.0.0:8080/

then I see:

Forbidden.

I modified ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml for many times,
I tried:

127.0.0.1:8080
127.0.0.1:9999
0.0.0.0:8080
0.0.0.0:9999

but nothing helped.

have you ever seen this kind of error?
I think there's simple way to fix it, but i can't figure it out.

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

I tried standalone deb package, but failed.
what I did is:

yarn release:standalone
yarn test:standalone-release
yarn package

then I installed in my docker as always:

code-server/release-packages/code-server_4.4.0_amd64.deb

then I see:

Forbidden.

So I tried official release:

https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/download/v4.4.0/code-server_4.4.0_amd64.deb

then it worked!

it's strange. I need to modify code-server and contribute some code, but I can't see my custom fresh build working.

the HEAD commit I'm currently on is:

commit 1e304b1e7d3b5cd0edb1aa35edbbe74cd79254c2 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Author: Feng Yu <F3n67u@outlook.com>
Date:   Sat May 14 00:57:50 2022 +0800

    chore(deps): upgrade typescript to v4.6 (#5202)

I didn't modify any code, I just git clone and build and try custom code-server, but what I see on the browser is:

Forbidden.

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

I tried building on macOS and succeeded! 😀
I don't know why it's not working on Ubuntu 20.04 😭

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

could you recommend Ubuntu docker image to build custom code-server please?

[tony-jinwoo-ahn]

if you guide me official Dockerfile for Ubuntu environment, I'd follow every single steps to install exactly same packages, to build custom code-server for Ubuntu.