On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 11:30, J.F.Gratton wrote: > Anyone came across this problem ? > > When I apt-get dist-upgrade my unstable system, the configuration phase > of dpkg hangs while configuring netbase > > A quick ps -fe | grep netbase shows this : > > root 29578 29577 9 11:26 pts/3 00:00:01 /usr/bin/perl -w > /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/netbase.postinst > configure 4.10 > root 29589 29578 0 11:26 pts/3 00:00:00 /bin/sh -e > /var/lib/dpkg/info/netbase.postinst configure 4.10 > > So I guess it hangs during post-install, but try as I might, reading tru > /var/lib/dpkg/info/netbase.postinst , I can't find where. > > Any hindsights will be appreciated :) I edited /var/lib/dpkg/info/netbase.postinst and on line 104 changed it to: # update_hosts_file Mainly to forget about it. I already had everything I needed for IPv6 in it. That function currently seems broken. Not obviously either. So, that was a quick elimination of the problem... not a fix but a workaround. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry If you behave there will be cake for the miscreants we call your droogs.
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