Bug#425397: tasksel/pkgsel causing Etch netboot install to hang indefinitely
Further information below:
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I have noticed that when I kill the "dpkg-preconfigure --apt" process
during the TASKSEL phase, the install proceeds but then stops at the
configuration of 'Dictionaries-common: Wordlist dictionary':
---------| [!!] Dictionaries-common: Wordlist dictionary |----------
Because more than one wordlist will be available in your system,
Please select the one you'd like applications to use by default.
You can change the default wordlist at any time by running
"select-default-wordlist".
Selecting system's default wordlist:
american (American English)
Manual symlinks setting
<Go Back>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
By selecting 'american' the installation then proceeds again until it
halts once more following the installation of the british wordlist, for
the configuration of the same feature:
---------| [!!] Dictionaries-common: Wordlist dictionary |----------
Because more than one wordlist will be available in your system,
Please select the one you'd like applications to use by default.
You can change the default wordlist at any time by running
"select-default-wordlist".
Selecting system's default wordlist:
american (American English)
british (British English)
Manual symlinks setting
<Go Back>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Then it proceeds for a moment, and then stops again!!! For configuration
of the Ispell dictionary:
---------| [!!] Dictionaries-common: Ispell dictionary |----------
Because more than one ispell dictionary will be available in your
system, please select the one you'd like applications to use by
default.
You can change the default ispell dictionary at any time by running
"select-default-ispell".
Selecting system's default ispell dictionary:
american (American English)
Manual symlinks setting
<Go Back>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
I again select 'american' and then it stops again to ask me if I'd like
to change it now that the british dictionary has been installed:
---------| [!!] Dictionaries-common: Ispell dictionary |----------
Because more than one ispell dictionary will be available in your
system, please select the one you'd like applications to use by
default.
You can change the default ispell dictionary at any time by running
"select-default-ispell".
Selecting system's default ispell dictionary:
american (American English)
british (British English)
Manual symlinks setting
<Go Back>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Finally by selecting 'american' the installation continues to the PKGSEL
phase where it stops again after downloading packages and with a similar
stalled process as during the TASKSEL phase, ie. '/usr/bin/perl -w
/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt/. I checked the full command lines
which are of a very similar appearance to those of the TASKSEL phase:
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27507 - /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/debconf/frontend
/usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress --from 90 --to 95 --logstderr --aptitude
-q --without-recommends -y install afio build-essential byacc bzip2
chkrootkit dmalloc dosfstools dump eject ethtool expat fileutils flip
ftp hdparm iproute iputils-arping iputils-tracepath ksymoops ldap-utils
libcgi-perl libfile-mmagic-perl libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev libgmpxx4
libgmp3-dev libkrb5-17-heimdal libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl
libmldbm-perl libncurses5-dev libnetaddr-ip-perl libpam0g-dev
libparse-yapp-perl libpam-doc libpam-cracklib libpam-passwdqc
libstdc++2.10-dev libtool libxml-dumper-perl libxml-encoding-perl
libxml-grove-perl libxml-parser-perl libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl
lsb-base lsb-release lynx memtest86 mingetty modconf mutt nasm ncompress
netselect nscd ntpdate ntp-simple openssh-server openssl parted
python-dev python-xml quota quotatool raidutils reiserfsprogs rsync
sasl2-bin screen scsiadd scsitools sendmail-bin sensible-mda setserial
slocate smartmontools snmpd sudo sysstat tcpdump tcpslice tmpreaper
unzip vim x11-common xinetd zip
27509 - /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress --from 90 --to 95
--logstderr --aptitude -q --without-recommends -y install afio
build-essential byacc bzip2 chkrootkit dmalloc dosfstools dump eject
ethtool expat fileutils flip ftp hdparm iproute iputils-arping
iputils-tracepath ksymoops ldap-utils libcgi-perl libfile-mmagic-perl
libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev libgmpxx4 libgmp3-dev libkrb5-17-heimdal
libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl libmldbm-perl libncurses5-dev
libnetaddr-ip-perl libpam0g-dev libparse-yapp-perl libpam-doc
libpam-cracklib libpam-passwdqc libstdc++2.10-dev libtool
libxml-dumper-perl libxml-encoding-perl libxml-grove-perl
libxml-parser-perl libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl lsb-base lsb-release
lynx memtest86 mingetty modconf mutt nasm ncompress netselect nscd
ntpdate ntp-simple openssh-server openssl parted python-dev python-xml
quota quotatool raidutils reiserfsprogs rsync sasl2-bin screen scsiadd
scsitools sendmail-bin sensible-mda setserial slocate smartmontools
snmpd sudo sysstat tcpdump tcpslice tmpreaper unzip vim x11-common
xinetd zip
27510 - aptitude -o APT::Status -F d=4 -o APT::Keep -F ds::=5 -o
APT::Keep -F ds::=6 -q --without-recommends -y install afio
build-essential byacc bzip2 chkrootkit dmalloc dosfstools dump eject
ethtool expat fileutils flip ftp hdparm iproute iputils-arping
iputils-tracepath ksymoops ldap-utils libcgi-perl libfile-mmagic-perl
libglib1.2 libglib1.2-dev libgmpxx4 libgmp3-dev libkrb5-17-heimdal
libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl libmldbm-perl libncurses5-dev
libnetaddr-ip-perl libpam0g-dev libparse-yapp-perl libpam-doc
libpam-cracklib libpam-passwdqc libstdc++2.10-dev libtool
libxml-dumper-perl libxml-encoding-perl libxml-grove-perl
libxml-parser-perl libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl lsb-base lsb-release
lynx memtest86 mingetty modconf mutt nasm ncompress netselect nscd
ntpdate ntp-simple openssh-server openssl parted python-dev python-xml
quota quotatool raidutils reiserfsprogs rsync sasl2-bin screen scsiadd
scsitools sendmail-bin sensible-mda setserial slocate smartmontools
snmpd sudo sysstat tcpdump tcpslice tmpreaper unzip vim x11-common
xinetd zip
27516 - /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
27517 - /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
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I then kill process 27517 and the installation proceeds in an automated
fashion.
Does this help at all?
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William Oakley
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