Bug#2523: configuring netstd 2.01-1 freezes up dpkg
warwick@cs.mu.OZ.AU writes:
>
> > I was upgrading from netstd 1.25 and when it got to setting up it just froze
> > up. Checking out what processes were running I saw that a perl process
> > that was running /var/lib/dpkg/info/netstd.postinst was out of control, i.e
> > using all the CPU it could get it's greedy hands on. :)
>
> I noticed this myself with a different version of netstd (a.out, 1.26-1),
> and thought it had stuffed up (because of other things that had happened).
> I tried uninstalling, and then purging, to no effect. Then one time I left
> it running a little longer than before (maybe 10 minutes) and it completed
> (apparently) fine. At the time I thought a warning message saying "this may
> take a while" could have been in order, but soon was distracted by other
> things.
Actually now that you mention that I seem to remember a package taking
quite a while to configure itself, very likely was netstd, when I installed
it on my new pentium, but it probably takes much much longer on a 386 :)
A warning message when something is going to take longer than a minute
certainly would be helpful. I did leave it running on the 386 for at least
5 minutes.
Andrew
--
Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment
factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot
startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night!
-- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day'
Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au
Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au
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