On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 08:41:23PM +0100, Andreas Fester wrote: > I tried to track it down; I could reproduce it with non-stripped apt-binaries from > a re-compiled apt source package. pstree showed the following processes while > apt-get was hanging: > > apt-get(5027)???bzip2(5049) > ??gpgv(5032) > ??gzip(5038) > ??http(5029) > ??http(5030) > > apt-get was blocked in a select() called from apt-get.cc:1354 > > 1353 // Run it > 1354 if (Fetcher.Run() == pkgAcquire::Failed) // <<== > 1355 return false; > > bzip/gzip/gpgv were hanging in a select() which was called from WaitFd(), > and http did not show a useful stack trace. This sounds similar to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341537 Try to see if the place where apt is getting stuck is one where it's waiting for input from an external process which might have gotten stuck or dead. -- Rodrigo Gallardo GPG-Fingerprint: 7C81 E60C 442E 8FBC D975 2F49 0199 8318 ADC9 BC28 Billboard billboard burning bright / in my windshield every night. Lead me to a decent joint / where I can stop and get a bite.
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