Bug#34397: dpkg: Upgrade from hamm, via apt-get, hangs when selecting xserver-common

To: Kevin Scott <scottkj@prl.research.philips.com>
Cc: 34397@bugs.debian.org, xserver-common@packages.debian.org
Subject: Bug#34397: dpkg: Upgrade from hamm, via apt-get, hangs when selecting xserver-common
From: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:35:20 +0000 (GMT)
Message-id: <[🔎] 14064.1016.85333.790420@davenant.relativity.greenend.org.uk>
Reply-to: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>, 34397@bugs.debian.org
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Scott writes ("Re: Bug#34397: dpkg: Upgrade from hamm, via apt-get, hangs when   selecting xserver-common"):
...
> Unlikely in the short term as I only had the one machine to upgrade.  I
> did look at CPU-usage before killing dpkg and it was clocking up time
> according to ps - I let it get up to 10 mins before killing it.

Oh dear, that definitely does sound like a dpkg problem.
Unfortunately I don't see how I can debug it with so little
information.

I'll look out for something like this, and leave the bug open as a
record in case anything recurs.  If there are no further reports I'll
probably close it in a year or so ...

Thanks,
Ian.

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- Bug#34397: dpkg: Upgrade from hamm, via apt-get, hangs when selecting xserver-common
  - From: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
- Bug#34397: dpkg: Upgrade from hamm, via apt-get, hangs when selecting xserver-common
  - From: Kevin Scott <scottkj@prl.research.philips.com>

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