Re: Aptitude behaving strangely
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:31:06 -0400
Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com> wrote:
> Celejar(celejar@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> > On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:46:15 -0400
> > Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Celejar(celejar@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely
> > > > lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long
> > > > periods of time while displaying the line:
> > > >
> > > > 99% [5 Packages 4308]
> > > >
> > > > or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be
> > > > occurring.
> <--<snip>-->
>
> > > >
> > > Yes. Started yesterday, here. I tried again then morning and it
> > > was still hanging at 12 PM EST when I finally was able to finish
> > > the upgrade.
> > >
> > > Wayne
> >
> > I don't seem to have it quite as bad as you; my updates often do
> > finish (I sometimes kill them and just try again) after mysteriously
> > hanging for a couple of minutes. Today I did a (possibly)
> > successful one and pulled in about 64MB of upgrades.
> >
>
> Did a testing and etch upgrade yesterday and overnight. Both completed
> in about the normal time, for me. Seems the problem (?) has been
> fixed. /* cross fingers */
I had the morning's successful update / upgrade, but just now
experienced the strange hang on the 'Packages' line. It did clear up
and complete within a couple of minutes, though.
> Wayne
Celejar
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