Re: vbox loop in aptitude

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

On 07/05/2010 12:40 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Lu, 05 iul 10, 00:14:35, Paul Scott wrote:
> > On 07/04/2010 02:00 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > On Vi, 02 iul 10, 17:04:48, Paul Scott wrote:
> > > > Debian sid:
> > > >
> > > > There are several vbox packages available for update.  When I choose
> > > > any one of those to update in aptitude I get what seems to be an
> > > > unending loop while aptitude attempts to resolve the dependencies.
> > >
> > > Please post the output of 'aptitude full-upgrade'
> >
> > Several messages go by and are erased and then it never returns.
> > (as if is is in a loop)
> >
> > I redirected the output to a file and the file contains:
> >
> > Reading package lists...
> > Building dependency tree...
> > Reading state information...
> > Reading extended state information...
> > Initializing package states...
> > Reading task descriptions...
> >
> > after terminating with Ctrl-C
>
> This doesn't help :( Try running aptitude from command line in some
> xterm with a big enough scroll buffer.

I did run it in an xterm.  There is no more output.

I'm still guessing it's in a loop trying to find a solution to a 
dependency problem.  I have seen other dependency situations where there 
is a definite pause while a solution is calculated.  Neither of my 
machines is super fast.

Thanks,

Paul