Hello . . .
Running Sid (amd-64) on standard x86-64 hardware, conventional software setup, nothing unusual.
For several days now, after I do:
sudo aptitude -Pvv update
If there is anything to upgrade, if I do:
sudo aptitude -Pvv safe-upgrade
(or)
sudo aptitude -Pvv full-upgrade
it will "Get: " the new and/or update package(s), then it will STALL FOR UP TO 5 MINUTES at:
Retrieving bug reports... 0%
then followed by:
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
before finally "Unpacking, Preparing and Setting up" the packages to complete the upgrade.
[See example fragment:
. . .
Fetched 5,625 kB in 5s (1,134 kB/s)
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 208745 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../00-aptitude_0.8.11-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking aptitude (0.8.11-3) over (0.8.10-9) ...
Preparing to unpack .../01-aptitude-common_0.8.11-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking aptitude-common (0.8.11-3) over (0.8.10-9) ...
. . . ]
Note: sources list is okay:
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20180310-11:21]/ buster contrib main non-free
# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
and I have run netselect-apt to find the fastest mirror:
sudo netselect-apt -s -n sid
(trimmed for result only:)
The fastest 10 servers seem to be:
Of the hosts tested we choose the fastest valid for HTTP:
Writing sources.list.
sources.list exists, moving to sources.list.1536427463
Done.
(As expected.)
So . . .
1 - Has anyone else seen this "stall" during updating.
2 - any clue as to the cause? Maybe just a problem with whatever site provides "bug reports" information to the aptitude updating mechanism?