Re: Bug#47768: apt: apt crashes my boxes
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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> On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Ian Eure wrote:
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> > In the last week, apt has crashed all three of my current potato boxes.
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> > This is extremely bad, but may not be apt's fault.
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> 'may' -> 'is not'
>
> It is fundamentally impossible for APT, let alone any users space program
> to crash a properly designed OS (for example, Linux) The fact that your
> systems are crashing in a permanent way indicates a fundamental problem
> either with the OS or your hardware.
>
I did consider that. I doubt it is my hardware, as it has occured on three
different boxes with very different hardware, which were all running great
not all that long ago. I understand that I am reporting a symptom, not a
problem per se; however, apt crashes my box and other programs do not.
> I suggest you talk to the kernel people, or maybe ask if you don't have a
> particularly buggy kernel version, or something like that. In fact the
> kernel people will probably tell you to replace your
> hardware/recompile/upgrade/whatever so you might want to try stuff like
> that first.
>
2.2.12 has been running on my systems for almost two months, and I have
had no problems like this pop up. There are known issues with 2.2.12 and
IDE on SMP boxes, but none of my systems are SMP, and I did not compile
SMP kernels for single-cpu boxes.
Replace my hardware? Maybe if it was only two systems, definitely if it
only happened on one system. This is a recurring problem on disparate
hardware with the same software. You find the common denominator.
I already compile my kernels with gcc 2.7.2.3 - I am aware of the problems
with newer GCCs.
If you are going to brush me off, would you at least point me in a
direction I have not already covered?
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