Re: Deadlock in APT with cdrom?

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Leonardo Macchia wrote:

> 15869 tty2     S      0:00      \_ sh /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install /var/lib/dpkg apt apt
> 15872 tty2     S      0:02          \_ /usr/bin/apt-get -f dselect-upgrade
> 15885 tty2     S      0:00              \_ /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom
> 
> "strace -p 15885" shows:
> 
> select(1, [0], NULL, NULL, NULL <unfinished ...>
> 
> That never unblocks... since all coditions are NULL. I usually "unblock" the

Actually, the first condition, [0], is what it is waiting on. The more
interesting strace would be of apt-get to see why it is not sending down
any commands. 

Jason