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--- Begin Message ---
Package: apt
Version: 2.6.1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: none
The following causes apt-get to go into an infinite busy loop:
```
$ mkdir /tmp/empty
$ apt-get -c /tmp/empty
```
This affects the latest dev build as well.
I submitted a fix here:
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/314
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.2
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
(ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.134
ii debian-archive-keyring 2023.3+deb12u1
ii gpgv 2.2.40-1.1
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.6.1
ii libc6 2.36-9+deb12u3
ii libgcc-s1 12.2.0-14
ii libgnutls30 3.7.9-2+deb12u1
ii libseccomp2 2.5.4-1+b3
ii libstdc++6 12.2.0-14
ii libsystemd0 252.17-1~deb12u1
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20230311
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.21.22
ii gnupg 2.2.40-1.1
pn powermgmt-base <none>
ii synaptic 0.91.3
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Wed, 27 Dec 2023 17:46:18 -0500 a...@php.net wrote:
The following causes apt-get to go into an infinite busy loop:
```
$ mkdir /tmp/empty
$ apt-get -c /tmp/empty
```
This affects the latest dev build as well.
I submitted a fix here:
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/314
Hi!
This problem has been fixed with following commit:
https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/014d0ccfa0ade684e2b650fda3e8d3ffd4d7b431
The commit merges change linked in this ticket's comment #5.
My tests are below.
1. Successful reproduction on Debian 12, with apt 2.7.11 compiled from
59cd4953f5 (last commit before fix):
acerion@debian:~$ grep CODENAME /etc/os-release
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
acerion@debian:~$ apt-get --version
apt 2.7.11 (amd64)
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
[...]
acerion@debian:~$ mkdir /tmp/empty
acerion@debian:~$ sudo apt-get -c /tmp/empty/
^C
acerion@debian:~$
apt-get process just sits silently, printing nothing, and 'top' command
shows that it uses 100% of time of one of CPU's threads. I had to stop
apt-get with Ctrl-C.
2. Attempt to reproduce on Debian 12, with apt 2.7.11 compiled from
014d0ccfa0 (commit merging the fix to 'main' branch).
acerion@debian:~$ grep CODENAME /etc/os-release
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
acerion@debian:~$ apt-get --version
apt 2.7.11 (amd64)
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
[...]
acerion@debian:~$ sudo apt-get -c /tmp/empty/
apt 2.7.11 (amd64)
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
[...]
apt-get returns after printing help text. Problem no longer occurs.
3. Attempt to reproduce on Debian sid, with apt 3.0.2
acerion@debian:~$ grep CODENAME /etc/os-release
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
acerion@debian:~$ apt-get --version
apt 3.0.2 (amd64)
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
[...]
acerion@debian:~$ mkdir /tmp/empty
acerion@debian:~$ sudo apt-get -c /tmp/empty/
apt 3.0.2 (amd64)
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
[...]
apt-get returns after printing help text. Problem no longer occurs.
Since the problem was solved by merging a fix to repo, I'm closing this
ticket.
Kamil
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