Package: ben Version: 1.7 Severity: normal This is on a machine with 12 (virtual) cores, AFAIK this a longstanding issue.
$ ben tracker --no-clean --run-debcheck -cd ongoing --archs alpha,hppa,hurd-amd64,hurd-i386,loong64,m68k,powerpc,ppc64,sh4,sparc64,x32,amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x Parsing /tmp/Sources... Parsing /tmp/Packages_alpha... Parsing /tmp/Packages_amd64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_arm64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_armel... Parsing /tmp/Packages_armhf... Parsing /tmp/Packages_hppa... Parsing /tmp/Packages_hurd-amd64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_hurd-i386... Parsing /tmp/Packages_i386... Parsing /tmp/Packages_loong64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_x32... Parsing /tmp/Packages_sparc64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_sh4... Parsing /tmp/Packages_s390x... Parsing /tmp/Packages_riscv64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_ppc64el... Parsing /tmp/Packages_ppc64... Parsing /tmp/Packages_powerpc... Parsing /tmp/Packages_mips64el... Parsing /tmp/Packages_m68k... Running dose-debcheck on alpha... Running dose-debcheck on amd64... Running dose-debcheck on arm64... Running dose-debcheck on armel... Running dose-debcheck on armhf... Running dose-debcheck on hppa... Running dose-debcheck on hurd-amd64... Running dose-debcheck on hurd-i386... Running dose-debcheck on i386... Running dose-debcheck on loong64... Running dose-debcheck on x32... Running dose-debcheck on sparc64... Running dose-debcheck on sh4... Running dose-debcheck on s390x... Running dose-debcheck on riscv64... Running dose-debcheck on ppc64el... Running dose-debcheck on ppc64... Running dose-debcheck on powerpc... Running dose-debcheck on mips64el... Running dose-debcheck on m68k... Computing data for (ongoing) auto-gmsh ... Initially it goes until the "Running dose-debcheck on x32" line, running 11 debcheck processes in parallel. But afterwards it runs only one dose-debcheck at a time. Relevant Processes during "Running dose-debcheck on riscv64": bunk 18524 20353 3 14:15 pts/18 00:00:05 ben tracker --no-clean --run-debcheck -cd ongoing --archs alpha,hppa,hurd-amd64,hurd-i386,loong64,m68k,powerpc,ppc64,sh4,sparc64,x32,amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x bunk 18559 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18562 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18565 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18568 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18571 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18574 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18577 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:01 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18580 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18583 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18586 18524 0 14:16 pts/18 00:00:00 [ben] <defunct> bunk 18589 18524 1 14:16 pts/18 00:00:02 ben tracker --no-clean --run-debcheck -cd ongoing --archs alpha,hppa,hurd-amd64,hurd-i386,loong64,m68k,powerpc,ppc64,sh4,sparc64,x32,amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x bunk 18722 18589 0 14:18 pts/18 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c dose-debcheck --deb-native-arch=riscv64 --explain --quiet --failures bunk 18723 18722 99 14:18 pts/18 00:00:17 dose-debcheck --deb-native-arch=riscv64 --explain --quiet --failures